Keep your papers in a folder synced to Google Drive or Dropbox so you can read them on your tablet or phone while on the go. 💡 Pro Tip
If you are a student or faculty member, always log in through your university library. Most institutions pay thousands of dollars for "proxy" access to major journals.
The gold standard for broad searches. It indexes nearly every peer-reviewed journal and often provides direct links to PDFs if they are hosted on university repositories.
A good format is Year - Author - Short Title.pdf .
When you try to download papers online, you will likely encounter the term "Open Access." This refers to research that is free for anyone to read and download without a subscription.
Install tools like Unpaywall or The Open Access Button . When you land on a paywalled paper, these extensions search the web for a legal, free version of that same paper.