Cheryl Perkins column: Some research tools still have limited access | Appleton Post Crescent | postcrescent.com

"We have all done searches using the Internet to find technical information. We use Wikipedia to look up almost any topic, or WebMD to find medical resources, to name a few. However, much of the most valuable technical information still lies behind the walls of professional societies or publishers. Unless you work for a large institution or company, your access to this information is limited. Fortunately, this is beginning to change with the adoption of "open- access" philosophies that push for making published scientific research more available to all...."