mstevens comments on Knowledge is Worth Paying For - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mstevens 22 September 2011 04:57:38PM 0 points [-]

Academic library access seems to be much more restricted in the UK.

I can either:

Visit the university where I have alumni privileges, but spend most of the day travelling
Pay significant sums of money (eg £225.09 http://www.ull.ac.uk/library/privres.shtml) for access to a more local library. In cases like this you often don't get access to online resources such as journals.
Some local academic libraries seem to have "do we like the look of you" policies where you can get an external membership by being convincingly in need of knowledge. I've not tested this option.