I would like to publish to spread awareness of the problem of over-incarceration of people with mental illness. To encourage the average person to engage in activism, I think it's most important to publish and speak in non-academic venues, but I would also like to publish in academic journals as well, although I wouldn't be terribly disappointed if I didn't publish academically. My question is, how does one continue to access fresh, current research to keep up on an issue and cite in publications if not affiliated with a university? I'm an idealist, but also a realist. I'm 60 years old and have no illusions that any university would want to employ me in any capacity with no track record in academia. So if one is not affiliated with a university, is there a way to access the wealth of information in a university library (without paying ridiculous prices for individual publications)? I think that it's important to keep current on the research out there in my areas of interest in order to share with a broader audience, but I don't know how to do it. I'm not a career academic, and never wanted to be one because I don't believe a person can speak authentically about human issues without adequate and ongoing field experience. I believe all academics should keep their field experience as fresh as their academic credentials, otherwise their academic credentials, in my mind, are not to be trusted completely.
contact ex coworkers. Also there are plenty of online resources to do that.
It's usually possible to find most articles online with perseverance!
You can find most articles through google search. With those you cannot find, RG gives you a platform to request from the authors and they will gladly send to you.
Renee,
Google Scholar is a good starting point for titles/abstracts.
Then one can simply email the lead author.
A faster and less legal method is to use scihub.
The current working mirror is here:
https://sci-hub.tw/
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