In the previous article (
Part 1),
I had promised that I would show you the powerful of free resources as
thesis reference. In the first post, I revealed how to get journal for
free, in “PART 2”, I’ll keep revealing to get journal, even thesis for
free. As a professor, student, or researcher, we will to surround
ourselves with a good journal articles and thesis. They’re very
important in class discussions, reports, case studies and thesis. While
there are plenty of sources available to get journal articles, they are
often costly. The cheapest can cost around $30. If we are researching
our topic, it’s not really practical to pay $30 for each article. This
post is going to show how to find free, yet high quality, journal
articles. It’s important that we have a clear idea of our topic. What’s
your study about? What are the keywords that you might use in order to
find related literature review? Having the keywords ready can help you
find what you need much faster.
The literature review purposes:
- To summarize and evaluate the existing knowledge on a particular topic (Basic LR)
- To know what has been known or unknown/researched in order to identify the research gap.
- To uncover a research problem for further study (Advanced LR)
- To question the current state of knowledge about a topic in order to define an area for new research.
Having the keywords ready can help you
find what you need much faster. Based on my experience, some relevant
sites you may consider to get thesis for free:
- Find Open Access Dissertations and Theses. With PQDT Open, you can read the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
- Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD).
OATD aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access
graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata
(information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges,
universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes
4,241,103 theses and dissertations.
- JSTOR.
JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the
academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly
record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.
- Google Books Downloader.
Google Inc. has announced the launch of its new service: Google Books.
Currently, you can purchase books (U.S. only) or download more than 3
million free books from anywhere in the world using this service.
- Mendeley.
You can organize, read and annotate documents in one place, follow
inspirational researchers and see what’s new, search and apply for
science and technology jobs.
- Library Genesis. Based in Russia, this is the largest and longest running currently openly available collection.
- InfoMine.
InfoMine provides comprehensive information on mining, the mining
industry, mining technology and mineral exploration. InfoMine categories
include mining news, mining jobs, mining equipment, mineral
commodities, and professional development.
- Academic Index. A scholarly search engine and web directory for college students.
- Microsoft Academic.
Microsoft Academic knows journal titles, conference names, and many
research topics. Try these queries to understand the power of semantic
search and unleash it yourself!
- Virtual LRC.
A Google alternative safe search engine for students offering
information and reference sites: art, social sciences, social issues,
social problems, history, biography, magazines, newspapers,
encyclopedias, science, math, chemistry, biology, and dictionaries.
- RefSeek.
A web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make
academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches
more than one billion documents, including web pages, books,
encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.
- iSeek. A targeted search engine for students, teachers, administrators, and caregivers.
- JURN. You can search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses.
- Academia.
A for-profit American social networking website for academics. The
platform can be used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow
the research in a particular field. It was launched in September 2008,
with 36 million unique visitors per month as of December 2017 and over
20 million uploaded texts.
- ResearchGate. A social networking site for scientists and researchers to share papers, ask and answer questions, and find collaborators.
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Rahmad Kurniawan, S.T., M.I.T.
– Lecturer in Informatics Engineering UIN Suska Riau.
– Researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Optimization Research Center (AIORC) UIN Suska Riau.
– Researcher, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Center for Artificial
Intelligence Technology (CAIT), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
– www.rahmad.web.id
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