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Oh, no! I don't get this journal!

By pharyngula on June 19, 2009.

The latest issue of Zebrafish, a specialty journal to which my university does not subscribe, is dedicated entirely to using zebrafish in education. I want it. I want the whole issue. Unfortunately, the publisher wants to charge me $29 per article to get the PDFs, which is not going to happen. Anyone out there with an institutional subscription want to help me out? If you don't feel like sending me the whole collection, I'm particularly interested in the articles by Bagatto, D'Costa, McKeown, and Schmoldt.

Now watch, my mailbox is going to be flooded, isn't it? Once upon a time, I could make these kinds of requests and get a moderate response, but nowadays…well, at least you know how badly I want these papers.

I got the papers! Thanks very much all, you can stop sending them to me now. Much appreciated, now I have to go read for a while.

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