[marklacey]

Okay I’ll complain.

I work in industry in a position where having access to papers is very helpful, some would say essential.

I have access to IEEE and ACM DLs. I don’t, however, have access to myriad papers from other organizations like Elsevier or Springer Verlag. These are often cited by papers on IEEE/ACM DLs. Some are from 20-40 years ago and still very relevant and interesting.

I have yet to find a way to get access to these in a predictable manner (yes, sometimes you can find preprints or old PostScript versions on various authors academic websites, but not generally).

Often the contents are from government sponsored research from the US government and possibly other governments (if only through their support of Universities in their country).

[auggierose]

I've found a way to get predictable access to them, and so have many others. Just read the other comments here carefully.