Getting access to scientific papers online can be tricky. Here are some tips and resources to help you with your literature review and staying up to date with new developments.
The university has subscriptions to all major journals meaning if you are physically accessing the internet from the university paywalls seemingly vanish.
If you are working from outside of the university then connecting to an on-campus machine via remote desktop (RDP, teamviewer, ect) or via port forwarding (ssh, ssh tunnel, ect) can allow you to access papers that would otherwise be behind a paywall.
The most important skill you will need in research the is to be able find and consume as much of the relevant literature as you possibly can. Search engines provide syntax that allow you to fine tune what you are searching and looking for.
Knowing how to phrase a question or specify a request for an opaque resource in the language of the search engine will allow you gather relevant papers and resources for your research more efficiently. You are also less likely to get caught behind journal paywalls as your queries can made to look for direct pdf copies released by the authors.