In 2000 back issues of this scholarly journal were made available to researchers through JSTOR (Journal Storage). JSTOR offers online access to numerous scholarly journals on a "moving wall" basis -- in which users may download the full text and figures of each article that is at least three-years-old. Currently, JSTOR coverage includes Proceedings: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering...

Springer-Verlag Journals Preview Service (discussed in the September 17, 1997 issue of the Scout Report for Science & Engineering) has been integrated into Springer-Verlag's LINK service. This free service provides users with the most recent tables of contents and abstracts from more than 200 journals retrievable via LINK. Each new table of contents, with links to respective abstracts, is sent...

Nature magazine presents a yearly round-up of key science issues and discoveries, and this website provides non-subscribers access to this tremendous resource. On the website, visitors can look over the Nature's 10 feature, which provides information on the human stories behind the key developments from the year, including tales of Adam Steltzner, who made sure the Curiosity rover touched down...

The August 28, 2003 issue of the journal Nature presented a collection of reports that, "along with other analysis of key components of the ocean's food web, highlights the significance of genome sequences from the sea." This Web Focus provides access to these reports free of charge to any reader. The reports focus particularly on marine phytoplankton. The site also includes links to related...

Readers interested in the latest science and technology research will want to check out New Atlas, an online magazine that seeks to "trace the development of extraordinary ideas that move the world forward." First launched in 2002, New Atlas offers a popular science digest of "advances in technology, science, transportation, architecture, design, and many other disciplines." Articles in the online...

Open Science Journal is a "high quality Open Access (OA) online-only journal" that publishes articles related to all aspects of scientific research. Launched in 2016 and edited by an international team of scholars, the journal notes that they "[model] their submissions and review process on the standards, procedures of the Public Library of Science (PLOS)." To date, three issues of Open Science...

The July issue of the American Physical Society's e-newsletter is out (HTML). Articles include one on fission and fusion and also a diversion from the norm: a commentary on the creationist movement.

The Public Library of Science presents PloS Biology, a new journal featuring "works of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface with other disciplines." The Public Library of Science -- as a nonprofit organization "committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource"...

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE is a peer-reviewed, open-access and online publication that publishes articles from all the branches of science and medicine. Their progressive decision not to limit papers based on subject matter "facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers whether within or between disciplines" and allows for a richer site. Visitors will find that one of...

In 2003, the Public Library of Science (PLOS) began a rather ambitious and most welcome project that would effectively offer unlimited access to the latest scientific research by creating a number of high-quality, open access journals. The first journal, PLOS Biology was launched three years ago, and since then, PLOS has created several additional journals dealing with medicine, computational...