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1) Royal Society Digital Journal Archive

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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:18:34 +0000
From: "Lusty, Charles" <Charles.Lusty@royalsociety.org>
Subject: Royal Society Digital Journal Archive

The Royal Society Digital Journal Archive is now free to access until 1
February 2009.

The Royal Society Digital Archive is easily the most comprehensive journal
archive in science and contains some of the most significant scientific
papers ever published. Covering almost 350 years of scientific research
across the disciplines it is a priceless academic resource. The Royal
Society Digital Journal Archive, dating back to 1665 and containing
approximately 52,000 articles, is available online and is FREE for a three
month period.

The development of this digital resource means that the Society's online
collection now contains every paper ever published in the Royal Society's
journals - from the very first peer-reviewed paper in Philosophical
Transactions in 1665 to the most recent interdisciplinary article in
Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

Seminal research papers include accounts of Michael Faraday's
groundbreaking series of electrical experiments, Isaac Newton's invention
of the reflecting telescope and the first research paper published by
Stephen Hawking. The Archive provides a record of some key scientific
discoveries from the last 343 years including: Halley's description of
'his comet' in 1705; details of the double Helix of DNA by James Watson
and Francis Crick in 1954; and Edmond Stone's breakthrough in 1763 that
willow bark cured fevers, leading to the discovery of salicylic acid and
later the development of aspirin.

During this three month period, librarians and academics will be able to
access and download any article from this comprehensive scientific
publishing resource completely free of charge. Find out more about the
Archive at http://publishing.royalsociety.org/archive or access the
Archive directly at http://journals.royalsociety.org.

Charles Lusty
The Royal Society, London

Excellence in Science

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