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On January 1, 1997 the American Institute of Physics launched its
Online Journal Service (OJS).  This service offers libraries and
their patrons free access to searchable, full-text versions of the
full-text versions of the AIP journals to which they subscribe.

I hope this brief message clarifies some of the most common
questions we've received about AIP?s online journals.

1. *If you would like to register for this free service* you may
obtain a subscriber agreement at AIP's website:

        http://webster.aip.org/ojs/service.html

2. *If you have returned a completed Subscriber Agreement*
you will receive an e-mail notification as soon as we activate
your account.  We are currently processing many requests for
the Online Journal Service.

3. *If you have questions about the terms of the Agreement*
please query Dr. John T. Scott, Journal Publisher, at
jscott@aip.org.

4. *If would like a launch schedule* see the URL above.
Here, along with other useful information about the service,
you will find the date each journal will become active
online.  Currently, Applied Physics Letters and JETP
Letters (an English translation of the leading Russian
physics letters journal) are up and running; CHAOS, The
Journal of Chemical Physics and Review of Scientific
Instruments will be available by Feb. 17, 1997. All AIP
archival journals will be active by April 15.

5. *If you have technical questions* (about IP classes, system
configurations, etc.), please contact ojscs@aip.org.  Note that
the only software required at your institution is Adobe Acrobat
Reader and a Web browser, both readily available

The OJS also provides a free gateway to the AIP abstracts
databases SPIN and Advance SPIN.  In addition, users may
browse tables of contents for all journals in the service,
order documents online, and obtain contact information for
approximately 80,000 physical scientists worldwide.
scientists worldwide.

If I can answer any other questions about AIP's online
journal service, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Douglas LaFrenier               online@aip.org
Director of Marketing   516-576-2411 - voice
American Institute of Physics  516-576-2374 - fax

500 Sunnyside Boulevard
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