Abren la puerta de "The Royal Society Digital Journal Archive"

En muchas ocasiones, la mayoría para aquellos ajenos a ciertos centros de investigación o universidades, la accesibilidad a trabajos científicos está limitada por la no disponibilidad de licencias para acceder a los archivos digitales de las revistas.

Para evitar esto, algunas revistas dejan un acceso libre a sus artículos tras un periodo razonable de tiempo. En otras esto no es más que una utopía. No obstante, de vez en cuando, estas revistas abren sus armarios y dejan mirar en su interior. Tal parece ser el caso que aquí se anuncia. Seguro que a alguno os servirá:

The Royal Society Digital Journal Archive, dating back to 1665 and containing around 65,000 articles, is completely FREE to access until 1 February 2009.

The Royal Society Digital Archive is easily the most comprehensive archive in science. Seminal papers include Isaac Newton’s invention of the reflecting telescope, accounts of Michael Faraday’s groundbreaking series of electrical experiments, 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.

It also contains papers documenting the discovery of new planets, the first descriptions of organisms through a microscope, and the first account of photography. Early papers contain fascinating descriptions of how Captain James Cook preserved the health of his crew aboard the HMS Endeavour and the astonishment of 18th century Society at the performance of an eight year-old Mozart.

Find out more about the Archive at http://publishing.royalsociety.org/archive or access the Archive directly at http://journals.royalsociety.org