[Lcefiec] [FCEyN] Acceso libre a los Journals de la Royal Society

[Secretaría Académica]

La Dirección de la Biblioteca informa que por un breve período se 
tendrá acceso gratuito a: 
 
Free access to Royal Society Journals on-line for 2 months

Over 340 years of landmark science available for first time 14 Sep 2006

The complete archive of the Royal Society journals, including some of the
most significant scientific papers ever published since 1665, is to be
made freely available electronically for the first time today (14th
September 2006) for a two month period..."

The archive contains seminal research papers including 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 in the
last 340 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.

The Society's online collection, which until now only extended back to
1997, contains every paper published in the Royal Society journals from
the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal, Philosophical
Transactions in 1665, to the most recent addition, Interface...."

_http://www.royalsoc.co.uk/news.asp?id=5165

_That webpage includes a link to the Archives

The electronic archive contains papers documenting the discovery of new
planets, the first descriptions of organisms through a microscope, and
the first account of photography. Early journal 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 by the performance of a eight year-old Mozart.

The archive will be freely available online until December 2006 and,
following this period, will be available as part of Royal Society
journal subscription packages or alternatively on a-pay per-view basis.

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