NRC Research Press has embarked on an ambitious project to move decades of paper copies of its journals from library shelves to the World Wide Web. As scientists and engineers turn more and more to the Web for information, the legacy of past research can be forgotten. To prevent this from happening, we have devoted resources to scanning the paper articles into a readable, searchable format (PDF), and compiling the abstracts and tables of contents in HTML format. The result is a wealth of information that can be found through current search engines and reference links on other sites, thanks to our partnerships with the major players in this field.
Back issues of the following journals are now available on this Web site.
This project would not have been possible without the contributions of the scientific societies and communities for each of the journals.
Our thanks to those who have contributed their print copies. We are currently looking for contributions of the print copies of the following journals. (Please note that journal bindings are cut off for scanning.):
Academic research libraries have contributed to this endeavour by purchasing access on a one-time basis. Access is perpetual and there are no annual maintenance fees. Interested librarians should contact Mike Boroczki at mike.boroczki@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca for further details.
Please note that once costs are fully recovered, we would like to make our content more widely available by making the back issues completely open within 3 years of publication. We hope that libraries and the scientific/technical/medical community share this goal and will partner with us to make this initiative a success.