JSTOR, the not-for-profit group that completed the electronic full-text of 117 academic journals in the humanities and social sciences in 1999, has had considerable success in its second venture, a collection of electronic full-text journals in the sciences. Some 220 libraries have become participants since February 2000. Each participant pays a one-time fee and an annual access fee based on the size and type of institution. After payment, the library has access to the full-text of Science from 1880 to five years from the present, Scientific Monthly from 1915 to 1957, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from 1915 to two years from the present, and the various Royal Society of London Transactions and proceedings from their beginnings as far back as 1664 to five years from the present. Each year the files will be brought forward one more year.
The initial release includes more than 323,000 journal pages. At least 1.4 million pages of scientific journal literature are included. An institution can determine the fees to participate by logging onto the organization's Web site at www.JSTOR.org.
[Contact: Carol MacAdam, Director for Library Relations; telephone 212-229-3700; e-mail clm@jstor.org]
