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Journal of Scientific Instruments - free and online

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:07 pm
by David Rosignoli
That's right, folks. All the issues from 1923 to today are available for viewing for free as a pdf file at the below link. This are some particle accelerator related instrumentation articles (e.g., betatron - vol 23, no 12, Dec. 1946).
Dave

http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/JSI

Re: Journal of Scientific Instruments - free and online

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:41 pm
by gabrielArgentina
Thanks you very much David..for this usefully link!!!.
Gabriel.

Re: Journal of Scientific Instruments - free and online

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:55 pm
by Carl Willis
Nope, $30 a hit for these old papers.

David, the IP of the computer you used to access the site might be registered as a paying client of IOP. You might be at a library, university, or company with a subscription.

IOP, like most of these academic publishers, is a worthless moneygrubbing middleman. Consider that they charge $30 to read papers that were written before the neutron was discovered, for example. God willing, these folks will be out of a job right soon...

-Carl

Re: Journal of Scientific Instruments - NOT free and online

Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:06 pm
by David Rosignoli
Sorry, guys, my mistake. Carl was right. I was accessing at work. The pull up of the documents was transparent - no login was required. So, it must have recognized the work IP as being an acceptable subscriber.

Dave

Re: Journal of Scientific Instruments - NOT free and online

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:28 pm
by billwcf
Hi, I know Rev Sci Instruments is not free, but one of the journals in the iop link is:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/njp They have a few articles that might be useful. -bill

Re: Journal of Scientific Instruments - NOT free and online

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:11 pm
by Dustinit
Perhaps Google can rid us of the parasites.
http://scholar.google.com.au/

Re: Journal of Scientific Instruments - NOT free and online

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:12 pm
by Carl Willis
If anything, Google is in collusion with these parasites, preferentially allowing them to "cloak" their content while still feeding it to the Googlebot. I don't care if this is done on Google Scholar or a specialized search feature, but in the general search engine it's a misplaced bit of black-hattery.

I keep a "Web Spamming Hall of Shame" in these forums (it has been duplicated several places on the Web also) that lists who the rotters are and provides examples of their malfeasance.

-Carl