News from the Library: Scientific American and Nature increasingly accessible online!

Since a few weeks, the CERN Library has been offering online access to "Scientific American" and "Nature" within a longer timespan. This is part of a long-term plan to extend our e-collections in order to include prestigious scientific journals from the beginning of publication.

CERN users can browse and read the complete archives of "Scientific American" since 1845. Among the many interesting articles now readable online, you can find Einstein's account of research on a generalized theory of gravitation.

A small, though important addition to the Library's online collections: "Nature" online is now reaching back to 1987. You can now read online the "Nature" news column reporting about the first anti-atom discovered at CERN.

We plan to further expand online access to "Nature", but in the meantime you can rely on the Library's paper collection, starting in 1951. You can visit us or request scanned copies of articles from library.desk@cern.ch. Articles predating 1951 can be quickly obtained via the Interlibrary Loan service.

Finally, as many of you leave during Christmas holidays, be aware that you can still enjoy the reading of e-journals and e-books wherever you are, thanks to the Library proxy server.

All the Library team wishes a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!

Online access to Nature is available here.
Online access to Scientific American is available here.

Please send any questions or comments to library.desk@cern.ch.

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