Students and professionals can all benefit from reading scholarly research. While many works may be of a technical nature, some of the best research is published in professional journals. While not all journals get published on the Internet, the trend toward the electronic format is growing. You probably also have free access to some of the online sources outlined below, but many don't know where they can consult online sources when in need of excellent research. Science The journal Science is perhaps the most prestigious science journal. This journal is also well known enough to be featured on media outlets. It has all the latest news. Science is also interested in scientific policy, and frequently publishes articles that report the achievement of technology and science in general. Free partial access is available after registration. Proceedings from the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) The world famous scholar reviewed journal has its articles and reviews on their website. While reading the abstracts of articles is free, PNAS charges for downloading the entire article in full. There is also an option for paying a flat rate to view several articles for a week-long period. There are some "open access" articles which are available for download free of charge. Nature Nature is another popular and famous journal. Nature has a wide approach publishing scientific papers on a wide variety of topics. Nature in fact is considered interdisciplinary (各学科间的), going beyond its name which would seem to show it only belongs to the natural sciences. Nature is aimed at researchers and academics, but readers can find out about major breakthroughs through summaries and other notes that appear in this weekly publication. While there is an effort to provide so-called "open access", it is at the moment limited. Students and those with academic access can access these major journals for free because of contractual relationships. |