<font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from the American Physical Society, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>American Physical Society Online Journals Available Free in U.S.<br>
High Schools<br>
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Ridge, NY, 9 February 2011 - The American Physical Society (APS)<br>
announces a new public access initiative that will give high<br>
school students and teachers in the United States full use of all<br>
online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the<br>
first issue in 1893, a collection including over 400,000<br>
scientific research papers. APS will provide access to its<br>
journals, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, and Reviews<br>
of Modern Physics, at no cost, as a contribution to public<br>
engagement with the ongoing development of scientific<br>
understanding. The high school program is a natural follow on to<br>
last summer's offering to U.S. public libraries. "When we made<br>
our journals freely available to public libraries, we were<br>
happily surprised to receive requests for access from high<br>
schools as well," said APS Publisher Joseph Serene. "We are now<br>
delighted to share our journals and their archive with interested<br>
secondary school students and teachers."<br>
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"We want to foster the interest of high school students in the<br>
primary scientific literature. Some of it will be beyond their<br>
reach, but there are also papers such as the invention of the<br>
transistor and laser diode that can pique the interest of many<br>
high school students," said Gene Sprouse, APS Editor in Chief.<br>
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High school teachers or librarians can obtain access by accepting<br>
a simple online site license and providing valid IP addresses of<br>
public-use computers in their high school or high school library<br>
<a href="https://librarians.aps.org/account/public_access_new" target="_blank">https://librarians.aps.org/account/public_access_new</a>. The license<br>
requires that users be in the high school when they read the APS<br>
journals online or download articles. Initially the program is<br>
limited to the U.S., but it may be extended to high schools in<br>
other countries in the future.<br>
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"We've been excited to obtain access to the online APS journals,<br>
since we heard about the program for public libraries," said<br>
Becca Ferrick, head librarian at Thomas Jefferson High School for<br>
Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA. "Our students and<br>
faculty look forward to using these valuable resources to support<br>
our science curriculum and student research."<br>
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About APS: The American Physical Society (<a href="http://www.aps.org" target="_blank">www.aps.org</a>) is a<br>
non-profit membership organization working to advance and diffuse<br>
the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research<br>
journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy<br>
and international activities. APS represents 48,000 members,<br>
including physicists in academia, national laboratories and<br>
industry in the United States and throughout the world. Society<br>
offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge,<br>
NY, and Washington, DC.<br>
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