Royal Society Journal Archive – Free Permanent Access
From the announcement:
The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently free to access online.
So, if you search for information using modern terminology, are you going to pick up materials from 10, 50, 100, 300 years ago?
Where do you think the break point will be on terminology?
Here’s my suggestion:
- We will pair off in two person teams. The A teams will research a subject and record their queries, along with an estimate for when the language changes.
- The B teams will take the A team results and try to show that the estimate for when the language changed is incorrect. (too early, too late, never, etc.)
- Prizes will be awarded for the best results as well as the most interesting queries, subjects and odd facts learned along the way.