Fans of Popular Science magazine may be intrigued to know that it has recently partnered with Google Books to provide a complete online archive of past issues for free. The archive is searchable by keyword(s), although there is no advanced search feature.
Articles appear in full colour as they did in the original magazine, complete with all graphics, and with the user's search terms highlighted. I would have preferred the choice of popping out an article into a new window to make it easier to read. As it is, the article appears within the fixed-width framework of the page, so the user is faced with the choice of zooming in within the web page, which pushes some of the article out of view, or zooming in within her browser, which may not be an option for folks with lower resolution monitors.
Nevertheless, this is an interesting development which runs counter to a number of recent corporate decisions, including the New York Times choice to limit the number of articles that users can view for free before requiring a subscription.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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