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Classic Articles in Context ISSN 1948-979X
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NSDL Classic Articles in Context
The Classic Articles in Context (CAC) project of the National Science Digital Library seeks to integrate important works of scientific inquiry into dynamic learning spaces for teachers and learners. To achieve the goal of illustrating science as a process that builds, and often turns, on discovery and replication expressed in the archival literature of empirical findings, the Library works with publishers to make the full texts of select "classic" articles available to patrons whether or not they or their institution holds a subscription to the peer-reviewed journals in which the articles appeared. Every paper featured in a CAC topical concentration includes a narrative essay that provides an overview of the investigation suitable for undergraduate science courses. The essays discuss significant aspects of the studies (e.g. novel experimental methods) based on the state of understanding at the time of publication and with respect to the larger published literature of the field (noting, for example, how a given set of findings influenced subsequent work).
Issues for 2008
by James R. Fleming. NSDL Classic Articles in Context. Issue 1, April 2008.
by Peter M. Levy NSDL Classic Articles in Context. Issue 2, December 2008.
Forthcoming
- Polymers: From Small Molecules to Useful Macromolecular Materials. NSDL Classic Articles in Context. Issue 3 (under construction)
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