This coming February, the complete digital archive of the JSSC will be available. This series will be complete back to the first issue of the Journal. It will provide a convenient, searchable, desktop research tool for circuit designers, technical historians or students. The Archive includes:
In previous years, the Society issued CD-ROMs of 1989-1998, which are still available separately. See the ad below.
Both the CD-ROM and DVD formats are provided together at this time for a convenient transition between platforms. DVD users can search with the master index that comes on the DVD, which links directly to the articles. CD-ROM users can search all 33 years of issues on the master index. Then insert the selected year CD and select the author or title to link to and view the article. There are no hyperlinks between CD disks in this series.
This digital archive provides "Search" capabilities through Acrobat Reader. This is a powerful additional function to the common use of Reader for viewing documents. As with the previously issued CD-ROMs, it is necessary to load an enhanced version of Acrobat Reader rather than a single plug-in. With the collection issued this year, Acrobat Reader 4.0 will be included. Once loaded, it will be backward compatible and capable of reading all of the JSSC article files on all of the CDs and the DVD no matter what year they were issued. Certain "Preferences" need to be correctly set. There are "Search" and "Getting Started" buttons provided to access more details.
There will also be SSCS and conferences buttons linking to Web pages for information on upcoming conferences, calls for papers, and other Society news.
The SSCS will continue to issue an annual CD each May to update the electronic archive of the Journal with the preceding year's articles. The Society is also looking forward to the day when this archive can be accessed on-line and linked to other IEEE technical publications.