Royal Society's historical journal archive - free to access

The Royal Society's historical journal archive is now permanently free to access http://royalsocietypublishing.org/search The archive includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal. Around 60,000 historical scientific papers are accessible via a fully searchable online archive with papers published more than 70 years ago now becoming freely available.


The archive includes Isaac Newton’s first published scientific paper,and geological work by a young Charles Darwin

EThos - UK E-Theses Online Service

EThOs is the UK's Electronic theses Online Service. Over 52,000 full-text theses are now available for free download, and 300,000 records of UK doctoral theses available for searching. EThOs is available at http://ethos.bl.uk/ You do need to register if you want to download or order a thesis - follow the link on the site to Login/Register.

You can also follow links to a free open access copy available direct from the awarding institution; order a digital copy of a paper thesis or contact the awarding institution’s library to find out how to view a copy.