NRC has conducted a 'rehearsal' of its contingency plans and believe this activity has provided a much higher level of readiness security for all in preparation for the millennium transition. During the period from noon 31 December 1999 to 03 January 2000 most of our electronic systems will be shutdown and servers unplugged from any power sources. There will be no client support or document delivery during this time. NRC Research Press is one of over 20 publishers who are participating, and the number of publishers is expected to increase. This free service allows the user to search abstracts and citations of multiple publishers.
Hyperlinks then connect the user to the publisher's server.
NRC Research Press is excited about the opportunity to be a part of this service, as it increases the opportunity of researchers to be aware of and use the science we publish. It is also an excellent tool for anyone who needs to search our scientific and technical papers. For NRC Research Press, a list of pertinent articles appears that is linked to the full text of the article if a subscription is held by the user. This site is also connected to NRC's Expertise Database, so users can contact NRC authorities on various subjects. In response to increasing demands to publish research rapidly, the bimonthly journal Biochemistry and Cell Biology is now publishing its papers individually on the NRC Research Press Web site as soon as they are ready.