The quality of the graphics examined in both HTML and PDF was excellent. Adobe Acrobat viewing software is required and can be downloaded at no cost. There is free online searching of all journals, and browsing article abstracts is also free. Access to the free services is possible either through Synergy or through links from the publishers' journal lists. Institutions subscribing to Synergy are required to sign a license agreement.
Individual subscribers have access through user name and password.
In addition to features already mentioned, Synergy creates a personal homepage for every registered user. Through the personal homepage it is possible to set up e-mail table of contents alerts and run saved searches. The table of contents service is free, and there is no limit to the number of titles included. Searching on Synergy is straightforward. If there are matches resulting from the search terms, the total number of citations will be stated, followed by a list of the citations.