Articles returned are not relevance ranked. Author Search will search for the authors of articles. Presently, you can only search by the last name of the author. Date Published Search allows the user to specify a date range with month and year. When a search is executed the found set of articles is returned in a numbered list.
Users have the choice to download or view each article.
The Browse by Issue pages are organized by date and publication. At the top of the Browse page are the Scientific American monthly issues and at the bottom of the page are the Scientific American Presents and special issues. Both are organized by year. Select a year and you will be taken to the issues available from that year. Select an issue and you can browse through all the articles of the issue with the option to download or view each article.