What can I access in the Digital Library?

The ASA Digital Library provides access to materials published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America from Volume 1, Issue 1 (1929) to the present. Access is also provided to papers published in JASA Express Letters, a electronics letters journal started in 2006. The archival publications Acoustics Research Letters Online (1999-2005), NOISE Control (195? - 1961) and Sound: Its Uses and Control (1961-1962) are also avaialble on the ASA Digital Library. Users may also search for standards on acoustics which are avaialble for purchase in the ASA Store.

What Digital Library features are freely accessible to non-subscribers and which require a subscription?

A Digital Library subscription is not required to use the search and browse features or to view tables of contents and abstracts. Downloading full-text digital papers is available only to authorized subscribers.

How do I search the Digital Library?

Search Library and Advanced Search options enable customers to search for digital journals currently in the ASA database. Search results may be refined or sorted by various criteria. All records contain author links that display other papers by that author.

How do I browse the Digital Library?

The design architecture of the ASA Digital Library places an emphasis on browse functionality so that customers have some of the browse capabilities available with standards and journals.

Tables of contents for the current issue or previous issues of ASA Journals may be accessed from the Browse Journals link to the left.

What full-text article formats are available?

All full-text papers are provided in PDF format. Journal papers from 1980 to Present are available in both PDF and HTML formats.

How do I download, save, and print PDF articles?

While this procedure is different across browsers and platforms, and there are many variations owing to different versions of browsers, the following steps can be used as general guidelines.

• In your browser, select the "PDF" link by placing the mouse cursor over the link and clicking on the right mouse button.
• In the pop-up window that appears on your desktop select "Save link as".
• In the "Save as" dialogue box that appears, retype the filename as as myfile.pdf, where 'myfile' is any meaningful name you wish.
• Once saved, you can open the PDF in your viewer.

IMPORTANT: Proper display of full-text PDF papers in the ASA Digital Library requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher. If you have an earlier version of Adobe Reader, you may click here to download the current version: Download current version of Adobe Reader

What types of linking are available in the Digital Library?

Reference linking is available for all ASA Journal papers published since 1999. Each Journal abstract page includes the complete list of references from that paper in HTML, with citation links as applicable. Only subscribers can access this feature. Links are also provided to INSPEC and MEDLINE records. Proceedings papers have assigned DOI numbers and thus may be linked from other sources in the technical literature. Outbound reference linking from ASA papers to references cited within the paper is planned for the future. ASA is a member of CrossRef.

How do I purchase digital documents?

Nonsubscribers may purchase digital papers directly from the Digital Library using the "Quick Article Buy" option or by conducting searches.

How do I purchase hard-copies of documents?

Hard copies of papers not yet available in digital format may be ordered on the ASA site.

How can I find other ASA products of interest to me?

The ASA publishes books, standards on acoustics, CD ROM books, videos, and an Auditory Demonstration DC. Links to these product descriptions and ordering information can be found on the menus on the left side of each page in the ASA Digital Library.

What is SPIN database and how do I access it?

AIP's SPIN (Searchable Physics Information Notices) database includes bibliographic records and abstracts for more than 1.5 million articles from major physical science journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published by the American Institute of Physics, its member societies, and other affiliated organizations.

What is the difference between secure and nonsecure login modes?

Users on our system have the option of encrypting their sign-in information (username and password) by using "secure mode" when logging in. When you sign in using secure mode, you are taking advantage of industry-standard SSL encryption, a technology created for managing the security of data transmissions to protect sensitive information. (NOTE: While secure mode provides SSL encryption, pages will take slightly longer to download depending on the speed of your Internet connection.) Secure mode is not supported by all browsers, and not all versions of even the most popular browsers have the necessary "cipher strength" to display SSL-protected pages. You may have to upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator to take advantage of secure sign-in. If you experience problems in secure mode, simply toggle back to standard mode (but do consider an upgrade so you can use this capability).