The American Society for Microbiology has placed online the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, covering "significant current research in the areas of biotechnology, microbial ecology, food microbiology, and industrial microbiology." Abstracts are online beginning with the January 1992 issue, and users can access full-text content, including all figures and tables, beginning with the January 1998 issue. Full text is searchable by keyword, and cited references include "hyperlinks to Medline and to the full text of a number of other online journals." Note that free access extends through the end of 1998.