Welcome to the new, redesigned American Scientist Online, the online complement to American Scientist magazine. Here's a quick guide to getting started:

1. Begin by clicking Sign Up at the top of your screen. This will create a personal area known as My AmSci where you can store articles, manage comments and purchases, and more.
2. If you're a Sigma Xi member or an American Scientist subscriber, be sure to enter your ID number in the field provided to gain access to restricted content.
3. Once you've created your profile, make a note of your new password. In subsequent visits you'll always be able to access My AmSci by logging in with your email address and password.

Here's a brief summary of the features and tools you'll find on the new site:

1. Under Past Issues you'll find an archive containing the past 10 years of content from American Scientist magazine. You can comment on individual articles, save them to a personal library to read later, email them to friends or download them in PDF format.
2. On the Bookshelf contains a complete archive of the magazine's popular book review section, including online features such as author interviews and Scientists' Nightstand.
3. Science in the News examines coverage of science and technology stories in media around the world.
4. We offer numerous ways to subscribe to the site's content. If you use an RSS reader such as Google Reader, we offer numerous custom feeds tailored to individual publication types, such as interviews or Brian Hayes' popular Computing Science column. And with My Watches you can arrange to be notified by email whenever we post new content related to a particular discipline or written by a favorite author.
5. In the My AmSci section you can subscribe to any of our four free e-newsletters. Science in the News Daily and Science in the News Weekly provide concise summaries of science and technology news stories from the mainstream media, with links to the original articles. The monthly American Scientist Update offers a preview of each issue of Sigma Xi’s award-winning magazine, plus unique online features. Scientists' Bookshelf Monthly focuses on book news and author interviews. Subscribe or unsubscribe to these free e-newsletters at any time.

You'll find numerous other features and enhancements throughout the site. If you have any questions, you're always welcome to contact us at online@amsci.org. Enjoy the site!