We have converted all back issues of the JRL to PDF format. These files are made available for your download from the tables of contents that are linked to from this page. All of the articles are available for non-commercial, personal and scientific use.
At this time we do not have any search capability for the archived PDFs. For the more recent PDFs (Volumes 28 and later), which were prepared from the same files used for the original publication, the PDFs themselves are searchable and should be indexed in google. Older articles were scanned and converted to PDF. Hence they are not searchable. Also, since our primary goal was to maximize quality, high resolution scans were used, resulting in large file sizes for articles with grey scale or color images.
NOTE: Some of the PDF files are quite large (many MBs). We opted for high quality scans (600 dpi), which have resulted in some large file sizes for articles with multiple color/greyscale images. Our feeling was that for scientific purposes, quality was paramount. If you have trouble with the big files, take solace in the fact that in a few years, you won't, as bandwidth, memory, disk space, and processing speed all become more plentiful.
Many thanks to Zdenka Krenova and Soyka Beran for scanning in all
of the paper issues of the Journal.
| Volume (Issue) | Publication Date |
| 1 (1) | August 1962 |
| 1 (2) | January 1963 |
| 1 (3) | March 1963 |
| 1 (4) | May 1963 |
| 2 (1) - Yosemite Butterflies | July 1963 |
| 2 (2) | September 1963 |
| 2 (3) | November 1963 |
| 2 (4) | December 1963 |
| 3 (1) | March 1964 |
| 3 (2) | June 1964 |
| 3 (3) | September 1964 |
| 3 (4) | December 1964 |
| 4 (1) | March 1965 |
| 4 (2) | June 1965 |
| 4 (3) | September 1965 |
| 4 (4) | December 1965 |
| 5 (1) | March 1966 |
| 5 (2) | June 1966 |
| 5 (3) | September 1966 |
| 5 (4) | December 1966 |
| 6 (1) | March 1967 |
| 6 (2) | June 1967 |
| 6 (3) | September 1967 |
| 6 (4) | December 1967 |
| 7 (1) | March 1968 |
| 7 (2) | June 1968 |
| 7 (3) | September 1968 |
| 7 (4) | December 1968 |
| 8 (1) | March 1969 |
| 8 (2) | June 1969 |
| 8 (3) | September 1969 |
| 8 (4) | December 1969 |
| 9 (1) | March 1970 |
| 9 (2) | June 1970 |
| 9 (3) | September 1970 |
| 9 (4) | December 1970 |
| 10 (1) | March 1971 |
| 10 (2) | June 1971 (1972) |
| 10 (3) | September 1971 (1973) |
| 10 (4) | December 1971 (1973) |
| 11 (1) | March 1972 (1973) |
| 11 (2) | June 1972 (1973) |
| 11 (3) | September 1972 (1973) |
| 11 (4) | December 1972 (1973) |
| 12 (1) | March 1973 |
| 12 (2) | June 1973 |
| 12 (3) | September 1973 (1974) |
| 12 (4) | December 1973 (1974) |
| 13 (1) | March 1974 |
| 13 (2) | June 1974 |
| 13 (3) | September 1974 |
| 13 (4) | December 1974 |
| 14 (1) | March 1975 |
| 14 (2) | June 1975 |
| 14 (3) | September 1975 |
| 14 (4) | December 1975 |
| 15 (1) | March 1976 |
| 15 (2) | June 1976 |
| 15 (3) | September 1976 |
| 15 (4) | December 1976 |
| 16 (1) | March 1977 |
| 16 (2) | June 1977 |
| 16 (3) | September 1977 |
| 16 (4) | December 1977 |
| 17 (1) | March 1978 (October 1979) |
| 17 (2) | Summer 1978 (1980) |
| 17 (3) | Autumn 1978 (1980) |
| 17 (4) | Winter 1978 (1980) |
| 17 (Supplement) - William Hovanitz Memorial Issue | 1978 (1979) |
| 18 (1) | Spring 1979 (1981) |
| 18 (2) | Summer 1979 (1981) |
| 18 (3) | Autumn 1979 (1981) |
| 18 (4) | Winter 1979 (1981) |
| 19 (1) | Spring 1980 (1981) |
| 19 (2) | Summer 1980 (1981) |
| 19 (3) | Autumn 1980 (1981) |
| 19 (4) | Winter 1980 (1981) |
| 20 (1) | Spring 1981 (1982) |
| 20 (2) | Summer 1981 (1982) |
| 20 (3) | Autumn 1981 (1983) |
| 20 (4) | Winter 1981 (1983) |
| 21 (1) | Spring 1982 (1983) |
| 21 (2) | Summer 1982 (1983) |
| 21 (3) | Autumn 1982 (1983) |
| 21 (4) | Winter 1982 (1983) |
| 22 (1) | Spring 1983 |
| 22 (2) | Summer 1983 |
| 22 (3) | Autumn 1983 (1984) |
| 22 (4) | Winter 1983 (1984) |
| 23 (1) | Spring 1984 |
| 23 (2) | Summer 1984 |
| 23 (3) | Autumn 1984 |
| 23 (4) | Winter 1984 (1985) |
| 24 (1) | Spring 1985 |
| 24 (2) | Summer 1985 |
| 24 (3) | Autumn 1985 (1986) |
| 24 (4) | Winter 1985 (1986) |
| 25 (1) | October 1, 1986 |
| 25 (2) | May 21, 1987 |
| 25 (3) | July 8, 1987 |
| 25 (4) | December 31, 1987 |
| 26 | November 15, 1988 |
| 27 (1) | Spring 1988 |
| 27 (2) | July 15, 1989 |
| 27 (3-4) | December 10, 1989 |
| Index of Volumes 1-27 | |
| 28 (1-2) | July 25, 1990 |
| 28 (3) | September 15, 1991 |
| 28 (4) | September 15, 1991 |
| 29 (1-2) | December 31, 1991 |
| 29 (3) | December 31, 1991 |
| 29 (4) | September 1, 1992 |
| 30 (1-2) | December 1, 1992 |
| 30 (3-4) | December 1, 1993 |
| 31 (1-2) | July 1, 1994 |
| 31 (3-4) | November 1, 1995 |
| 32 | May 1, 1996 |
| 33 | May 1, 1996 |
| 34 | December 15, 1997 |
| 35 | March 15, 2000 |
| 36 | March 15, 2000 |
| 37 | May 15, 2003 |
| 38 | April 30, 2005 |
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Last updated: 06 August 2005