Number 31 (Story #4), April 26, 1991 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein NATIONAL PHYSICS DATABASE. The American Physical Society (APS) task force on electronic information systems has recommended that the Society adopt as a long-term goal the creation of a National Physics Database, which in turn would be "the first step toward integrating all the world's scientific literature into an electronic information system." The APS journal Physical Review began accepting submissions in electronic form in 1979 (at first on magnetic tape) and now encourages the use of electronic networks, such as Bitnet, for transmitting articles and referee reports. (Bulletin of the APS, April 1991.)