Although the authors of Investigation of the Scientific and Economic Relations of the Sorghum Sugar Industry most certainly never hoped to see their research on the Internet, it’s there today, courtesy of Google.

The 1882 report, one of first studies ever undertaken by the National Academy of Science, has joined nearly 9,000 other National Academies texts—ranging from the venerable to the in vogue—now accessible online. The largest part of the newly available data is the result of collaboration with Google, according to a National Academies press release.

With the help of the search engine giant, the National Academies plans to have its entire 11,000-report collection online and searchable within the next two years. That means researchers will have the Academies’ historical perspective at their fingertips, stated George E. Brown Jr. Library Manager Victoria Harriston in the release.

“Much has changed since the National Academy of Sciences began advising the government in the late 1800s," she stated. "Our early reports are essential to understanding the scientific advances made in this country as well as the science and technology issues the government struggled with in the 19th and 20th centuries.”

Among those early reports now accessible are Proposed U.S. Program for the International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958, which documents Americas participation in the International Geophysics Year and Volume One of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which chronicles the Academy’s first years of doling out science advice to Congress.