The document discusses how access to older scientific literature is limited, threatening to disconnect current scientists from historical knowledge. Key citation databases and search tools are incomplete, missing much literature pre-1950. This is particularly felt in bacteriophage biology, where the field began early but databases lack many older articles. To address this, all older literature needs digitization to be searchable. Younger scientists also must be encouraged to explore historical literature for context and to avoid repeating past work. Without improvements, valuable past knowledge risks being lost.