How can NIH-funded investigators demonstrate compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy? Where are the NIHMS ID and the PMCID reference numbers located? When can you use ”PMC Journal – In Process” as documentation? To find the answers to these questions, please review the “How to Demonstrate Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy” flowchart for guidance.
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Becker Medical Library and Washington University Libraries are pleased to announce the launch of a new Scholarly Communications website. This website represents a joint effort between the two campus library systems to provide resources and information related to scholarly communications for the Washington University community.
Features of the Scholarly Communications website include:
       Copyright resources
       Customized author [...]

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The November 2008 issue of Genome Technology contains a series of articles on open access.
Ready or Not, Here Comes Open Access
Sure, you’d rather focus on science than on debates about open access. But the decisions made today about publishing models are relevant not only to your work, but also to the future of biomedical research. [...]

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NIH just released two new training videos that provide step-by-step guidance for PIs/Authors for two methods of submission and the approval process: 1) author self-submits the manuscript, and 2) publisher or third party submits the manuscript.  
Submitting an Article to PubMed Central (for PIs/Authors who self-submit)
Approving Submission of an Article to PubMed Central (for PIs/Authors who need to approve [...]

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