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Entries from December 2009

Databases for Tracking Publications by NIH Grant Award Numbers

December 29th, 2009 · No Comments

PubMed (freely available database) and Web of Science  (subscription database) allow for searching of publications by NIH grant award numbers.
PubMed: Go to “Advanced Search.” In the “Search by Author, Journal, Publication Date, and more box,” select “Grant Number” from the drop down menu search box to search by grant award number. 
Web of Science: Go to “Advanced Search.” In the search [...]

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Tags: Authors at WU · Support for Authors

OSTP Public Forum to Discuss Options for Improving Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments

The Office of Science and Technology Policy recently launched a public forum on public access policies.
“The Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and the White House Open Government Initiative is launching a “Public Access Policy Forum” to invite public participation in thinking through what the Federal government’s policy [...]

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Tags: Public Access Mandates

The Royal Society: Trailblazing

December 4th, 2009 · No Comments

The Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth, has launched, Trailblazing, an online, interactive timeline launched to commemorate three and a half centuries of Royal Society publishing.
Trailblazing is a user-friendly, virtual journey through science. It showcases sixty articles selected from an archive of more than 60,000 articles published by the Royal Society [...]

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Tags: Publishing Models