The new NIH Public Access Policy became effective April 7, 2008 and calls for mandatory deposit in PubMed Central of peer-reviewed electronic manuscripts stemming from NIH funding. There are a number of resources available to help librarians respond to questions from researchers. One of the challenges is understanding the policies for specific publications. I hope these resources help.

NIH Resources

Office of Extramural Research’s Public Access Policy Web site
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/

Journals That Submit All NIH-Funded Final Published Articles to PubMed Central

http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm

Other Resources

Publisher policies on NIH-funded Authors (Open Access Directory Wiki)
http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Publisher_policies_on_NIH-funded_authors,

Publishers’ Policies on the NIH Public Access Policy (From the Edward G. Miner Library, University of Rochester Medical Center)
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/HSLT/Miner/research_and_publishing/PublishersPoliciesonPubMedCentralMinerLibrary.cfm

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