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Helpful Links about the NIH Policy

NIH Public Access Website
This NIH Web site provides official details on the NIH Public Access Policy with information about compliance and links to journals that submit articles to PubMed Central, the submission process, FAQs, and policy details.

The NIH Public Access Policy: Guide for Research Universities
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) website provides an overview of the NIH Public Access Policy as well as links to a broader discussion of new models of publishing.

NIH Policy Timeline
This Alliance for Taxpayer Access site tracks the NIH Policy from conception through implementation with links to original Policy documentation.  Also included is a letter of support sent to Congress by 26 Nobel Prize winners.


NIH Policy Interactive Guide Links

NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) System

PubMed - Over 17 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals

PubMed Central - Free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature

PubMed Central Journals - List of journals that have automatic submission arrangements with PubMed Central

Scholars Copyright Addendum Engine - Author copyright management tool

SHERPA/Juliet - Information on research funding policies

SHERPA/RoMEO - Publisher copyright & self-archiving policies

SPARC Access-Reuse Author Addendum - Author copyright management tool