PubMed Central Canada: Beyond an open access repository?
| Published | January 2013 |
| Journal | The Journal of Academic Librarianship Volume 39, Issue 1 (January 2013), Pages 76 - 83 |
| Editors | Kaspar, Wendi Arant and vanDuinkerken, Wyoma |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada) represents a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), and the National Library of Medicine of the US. The present study was done to gauge faculty awareness about the CIHR Policy on Access to Research and about their familiarity with PubMed Central Canada, the federal open access repository. Researchers were asked to rank search and browse features that would be helpful while using PMC Canada. The study recommends academic librarians to play an active role in promoting open access repositories and informing faculty members about policies on access to research as stipulated by grant funding agencies.| Keywords | CIHR policy · open access · PMC · PubMed Central Canada · UKPMC |
| ISSN | 991333 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Rights | Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.11.005 |
| URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0099133312001735 |
| Other information | The Journal of Academic Librarianship |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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