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New in PMC October 28, 2009 — PMC Now Offers a “Preview” Table of Contents for Embargoed Issues For any journal issue that has at least one open access or early access article, PMC is now displaying the table of contents (TOC) in advance of the whole issue becoming available. Not to worry, though—only those articles specified for early release are immediately viewable in PMC. As consistent with the terms of access in the journal agreement, the other articles will only become available on their specified release date, as shown in the TOC below.  The journal's accessiblity, as indicated on the PMC Journal list also has not changed; for example, Plant Physiology’s embargo period is still 12 months. What has changed is that the issues with “preview” TOCs now additionally appear on the journal's archive page . Publishers and others can rest assured, however, that no access terms for any journal have been changed with the unveiling of this new format. October 21, 2009 — PMC Canada is Launched! The newest addition to the PMC International effort, PubMed Central Canada has now been made public. Stay tuned for the launch of PMC Canada's manuscript submission system later this year.  October 1, 2009 — PMC Adds New Page on Public Access A new page, Public Access & PMC, has now been added to the About PMC section of the PubMed Central site. “Public Access & PMC” provides information on the relationship between PMC and the NIH Public Access policy, including the difference between the NIH Public Access journal list and PMC journal list. In particular, authors and publishers should find this new site to be a useful resource. July 24, 2009 — New Search Function Released You can now find embargoed articles and their corresponding PMCIDs through a recently released search option in the PMC Entrez database. Using the “Limits” tab, click in the field, “Show both free and embargoed articles” and refine your search by journal, author, date, article type, and/or tag term, as needed. Once you’re on the summary page, click on the “embargoed” tab at the top to find the articles in this category. You can then find the PMCID and date of availability at the bottom of the article citation, as indicated in the example below. For more information, see the article in the September-October issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin.  July 6, 2009 — PMC Canada to Start in Fall 2009 Canada is soon expected to join the international effort to provide access to health research through the PMC International network of digital archives. PMC Canada is the result of a three-way collaborative effort by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI). Similar to UK PubMed Central, PMC Canada will include most of the health and life sciences literature available through the U.S. PMC. PMC Canada will also include research resulting from funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Components of the new repository will include a bilingual interface as well a manuscript submission system for CIHR researchers. A press release from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research is also available at: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39788.html. 
June 16, 2009 — PMC Advisory Committee Meets at NLM The most recent meeting of the PMC Advisory Committee was held at the National Library of Medicine on June 15, 2009. The committee meets at least once a year and its members are appointed by the NIH Director from the biomedical information communities and the general public. Dr. Gary Ward, of the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont, has been appointed to serve as Chair of the Committee through January 2011. For more information on the PMC Advisory Committee, see http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/nac.html May 19, 2009 — New Version of PubMed Central® Journal List Released PMC released a new and improved journal list on March 31, 2009, after a comprehensive redesign for greater clarity and organization. The new design not only combines the full-list and tabbed-list views of the previous version but also includes some new or updated features to provide users with a greater overview of the total PMC archive. Looking at this new list, you will find:
For more information, see the complete article in the May-June issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj09/mj09_pmc_redesign.html
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