Faculty

Integrate Library Research Skills into Course Content

Faculty are encouraged to consider integrating library research skills into course content. Classes can be requested for any group, department or class and participation is open to everyone. Librarians are available to develop and teach classes that meet specific needs or are about a specific resource. Classes are usually hands-on and interactive when students have laptops or if the class is held in the Library Computer Classroom.

Popular themes for classes include:

PubMed
Ovid Medline
CINAHL
Evidence Based Practice
RefWorks
EndNote

Please submit your request in advance to ensure the availability of a librarian and time preparation of materials. If a specific assignment will be assigned after the class, please let us know the details and expectations you have for your students.

To learn more or to schedule a class, contact Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Services, at prenticek@uthscsa.edu or call 210-567-6606.

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Introduction

Since 2008, the NIH Public Access Policy has been a statutory requirement term and a condition of all grant awards and cooperative agreements. The policy ensures that published results of NIH-funded research are made available to the public.

Scientists are required to submit a copy of their manuscript upon acceptance to the NIH Manuscript Submission system. They must upload the final peer-reviewed manuscript to PMC (PubMed Central) within twelve months of publication. PMC is a free online archive of full-text biomedical journal articles.

Consequences of Non-Compliance

The NIH will delay funding or renewal non-competing continuation awards with a start date of July 1, 2013, if the applicants’ publications arising from grant awards are not in compliance with the Public Access Policy. Read about the upcoming policy changes or view the archived webinar, “Changes to the NIH Public Access Policy and the Implications.”

Steps to Compliance

Applicability: Has the manuscript has been accepted in a peer-reviewed journal? Does the manuscript arise from research funded directly by a grant, contract or program of the NIH?
Copyright Considerations: Before signing a publication agreement or copyright transfer agreement from the publisher, authors should make sure the agreement allows the paper to be posted to PMC in accordance with the NIH Public Access Policy. If the publisher’s policies on NIH submission are unclear, unknown or non-compliant, consider including a comment, in the publication agreement, that the manuscript “is subject to the NIH PMC submittal requirements.”
Manuscript submission to PMC: Who will submit the publication, author or publisher? Check the author agreement or the journal’s website. Some journals automatically submit the manuscript; some may charge a fee for submission. The ultimate responsibility for ensuring submission lies with the Principle Investigator.
Inclusion of PMCIDs in NIH proposals and reports: Principle Investigators submitting an application, proposal or progress report to the NIH must include the PMCID when citing applicable papers they have authored if those papers arise from their NIH-funded research.

Submission Process:

Log in to the NIH Manuscript Submission System. You can also log in through your eRA Commons or my NCBI account. Remember to use the same login for subsequent visits.
Upload the accepted manuscript, or the final peer reviewed manuscript. Always save a separate copy of the final peer-reviewed manuscript in case the submission system experiences a problem.
Look for emails from NIH confirming approvals.

Monitoring Compliance

Use myNCBI’s My Bibliography feature to monitor compliance for all applicable papers that you author or that arise from your NIH award.
When planning a paper, discuss with co-authors how the paper will comply with the NIH Public Access Policy.

UT Health Science Center Resources

If you need help or answers regarding policy compliance, please contact the UTHSC Office of Sponsored Programs.
If you need help negotiating, securing or retaining the rights to deposit your material in PubMed Central from your publisher, please contact the UTHSC Office of Legal Affairs.
If you need help with the material or links on this page, or locating further information about the NIH Public Access Policy, contact the Briscoe Library at (210) 567-2450 or AskALibrarian@uthscsa.edu.