The selected resources below are designed to support health sciences students and faculty in publishing their scholarly work. This web page as well as our physical presence in the Health Sciences Library, Digital Media Resources Center will be growing in the coming months. The SPSC is in partnership with the University Libraries Scholarly Communication Committee.

Look over the Library’s Workshop offerings for sessions on tenure metrics, using End Note and getting the most from Google for your research.

NIH Public Access Policy Support

NIH Public Access Policy Overview
NIH Public Access Policy PowerPoint - Step-by-step instructions for submitting your work (in PowerPoint format).
NIH Grant Review Process Videos
[Image slides] - compliance portion of NIH Public Access policy, Overview for Librarians - For complete PDF, download here.

Writing Support

On the UB Libraries TOOLS FOR PUBLISHING AND SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT page you will find links to sites for help with writing, citing, and publishing.
Here are some books in the UB Health Sciences Library for additional support:

• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
• How to write, publish, & present in the health sciences a guide for clinicians & laboratory researchers by Thomas A. Lang [e-book]
• A nurse’s guide to presenting and publishing : dare to share by Kathleen T. Heinrich
• How to write a paper

Use of copyrighted materials

• Know Your Copy Rights
• FAQ for Faculty and Teaching Assistants
• What you Can do
• Fair Use Evaluator

Additional helpful UB Libraries web pages

• UB Libraries Research Tips Page
• Citing Resources: Citation Style Manuals
• Endnote software

Publishing Support
Publishing Options – start here or the Tools page to explore open access, directories of journals  and other digital projects.
Know Your Rights as an Author

• Author Addendum FAQ from Science Commons
• Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine from Science Commons

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