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PubMed - a dynamic tool for publicly available medical research

Students, faculty, and staff can use this guide for more productive searches for open access medical research articles.

PubMed and Open Access

How to Get Your Articles Indexed in PubMed: The Go-To Guide for Publishers  | by Shanu Kumar | SciSpace Blog  What is open access?

Libraries have a role in making sure that patrons are not locked out from the data and findings produced by publicly funded researchers. In 2022, the White House issued a directive that pushed academic publishing into a more open direction with a mandate to make all publicly funded research freely available with no wait times by 2025. Academic publishers have traditionally been able to make money from these articles for up to 12 months before making them open for anyone to access.

The National Library of Medicine maintains a useful public database - PubMed - that is a tremendous resource for anyone who needs to find open access articles. This guide provides steps on how to find these articles without the need to make an interlibrary loan request. Columbia College librarians gladly process loan requests for articles and books, but sometimes these requests can take several days to fulfill for our patrons. PubMed can quickly fulfill needs for some medical literature requests.

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