PubMed Central Canada
Encyclopedia
PubMed Central Canada is a Canadian national digital repository of peer-reviewed health and life sciences literature. It joins UK PubMed Central
as a member of the PubMed Central International network. PMC Canada is a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
(CIHR), the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
(NRC-CISTI, the Canadian National Science Library), and the United States
National Library of Medicine (NLM).
The site is available at http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/
PMC Canada includes an interface in both English and French, to support the use of Canada's two official languages.
PubMed Central Canada provides free access to content, and is one of the locations where CIHR researchers can deposit their peer-reviewed research articles, in order to meet with the open access requirements of the CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs.
As with UKPMC, PMC Canada is based on the US PubMed Central
service.
The full launch of PMC Canada, including a manuscript submission system for CIHR researchers, was April 28, 2010.
UK PubMed Central
' is an on-line database that offers free access to a vast and growing collection of biomedical and health research information.-Service:...
as a member of the PubMed Central International network. PMC Canada is a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Institutes of Health Research is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. It aims to create new health knowledge, and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real world...
(CIHR), the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
CISTI
The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information began in 1924 as the library of the National Research Council of Canada , the leading agency for research and development in Canada. This library took on the role of national science library unofficially in 1957 and became the official...
(NRC-CISTI, the Canadian National Science Library), and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
National Library of Medicine (NLM).
The site is available at http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/
PMC Canada includes an interface in both English and French, to support the use of Canada's two official languages.
PubMed Central Canada provides free access to content, and is one of the locations where CIHR researchers can deposit their peer-reviewed research articles, in order to meet with the open access requirements of the CIHR Policy on Access to Research Outputs.
As with UKPMC, PMC Canada is based on the US PubMed Central
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences. It grew from the online Entrez PubMed biomedical literature search system. PubMed Central was developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine as an online archive of biomedical journal...
service.
Launch
The initial version of PubMed Central Canada launched in October 2009. The launch was timed to coincide with Open Access Week.The full launch of PMC Canada, including a manuscript submission system for CIHR researchers, was April 28, 2010.
See also
- UK PubMed CentralUK PubMed Central' is an on-line database that offers free access to a vast and growing collection of biomedical and health research information.-Service:...
- Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical InformationCISTIThe Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information began in 1924 as the library of the National Research Council of Canada , the leading agency for research and development in Canada. This library took on the role of national science library unofficially in 1957 and became the official...
- Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchCanadian Institutes of Health Research is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It is the successor to the Medical Research Council of Canada. It aims to create new health knowledge, and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real world...
External links
- CIHR and CISTI: Developing a Canadian PMC Repository (PDF) - presentation by Geoff Hynes to CHLA 2008
- UBC Health Library Wiki: PubMed Central Canada (PMCC)