On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:54:08 -0700, Rick Froman wrote: >Mike Palij thought this point of mine needed some clarification: >>Google Scholar complements PsycINFO by allowing you to find articles, for >>example, posted on faculty websites that have been published in peer-reviewed >>journals but that may not be available through your library's electronic >>databases. > >I can't speak to these publication policies. I can only say that I have found >many full-text original sources through Google Scholar. >[snip]
The statement below from the APA website provides the clarification that I was seeking though it apparently applies only to APA journal publications (private/university publishers may or may not comply with the policy). The key point is that APA does not allow one to distribute a copy of the PUBLISHED article (i.e., the "article of record") though one can distribute, say, the manuscript of the article. The APA apparently believe that one can distribute PDF of the published articles as one would distribute paper reprints. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] From: http://www.apa.org/pubs/authors/posting.aspx APA Journals Internet Posting Guidelines Update effective November 1, 2008 If a paper is unpublished, the author may distribute it on the Internet or post it on a website but should label the paper with the date and with a statement that the paper has not (yet) been published. (Example: Draft version 1.3, 1/5/08. This paper has not been peer reviewed. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission.) Authors of articles published in APA journals may post a copy of the final manuscript, as accepted for publication, as a word processing, PDF, or other type file, on their website or their employer's server after it is accepted for publication. The following conditions would prevail: The posted article must carry an APA copyright notice and include a link to the APA journal home page or to the final published version using the article’s DOI, or digital object identifier, that may be found on the first page of the published article, in the upper right-hand corner. Further, the posted article must include the following statement: "This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record." APA does not provide electronic copies of the APA published version for this purpose, and authors are not permitted to scan in the APA typeset version of the published article. Authors are not permitted to download and subsequently post the APA typeset version of the published article. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2885 or send a blank email to leave-2885-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
