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  1. Copyright

    1. I am the co-author of an article. Do I have to let my co-authors know that I am depositing in Academic Commons?
    2. I think the publisher owns the copyright to my work. How do I know what I can deposit?
    3. The articles or books that reference my data are under copyright. Can I deposit those?
    4. What can I do if I think someone has plagiarized my work which has been deposited in Academic Commons?
    5. What can I do if I think someone's use of my work in Academic Commons violates copyright?
  2. Data

    1. Can I deposit data from human subject studies?
    2. Can I deposit data that were generated using a dataset I obtained from another researcher or agency?
    3. Can I deposit my data in Academic Commons?
    4. Can I deposit the data from my funded research in Academic Commons?
    5. I am collecting a huge amount of data that I am not ready to deposit yet, and I need to store it. What should I do?
  3. Deposit

    1. How do I deposit my work?
    2. How is Academic Commons different than posting research on my own Web site?
    3. I deposit my articles in PubMedCentral (or ArXiv, RePEc, SSRN, etc.). Can I put them in Academic Commons, too?
    4. Is there a limit on what I can deposit?
    5. What can I deposit in Academic Commons?
  4. File Format

    1. Do you support video or audio as embedded links?
    2. What is the preferred file format in Academic Commons?
    3. Will you convert my deposited files into PDF (or some other format)?
  5. Overview

    1. Does Academic Commons have any analysis or visualization tools?
    2. How does Academic Commons differ from University Archives?
    3. What doesn't Academic Commons do?
    4. What is Academic Commons?
  6. Policies

    1. Are items peer-reviewed before they go in Academic Commons?
    2. Can I make changes to an item once I've deposited it into Academic Commons?
    3. Can I use Academic Commons to publish an electronic journal?
    4. Do I have to ask my co-authors if I can deposit?
    5. I only want people at Columbia to view my work. Can you limit access to Academic Commons?
  7. Visibility

    1. What do you do to increase the visibility of my work?
    2. What is the difference between a permanent URL and a DOI (Digital Object Identifier)?
    3. What kind of usage statistics does Academic Commons collect?
  8. All articles

    1. Are items peer-reviewed before they go in Academic Commons?
    2. Can I deposit data from human subject studies?
    3. Can I deposit data that were generated using a dataset I obtained from another researcher or agency?
    4. Can I deposit my data in Academic Commons?
    5. Can I deposit the data from my funded research in Academic Commons?

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