BU’s RefWorks subscription to end August 31
Boston University’s subscription to the reference manager RefWorks is ending on August 31, 2026, and users will no longer have access to the platform or their collected references after this date. To ensure users can access their references, the BU Libraries are offering support and guidance on exporting references and uploading them to another reference […]
BU Libraries Celebrate Love Data Week
The BU Libraries are celebrating Love Data Week (February 9-13) by sharing data resources and offerings and uplifting the data sets the BU community loves. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)’s Love Data Week celebrates data in all forms, and the power of data to tell stories and shape our understanding of the world around […]
Open Access Week: Explore OpenBU
The BU Libraries are celebrating International Open Access Week (October 20-26) by highlighting library services that support the global reach of scholarship produced at BU and the variety of works available in BU’s digital institutional repository. To support the university’s commitment to “disseminating the fruits of its research and scholarship as widely as possible” as outlined in its open access […]
New Libraries Guide for Updated NIH Public Access Policy
The National Institute of Health (NIH) has accelerated the implementation of its updated public access policy required of all peer-reviewed research papers related to NIH-funded activities. Beginning July 1, 2025, researchers who have received a grant from the NIH must submit an electronic version of their accepted manuscript to PubMed Central immediately upon their paper’s final acceptance for publication to be made publicly […]