Frequently asked questions

NRC patent records are not included in the NRC Publications Archive. To view NRC patents, please see the following resources:

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
• European Patent Office

For patents filed in other countries, contact the patent office website of the country in question or see the PATENTSCOPE database from the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The NRC Publications Archive is a citation database containing bibliographic information about NRC-authored publications. While every attempt is made to include full text, the database is not a full-text database.

When full text is available in the Archive, a "view" link will display alongside the citation. Select the "view…" hyperlink to access the full text.

This repository contains the version of the publication that NRC is allowed to deposit based on copyright. Due to copyright limitations, the available full text may be the author's version or the accepted manuscript rather than the publisher's version.

If you seek the publisher’s version and it is not available in the Archive, you can do the following to obtain a copy of the publisher’s version of the manuscript:

• For NRC-published works, request the item by filling and submitting the NRC Publications Archive contact form.
• For works published by a third-party, access the item through the publisher’s website. Records in the NRC Publications Archive typically provide a linked DOI or publisher URL that directs you to the publication’s webpage.

If you encounter a link that does not work or if you have clicked on a part of a record and received an error message, please report the problem by filling and submitting the NRC Publications Archive contact form.

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. See Copyright and terms of use for details about copyright permissions.

To obtain permission to use an image, chart, etc.:

• If it is a work published by NRC, you will have to obtain permission from the Director General of the research centre with which the author is/was affiliated. To reach a Director General, contact NRC at info@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca , 1-877-672-2672, or through the alternative channels provided on the NRC Contact us webpage.
• If it is a work published by a third party, contact the publisher.

There is no guarantee that the unpublished data is still available. To obtain the data and the permission to use it:

• If it is a work published by NRC, you will have to obtain permission from the Director General of the research centre with which the author is/was affiliated. To reach a Director General, contact NRC at info@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca , 1-877-672-2672, or through the alternative channels provided on the NRC Contact us webpage.
• If it is a work published by a third party, contact the publisher.

• If it is a work published by NRC, contact the Director General of the NRC research centre responsible for the publication. To reach a Director General, contact NRC at info@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca , 1-877-672-2672, or through the alternative channels provided on the NRC Contact us webpage.
• If it is a work published by a third party, contact the publisher.

• To connect with an NRC researcher, contact NRC at info@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca , 1-877-672-2672, or through the alternative channels provided on the NRC Contact us webpage.
• Contact details are sometimes provided in publications issued by third parties, on the abstract page or in the full text.
• Alternatively you can search the Web for an author's current contact information.

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The entire set of NRC Publications Archive metadata is available for harvesting using the OAI-PMH protocol.

• Base URL: https://oai-pmh.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ctrl
• Identify: https://oai-pmh.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ctrl?verb=Identify
• List Metadata Formats: https://oai-pmh.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ctrl?verb=ListMetadataFormats
• Sample Record (OAI_DC format): https://oai-pmh.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ctrl?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai:cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.ca:cistinparc:1570664