Linguamatics Clears Copyright

December 1, 2015

What is a researcher’s dream?  A researcher’s dream is to be able to easily locate and access viable, full-text resources without having to deal with any copyright issues.  One might think that all information is accessible via the Internet and a Google search, but if this is how you think professional research happens then you are sadly mistaken.  Most professional articles and journals are locked behind corporate academic walls with barbed wire made from copyright laws.

PR Newswire says in “Linguamatics Expands Cloud Text Mining Platform To Include Full-Text Articles” as way for life science researchers to legally bypass copyright.  Linguamatics is a natural language processing text-mining platform and it will now incorporate the Copyright Clearance Center’s new text mining solution RightFind XML.  This will allow researchers to have access to over 4,000 peer-reviewed journals from over twenty-five of scientific, technical, and medical publishers.

“The solution enables researchers to make discoveries and connections that can only be found in full-text articles. All of the content is stored securely by CCC and is pre-authorized by publishers for commercial text mining. Users access the content using Linguamatics’ unique federated text mining architecture which allows researchers to find the key information to support business-critical decisions. The integrated solution is available now, and enables users to save time, reduce costs and help mitigate an organization’s copyright infringement risk.”

I can only hope that other academic databases and publishers will adopt a similar and (hopefully) more affordable way to access full-text, viable resources.  One of the biggest drawbacks to Internet research is having to rely on questionable source information, because it is free and readily available.  Easier access to more accurate information form viable resources will not only improve information, but also start a trend to increase its access.

Whitney Grace, December 1, 2015

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