If  you have ever published a paper or plan to publish one in this age of freely available web information and the attendant ownership controversies, you may be wondering what you are allowed to do with your paper after it has been published or approved for publication.  SHERPA/RoMEO is a database that lets you know what rights are normally give to author's by journal publishers. You can search the database by journal title or publisher name.  There is also a color coded system that allows you to browse all the publications that fall into a particular category:

• Green: can archive pre-print and post-print
• Blue: can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing)
• Yellow: can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
• White: archiving not formally supported

Regulary using this tool instead of tracking down the individual publications can save you much time and energy.  For more time saving ideas, be sure to peruse the Tips and Tools section of PolyThinker's Pad.