Q. How can you post my published article in Dominican Scholar? What about Copyright?

Journal publishers recognize 3 versions of a published paper:

1. Pre-print -- the version of your manuscript prior to peer-review

2. Post-print (AKA the Accepted Manuscript) -- the last version of your manuscript after peer-review that is published

3. Publisher's version (AKA the Version of Record) -- the version that is eventually formatted for the journal and published. 

Most publishers allow for posting of the pre-print and post-print version of manuscripts, sometimes with restrictions.  In the case of Occupational Therapy in Health Care they allow the post-print to be place in an institutional repository with a 1-year embargo and acknowledgement of the publisher and link to the publisher's version:

"Under our Author Rights policy, authors also have the right to post their version of the submitted author manuscript (pre-print), or their version of the final published article (post-print) on their personal or institutional web site. Post-print web postings are subject to an embargo of 12 months."

We also use a online tool that tracks this information, Sherpa/Romeo, where you can always look up this information if you are interested

If we can't ever find information in regards to authors' rights, we always ask the publisher directly for permission. If they grant it, then it's not a problem.  If they deny permission, we accept that, and won't post the document.  

Our job is to make sure that your work is accessible and reaches the largest readership possible without violating copyright and publisher restrictions.