# 3.1. Before Creating a Research Output

<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">First, you always need to **check if the content already exists in Pure**:</span>

<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Remove the my content filter by on the “x”</span>

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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Now you have access to every publication not just those related to your teaching hospital: </span>

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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span>S<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DE-AT;">earch for the publication by title, PubMed ID, or other identifiers.</span></span>

- <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DE-AT;">If the publication you wish to import into PURE **appears in the list**, click on it and verify whether your teaching hospital is associated with the publication. In this example the publication is only associated with the Department of Internal Medicinie II, Division of Geriatrics Nuremberg. If your teaching hospital is **not related** to the content, but it should be, please contact Research Management at <pure@pmu.ac.at>.  
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- <span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: DE-AT;">If the publication you wish to import **does not appear in the list**, you can import the publication without creating duplicates. For the details please refer to chapter [Ways Importing and Creating Research Outputs.](https://wiki.pmu.ac.at/books/manual-for-pure-editors-at-the-teaching-hospitals-of-pmu/page/32-ways-importing-and-creating-research-outputs)  
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