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What is OpenAthens and How Does it Affect Your Research

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OpenAthens is an identity and IP-based authentication system that provides access to the Library’s licensed online resources via single sign-on (SSO) technology. It is replacing our previous system, EZproxy. 

Now when you are remote, you will be able to use your MSK credentials (username and password) to sign on with the MSK secure single sign-on, regardless if you are on or off of VPN. There should be no change to access when on-campus.

MSK Secure Login

We still strongly recommend navigating to the Library’s Remote Access (top right corner of the library’s website) first to access library resources and subscription content.

In some cases, you may be prompted by Open Athens to select your institution; simply go to Find your institution and select “Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center”.

Please refer to this LibGuide on Open Athens for further information. For questions regarding Open Athens or access issues, please reach out to resources@mkscc.org.

Retraction Alerts Now in EndNote!

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The latest version updates of EndNote 20 — versions 20.2 and 20.3 — now provide retraction alerts thanks to a new partnership between EndNote and Retraction Watch to provide alerts to both references in your library and within Microsoft Word while using Cite While You Write (CWYW).

In order to take advantage of this new feature, you must have an EndNote Online account (free with your desktop version) that you have synced to your EndNote desktop library. NOTE: You can only sync one desktop library to EndNote Online.

For more information and resources on EndNote and other citation management programs, head to the MSK Library’s Citation Management LibGuide. To have EndNote 20 installed on your MSK workstation or your MSK-issued laptop, contact the Help Desk at 123-3337 or 646-227-3337.

PubMed Central (PMC) is Getting a Makeover

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Starting on March 14th, PubMed Central (PMC) will be launching their new PMC website. The new interface will resemble the recently updated PubMed interface in 2020. This update is the first of ongoing updates to PMC to modernize it to provide a quicker more responsive website.

If you would like to explore the new interface before it goes live, check out PMC Labs.

PMC Labs

For more information about the new website, you can check out the NCBI Insights blog post: Updated PMC Launching Soon!