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The 10th Edition of the @AMAManual of Style is New to the Library

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Thanks to a suggestion from one of our users in the Surgery department, the Library has recently added the AMA Manual of Style to its eBook collection!  This latest edition features detailed guidelines on authorship along with new and improved discussions on

  • ethical and legal issues
  • conflicts of interest
  • scientific misconduct
  • intellectual property
  • the protection of individuals’ rights in scientific research and publication
  • research ethics
  • editorial independence
  • indexing and searching, and
  • medical nomenclature.

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3D models, nanoscience and more….

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Surfing the web, I uncovered these news items worth sharing:

  • Researchers at Uppsala University report on a new approach to cancer drug discovery by developing 3 dimensional cell cultures. Findings are published in Cell Chemical Biology.
  • Scientists at Cardiff University have successfully developed a 3-dimensional mammary gland model opening the doors to better understanding breast cancer. For more, see paper in Nature Communications.
  • Nine prominent nanoscientists make predictions for the future regarding the contributions that nanoscience will make to improve health and better living. More on their conclusions in ACS Nano.
  • The power of immunity to fight cancer is at the center of a mice study conducted at MIT, where researchers used a combination of therapies to activate the immune system that ultimately led to the disappearance of tumors in mice. Findings discussed in Nature Medicine.

How to Quickly Cite a Reference using Google Scholar

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Google Scholar can facilitate citing a reference on-the-fly. Below each citation after running a search, there are a few links offering actions like exporting, saving, and more. If you don’t see a link called Cite, then click on the More option. This will display the Cite action where Google Scholar generates the reference in a few of the major citation styles. Among these styles are APA, Chicago, Vancouver, and MLA. See the screenshots below for examples of what this looks like and ask us if you have any questions. You can try out this example on your own using this link: https://goo.gl/8zurMk.

Title search

Cite and export options