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Coming Soon – EndNote 21 @ MSK

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Clarivate has released EndNote 21 and the Research Informationists at the MSK Library are currently testing the latest PC version in preparation for its upcoming push to MSK EndNote user accounts later this summer. An updated EndNote version for Macs will also soon be made available for self-service download.

Unlike the more dramatic redesigns introduced with EndNote 20, users of the EndNote 21 desktop version should hardly notice any difference. The most notable enhancement to the new desktop version is the ability to organize the references/records in a library using colorful, customizable “tags”.

Librarian Tip: Using EndNote 21’s tagging capability is a perfect way to keep track of which references you have ordered via inter-library loan so that you avoid the risk of submitting multiple ILLiad requests for the same items.

Registering for an EndNote 21 online account

To take advantage of the rest of the EndNote 21 enhancements that will be highlighted below, you first need to logon to an existing EndNote online account or register for an EndNote 21 web account that will give you the ability to activate the Sync process between the online and desktop versions. You can do this within the desktop EndNote 21 environment by going to Edit > Preferences > Sync > Choose the Enable Sync button.

Note: You will be prompted to provide an email address as the username and a password (please use something original just for this account – do not use your usual email password) for the EndNote web account that will be created. It is strongly recommended that users de-select the “Sync Automatically” default option if selected.

Alternatively, you can go directly to http://www.myendnoteweb.com to register for a new account. Users of the new version will get to enjoy the redesigned EndNote web interface available only to EndNote 21 customers.

EndNote 21 New Features you can enjoy ONLY if you register for an EndNote 21 online account:

  • Enhanced data recovery and restoration functionality

EndNote 21’s single reference restoration feature introduces the ability for users to compare and restore previous versions of individual references to correct any errors. Entire library files that may have been damaged or deleted can also be restored thanks to EndNote 21’s new data restoration function.

  • Expanded library sharing – up to 1,000 colleagues

EndNote 21 now offers users the option to share a group of references with up to 1000 other EndNote online users, a big change from the 100 allowed with EndNote 20.

  • Cite While You Write in Google Docs™

A new Cite While You Write (CWYW) plug-in is now available via Google Workspace Marketplace – one that makes it possible for EndNote 21 customers to use EndNote 21 with Google Docs™. 

Learn more about EndNote 21 key features by exploring the resources on Clarivate’s EndNote 21 LibGuide or by viewing this short video (3:00 min).

Questions? AskUs at the MSK Library!

 

Retracted Article Alerts Incorporated into LibKey Products, Including ONESEARCH

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According to the co-founder of the Retraction Watch Database, Ivan Oransky, “Retraction Watch has witnessed a retraction boom since its founding 12 years ago”. This rise in retracted articles has translated into an increased risk of scholarly authors inadvertently citing a retracted paper without realizing it.

To mitigate this risk, a variety of library tools have started incorporating functionality that notifies their users whenever they come across an article that has been signposted as a retraction. To keep things as seamless as possible, these tools are not requiring their users to pause their research and jump to a second library product to look something up, but rather are incorporating these retraction flags/alerts as a safety “speed bump” in their process.

For example, Third Iron’s LibKey products like the MSK Library’s ONESEARCH discovery tool has begun including retraction status flags and reasons to help searchers make better informed decisions just as they are about to access the full-text PDF format of articles.

Here’s what it look like in practice – take, for example, this PubMed-indexed retracted article:

Hassan M, Watari H, AbuAlmaaty A, Ohba Y, Sakuragi N. Apoptosis and molecular targeting therapy in cancer. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:150845. doi: 10.1155/2014/150845. Epub 2014 Jun 12. Retraction in: Biomed Res Int. 2020 Aug 28;2020:2451249. PMID: 25013758; PMCID: PMC4075070.

The database citation record gets similarly flagged as a Retracted Article in ONESEARCH:

However, the retracted status becomes most obvious to the user at the critical point when they are about to decide whether or not they should invest time reading the full-text article:

Learn more About Article Retractions in Third Iron products or Ask Us at the MSK Library.

“How Can I Share It” Website Simplifies Scholarly Article Sharing

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Getting a scholarly article published is a satisfying and exciting end point for research teams who likely spent months or even years carrying out their research projects. Journal publishers are key partners in helping researchers get the results of this work out and into the scientific record. Regardless of whether the journal is open access (where authors generally hold onto the article copyrights) or follows a more traditional publishing model (where a copyright transfer to the publisher occurs as part of the submission process), all publishers are eager to help their authors get the word out about the research once the paper is published.

Sharing their article, however, can sometimes get a bit complicated for authors as the sharing landscape is somewhat unclear with different journal publishers often having different copyright-related restrictions in place. In comes How Can I Share It, a website developed by a number of scholarly publishing organizations that “have agreed to work together to develop and continually improve the information, resources and tools on this site to facilitate sharing, which benefits researchers, institutions, and society as a whole.” Researchers simply need to plug in an article DOI to bring up article-specific guidance; the advice will vary depending on whether the researcher is a co-author or not.

From: https://www.howcanishareit.com/about-us

“The Can I Share It look-up tool provides academic researchers with an easy way to check where a journal article can be shared in line with the paper’s access and usage rights.“

“How Can I share It also includes information on how you can share, where you can share and recommendations for sharing sites where you can engage and collaborate with the research community. How Can I Share It endorses the voluntary principles for article sharing on scholarly collaboration networks as drafted by the STM Association.”

In the DOI search results are listed resources and tools where an author can share, organized in four categories, including: tools where…

1)      “You can share the metadata and abstract as well as a link to the article on the respective publishers’ platforms on”

2)      “You can share your author’s original (preprint) on”

3)      “You can share the accepted manuscript on”

4)      “You can share the version of record on”

This website also serves as an information hub for Scholarly Collaboration Networks (SCNs) that “are platforms that allow researchers to develop and maintain professional relationships. SCNs also enable researchers to share information and ideas, participate in discussions and embark on collaborations. Some networks do not facilitate possibilities for social interactions, but do enable collaboration through article sharing.”


For more information related to scholarly publishing be sure to check out the Support for Authors LibGuide or Ask Us at the MSK Library!