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New eBook: Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine

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The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine is a six volume set that explores the key processes of lung diseases and their diagnosis and management.

This reference work covers molecular and cellular biology, physiology and immunology that underpin normal lung function, along with the aberrations that occur in respiratory diseases, from common disorders such as asthma and COPD to rarer lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension.

New Resource: NEJM Journal Watch

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The MSK Library now subscribes to NEJM Journal Watch. This resource is for practicing clinicians — physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, students, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals – to stay informed and current in their fields. 

The most important research, medical news, drug information, public health alerts, and guidelines across 12 specialties are summarized and put into perspective for you by our team of physician editors. NEJM Journal Watch helps clinicians be clinically prepared with succinct and easy-to-read summaries and expert comments in each issue.

Synapse Reaches a Milestone Achievement: 100,000 MSK Publications

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On December 16, the Synapse team indexed it’s 100,000th MSK publication!

Synapse was launched by the library in 2008 with the goal of capturing the intellectual output of MSK via publications. Each month our team searches for newly authored MSK works, vets and enhances all of the citation metadata, creates linkages to PubMed Central, Altmetrics, Dimensions citation counts, and adds them to the correct MSK authors’ profiles.

Some facts about these 100,000 publications:

  • Spans published works from 1985 to current.
  • We add an average of 7,000 publications per year; more than 500 per month.
  • The five journals most frequently published in (excluding meeting abstracts), are: Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Blood.
  • 65.7% of these publications are Journal Articles, including reviews, editorials, correspondence etc.; 28.2%  Meeting Abstracts; 4.5% Book Chapters/Books; and 1.4% Conference Papers.

A special thanks to our team of dedicated librarians that work each day to ensure these publications are captured and discoverable. This resource supports MSK staff in effectively managing grant compliance, their annual reports, and helping them keep their CV’s up-to-date. To learn more about Synapse, check out our About or FAQ web pages, or better yet, please contact us.