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Finding E-Books at MSKCC

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The MSKCC Library offers a mix of print and online books. Although some current books can be found on the shelves at the Library, our users should be aware that the most recent editions of many of the books on our shelves may be offered only online by the Library. Online books, as with all electronic resources, can be accessed on any of the MSKCC computers as well as remotely (via the VPN or by logging in as a remote user). While one can find print books by both browsing shelves at the Library or using ONESEARCH (search box) located on the Library homepage, e-books can be found only via ONESEARCH.

To find individual e-books, type the book information in the ONESEARCH box on the Library homepage. You can use the default search box (what is typically called Basic Search) or you can use Advanced Search for more precision. Continue reading →

MSK Publications Popular on the Web in 2019

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Highlighted here are research articles published by MSK authors in 2019 that received the highest amount of attention online via news stories, blogs, social media posts, etc. The data is compiled by Altmetric, which tracks the mentions a publication receives across the web and assigns a weighted score indicating the amount of attention received.

The publications listed below are in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. You can click on the colored donut to view full details (keep in mind that scores fluctuate in real time and also that the contributing MSK author is given in parenthesis, but does not indicate all authors on the paper.)

 

High-fructose corn syrup enhances intestinal tumor growth in mice. Science. (Hongbiao Carl Lekaye)

 

 

Five-year survival with combined nivolumab and ipilimumab in advanced melanoma. New England Journal of Medicine. (Jedd Wolchok)

 

 

Metformin in 2019. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. (James Flory)

 

 

Increasing the dose intensity of chemotherapy by more frequent administration or sequential scheduling: a patient-level meta-analysis of 37,298 women with early breast cancer in 26 randomised trials. The Lancet. (Larry Norton)

 

Trends in sedentary behavior among the US population, 2001-2016. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. (Elizabeth Kantor)

 

 

If you have any questions regarding Altmetrics, please contact us.

 

Springer Nature SharedIt Content-Sharing Initiative

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Since 2016, Springer Nature has been helping its authors bring more attention to their work by creating shareable links to view-only versions of their peer-reviewed research papers that can be freely-distributed to their potential readers via an initiative called SharedIt.

What is SharedIt?

“SharedIt is a content sharing initiative from Springer Nature that allows authors and subscribers to easily and legally share links to free-to-read versions of research articles anywhere, including social media platforms, repositories and personal websites. All articles published in the Springer Nature owned journal portfolio and over 1,000 co-owned or partner-owned journals are included in the initiative.”

What many authors and readers do not realize is that the mass sharing of downloaded PDFs of peer-reviewed, published journal articles is usually not allowed within standard copyright agreements. The SharedIt initiative makes the sharing legal because the article PDF can only be downloaded and printed if the article has been published as an open access paper or if the viewer has a personal or institutional subscription through which they may gain access to the full-text PDF. For everyone else, the article in its entirety can be read in a free, view-only version but cannot be downloaded/saved/printed. The information, however, can still be read and further shared via the paper’s SharedIt link, even via far-reaching social media channels.

To learn more about SharedIt – see:

…or AskUs at the MSK Library.