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Coming Soon: EndNote 20’s New Interface

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Clarivate Analytics released the latest version of the EndNote citation management software in Fall 2020. The DigITs Technology Division plans to update MSK accounts to EndNote 20 in the early months of 2021. Please keep an eye on the MSK Library’s homepage for an upcoming notification message regarding the expected date for the MSK EndNote 20 scheduled update.

Here’s “What’s new in EndNote 20” according to the vendor (see 2:01 min video):

    • New modern interface design
    • Duplicate detection enhancements
    • Improved PDF reading experience
    • Time-saving workflow improvements

If you were a heavy user of the extensive toolbars of buttons/icons used in previous Endnote versions, you may miss them in this more minimalist, pared-down interface layout which was intentionally designed to be sleeker and more “modern”. Beyond aesthetics, however, the latest version has not changed very much in terms of functionality. As this comparison table between previous versions demonstrates, no functionality has actually been taken away.

New features in terms of functionality

Particularly for those who use EndNote to manage citations for systematic review projects, the enhanced duplicate detection functionality will be a welcome addition, with DOIs and PMCIDs now available as optional comparison fields. Also, for those who have a need to work between multiple libraries simultaneously, the ability to have more than one library open within the same window in EndNote 20 will make switching back and forth between multiple libraries easier. There is also more flexibility in how PDFs stored within EndNote can be viewed and handled.

Another notable change with EndNote 20 is that all of the 7,000+ bibliographic output styles available for EndNote will now come pre-loaded in the EndNote 20 desktop version, minimizing the possibility that authors will not find their needed output style and have to go download it from the vendor’s website. Additional tweaks to the number caps for various functions have been made to the latest updates of EndNote 20 and EndNote Online (for desktop users). All of these details can be found in these latest version comparison charts: HTML version and PDF version.

If you have any questions or concerns about the upcoming EndNote 20 update, please feel free to Ask Us at the MSK Library!

medRxiv – Preprint Server for Health Sciences

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First launched only about a year and a half ago in June 2019, preprint server medRxiv has enjoyed a super-sharp uptick in the number of manuscripts posted since February 2020, largely due to COVID-19 related submissions. medRxiv is not a journal publication or journal publisher – rather it is a preprint server or outlet for “the distribution of preprints that are complete but unpublished manuscripts describing health research”.

The pandemic has certainly put preprints on the fast-track to acceptance by the clinical research community, despite the fact that they are “preliminary reports of work that have not been certified by peer review”. As part of their COVID-19 response, the National Library of Medicine took the lead among database service providers and made the rather significant decision to index COVID-19 related preprints from specific preprint servers in PubMed, thereby enhancing their discoverability (and potential citations in new research) further.

That said – the debate about the benefits/challenges of preprints in the health sciences is still ongoing. However, it is becoming clear that preprints can no longer be ignored.

For a nice overview of where things stand with medRxiv (and other preprint servers) and where they may headed, be sure to check out the November 10, 2020 issue of JAMA, which includes these noteworthy papers:

Krumholz HM, Bloom T, Sever R, Rawlinson C, Inglis JR, Ross JS. Submissions and Downloads of Preprints in the First Year of medRxiv. JAMA. 2020;324(18):1903–1905. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17529 

Flanagin A, Fontanarosa PB, Bauchner H. Preprints Involving Medical Research—Do the Benefits Outweigh the Challenges? JAMA. 2020;324(18):1840–1843. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.20674

Malički M, Jerončić A, ter Riet G, et al. Preprint Servers’ Policies, Submission Requirements, and Transparency in Reporting and Research Integrity Recommendations. JAMA. 2020;324(18):1901–1903. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.17195 

For more information on preprints – be sure to Ask Us at the MSK Library! 

New Database! ClinMicroNow

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The Library has added a new clinical microbiology database called ClinMicroNow. This resource combines the content of the American Society for Microbiology’s Manual of Clinical Microbiology (MCM), the Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook (CMPH), and Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. MSK’s Esther Babady, Ph.D., D(ABMM), FIDSA is a member of the interdisciplinary team of editors and authors that created ClinMicroNow.

ClinMicroNow offers searches to find the complete range of pathogenic microbial organisms and related laboratory procedures. The clinical microbiology content is continuously updated by peer-selected authors, subject matter experts, and editors.

This resource is also searchable in our Database A-Z list. The Department of Laboratory Medicine has provided financial support for this resource.