PLOS ONE now offers the ability to enlarge a figure to nearly your computer’s screen size so you can examine the minute details of a given figure and zoom-in and -out. The ability to easily click “in context” allows readers to see the image alongside relevant text and understand what the author is trying to show by including this particular image in his/her research article.

A good article to test this out on is one on transcription factors of Hydrozoan Jellyfish. Scroll down to the box where the figures appear, choose the one with the actual photos or internal snapshots of jellyfish, and use the zoom function at the bottom of the screen to take a close look at the pictures. You’ll notice that the high definition images do not pixelate or blur as you get closer.

Just another reason to check out this Open Access resource for up-to-date information and publications in your field.

The Friends of Cancer Research-simply called the Friends-is a national group advocating for policies and solutions to get cancer treatments to patients in the safest and quickest way possible. Friends works closely with government agencies to improve health outcomes and cancer care through educational, policy, and scientific approaches.

The Friends website is full of helpful information for both patients as well as health professionals. There are also very detailed pages on the FDA and Regulatory Policy, clinical trials, and cancer centers in the country with an interactive map.

Friends can also be used as a news source and current awareness tool as the website contains many news items on breaking cancer research as well as conferences and other events in the field. Take a look at their newsfeed to sign up for their newsletter and follow them on Twitter @CancerResrch.

Following the likes of Embase and Web of Science, Scopus has launched a newly designed (and enhanced) interface to make using the database easier and more seamless.

A few features that have been added/improved are…

• Easier exporting of citations: an export window now pops up on the screen for quick access to several bibliographic management options instead of the old way of navigating away from the results screen
• NEW direct export to Mendeley option: Mendeley users can now use the Web Importer to directly import references from Scopus to their Mendeley libraries
• Redesigned author and affiliation profile pages: these pages within the database have been changed to simulate more of a CV-style for easier perusal and to include ORCID integration.

Read the full release notes to learn more about what has been changed or enhanced in Scopus.