World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) International is an organization that works with researchers, policy makers, and scientists across the globe to make cancer prevention a reality.

WCRF International online not only contains general cancer-type information, but it also focuses on cancer statistics and facts as well as global cancer policy publications and conferences. The tabs at the top of the page are neatly compartmentalized for quick access to the information you’re looking for.

There is also a current awareness component to this resource on the homepage. Blog posts, tweets, and popular cancer news items are displayed for easy access. Try adding WCRF International to your arsenal of news online resources to discover new and important cancer-related information around the world.

BeeLine Reader uses specific color schemes and color blends to help you read text faster and more efficiently. It transforms a webpage into a simple, uni-columned bulk of text that contains different color gradients to aid in reading more efficiently, i.e. helps with speed, repeating the same line of text, or skipping lines of text.

By reducing these line transition errors and speeding up the reading process, BeeLine ultimately helps with productivity and efficiency when reading several articles for a paper, project, or book chapter, for instance. To install the extension in Safari, Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, or Chrome, just drag the button for the color scheme of your choice to the bookmarks section of your browser. To convert a webpage into color-guided text, just click the bee icon in your bookmarks bar.

For Chrome and Firefox users, there are browser plugins (as opposed to mere bookmarklets) available. These have more functionality (custom color schemes, multiple font sizes, activation via keyboard shortcut) and are also much faster to use.

Stuck on a PubMed search? Can’t quite get the results narrowed down? Need a nudge in the right direction with suggested keywords/MeSH terms to use? In times of crisis, you can always contact us at MSK Library, but you can also turn to the PubMed Search Strategies Blog as an alternate resource.

This blog aggregates PubMed search strategies from information professionals across disciplines, institutions, and the world. It provides full search strategies to be used or adapted, depending on the user’s needs. Aside from the search strategy itself, each entry comes with a little narrative on the background of the search to help put it into context for those individuals unfamiliar with the topic.

The blog also contains search functionality to discover search strategies on specific topics/fields. If this search box does yield what you’re looking for, try the tag cloud on the homepage to browse search strategies and on a topic or field of interest.

For more tips on searching PubMed, contact us to set up a one-on-one consultation. We’re happy to help!