On July 7th, 2021, Web of Science‘s new interface became the default interface for all users! The new interface had been in Beta and Preview modes since November 2020, and based on user input the new experience is faster, more intuitive, easier to use, with new functionalities and a responsive design.
Along with a large scale redesign of the interface, the new Web of Science includes two new visualization tools.
Enriched Cited References (Beta): Available for select journals this visualization allows users to identify important citations by proximity or co-citations, as well as where in the paper the article is mentioned.
Other useful features in the new Web of Science interface are the ability to export 1,000 records at a time (previously it was 500), ability to export to RIS format from the Core Collection, and the ability to share search queries with others!
To learn more about the new interface, check out the Clarivate Blog.
Many MSK staff favor Endnote as their citation management software. Saving an Endnote Library is one of the issues that requires special attention from the Endnote user.
In the desktop version of EndNote, a Library is saved with the extension .enl after its name, and its associated Data folder, with the extension .Data after its name. (NOTE: On Mac computers there is also an option to save your Library as a .enpl file, which combines both the library and the data file into one.)
The Library contains the records and the Data folder is intended for PDFs of the full text associated with the Endnote Library records, as well as anything inserted into the Image field of a reference. Even if no PDFs or images are available, the Data folder will still be there; however a Data folder should never be deleted. Data folders should never be moved or copied without first compressing them into a .enlx file. From there, the compressed zip file can be moved, copied, and shared.
Endnote library (.enl), associated data folder (.Data) and the compressed zip file of both (.enlx)
It is important to know that saving an Endnote Library to any network drive does not work well. There is a very high chance of getting a pop-up Damaged Library message at some point if the Library is saved to any drive other than your local drive, i.e. to your computer. On a PC you may consider This PC>Documents for saving an Endnote Library. If you want to save a Library to a network drive for better security you can save a backup copy either as a Compressed Library as explained above or by using the Endnote File>Save a Copy feature. You can save the backup copy to your personal drive or, as a Read Only copy, to a shared drive for your collaborators’ use (but not for their adding/removing the content). As an alternative, instead of using a shared drive for sharing your Endnote Library with others, you can use the Endnote Online companion to your desktop Endnote for collaboration.
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Takeaways:
Don’t save an Endnote Library to a network drive.
Never delete the .Data folders associated with Endnote Libraries.
Don’t try moving the Library separately from its Data Folder, use the Compressed Library feature instead.
The latest version of PubMed has made a significant change behind the scenes that for more sophisticated PubMed users, needs to be addressed. If a PubMed user manually types in a subject heading, a MeSH term, in the search box, double quotation marks should now be used around these terms even with the [MeSH], [MH], or [Majr] fields; otherwise PubMed will automatically map to a variety of Mesh terms.
There can be times when PubMed’s mapping of [Mesh] designated terms can be useful. If, for instance, you knew that the Mesh term for cancer was neoplasm, but did not make it plural, using double quotation marks would retrieve no results while not using quotation marks would retrieve relevant results as PubMed is able to map to the correct Mesh term.
Even though manually typing in Mesh terms into the search bar can be more efficient, it can also become problematic. It is advised to simply use the MeSH Database to not only ensure that you are inputting the terms properly, but also to ensure that you are using the correct term for the concept you are searching for!
