The newly redesigned eRA (electronic Research Administration) website is set to be launched by the NIH’s Office of Extramural Research on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Check out the New eRA Website preview video (4:32 min):

Notes from the eRA:

* The launch will require downtime of about 2 hours. As a result, the existing eRA website will not be available between 6:30 a.m. ET and 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, April 30.

* The eRA modules will continue to be operational during the downtime and can be accessed through the following URLs:

eRA Commons: https://public.era.nih.gov/commons
ASSIST: https://public.era.nih.gov/ASSIST
IAR: https://public.era.nih.gov/IAR

The National Library of Medicine is working on a new interface for PubMed. The new interface will have a more modern look and feel, and will include a variety of new features, such as additional support for mobile devices.

This new interface is currently in beta testing over at PubMed Labs and is publicly available. Users are encouraged to try it and provide their feedback.

Please be aware, since the new interface is still in development, as of now it can’t replace the current PubMed in content and functionality. The National Library of Medicine has announced that not all new/planned features can be found in PubMed Labs yet, but more and more features are being added.

The MSKCC Library is monitoring the progress of these new developments. Once the new PubMed is fully ready for public use, the Library will be offering relevant instruction and assistance.

We hope that the new PubMed will provide an exceptional user experience and support the features users are looking for.

You found the perfect article and now need to get it in full text. Why not try a browser plug-in offering one-click access to articles available through open access or MSK Library subscriptions?

The plug-ins Kopernio and Unpaywall work similarly, harvesting content from legal, copyright-compliant sources and linking to full text where found. Kopernio finds freely available content and PDFs available through the Library, while Unpaywall focuses on open access items. Both tools offer free plugins for Chrome and Firefox.

Kopernio’s green “View PDF” icon appears on the PubMed results page under each record. You can also click the Kopernio icon at the bottom left of each record page.

From a record page in PubMed, click the UnPaywall icon on the right to access full text.

After testing both tools, I found that neither worked perfectly—on a page of PubMed search results limited to items with free full text availability, Kopernio found PDFs for 14 out of 20 articles. Unpaywall found PDFs for 9 of the same 20 results.

And don’t forget about the FullText@MSK icon. When you access a database via the MSK Library website and select a citation (first logging into remote access if you are off-site), click on FullText@MSK to see if the full text is immediately available. If it’s not, order a copy via the Library’s Document Delivery service.

Learn more about accessing full text through the Library.