For those of you participating in the 23 Things MSK Challenge, we hope you were able to successfully complete the tasks for this month. If you had any trouble, the solutions are posted below. Continue reading →

The search engine Bing has added a new feature. Now, when you search for related questions, it maintains the context of the question to give you the best answer.

For example, try entering the question “Who is the president of the United States?” followed by the question “How old is he?” to retrieve accurate answers.

For more information about this feature, see Bing’s blog. For more search tips, contact Reference at 212-639-7439 or asklibrarian@mskcc.org.

Did you know the database Embase now allows for quick medical device searches? Follow these instructions to do a medical device search:

1. Go to the MSK Library website. Enter Embase in the MSKsearch box and click the Search button.
2. Click on EMBASE underneath Databases.
3. Click on the Search menu on the top left and choose Device.
4. Enter your device of interest (e.g. “insulin pump”) and click the Search button.
5. Notice at the left of your results, there are gray boxes with options to limit your search. At the bottom, notice Device Trade Names and Device Manufacturers. You can search for specific ones by checking off the options you want and clicking the Apply button.

For more information on searching Embase and other MSK Library databases, contact Reference at 212-639-7439 or asklibrarian@mskcc.org.