MSK’s Dr. Jimmie Holland Passes Away at 89

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Jimmie C. Holland is known around the world as the founder of psycho-oncology. She passed away on December 24 at the age of 89. Dr. Holland’s contributions at MSK are enormous, from establishing it’s first full-time psychiatry service in 1977, and chairing the Department of Psychiatry until 2003. She founded numerous journals on the topic of psycho-oncology, and continued to participate in patient care well into advanced age. Dr. William Breitbart, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at MSK described Jimmie as “a hero, an advocate, an inspirational leader, a teacher, a mentor who launched the careers of the leaders of a worldwide field, and always, up to the last days of her life, a caring and effective clinician.”

You can visit Dr. Holland’s Synapse profile (MSK Publication Database) to review some of her research contributions to the field of psycho-oncology.

Searching the Grey Literature

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Grey literature is defined as materials produced in a variety of industry both in print and electronic formats outside the traditional commercial publishing channels.  Credible resources providing access to grey/gray literature include:

  • Open Grey – this resource provides open access to over 700,000 references produced in Europe which include research reports, dissertations and conference papers
  • OAIster – the database grants access to over 50 million digital resources that include digitized books, articles, newspapers  and manuscripts as well as audio files, video files, photographic images, data sets, theses and research papers
  • Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) – a repository of over 4 million open access theses and dissertations from over 1100 academic institutions

To learn more about grey literature, consult the MSK Library for further assistance.

Three Blog Posts to Help You Have a Better 2018!

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In the spirit of New Year’s renewal, here are three posts you may have missed in this past year, worth revisiting for information that will set you up for a great 2018!

If you are an EndNote user, no doubt you know how valuable this citation management tool is — you can use it store related citations in libraries, attach pdf files, and generate citations in the correct format as you write!  What you may not have known is how to Import a Plain Text Bibliography into Endnote! Dina explains how to do it with PubMed in this post from November. [For those readers who haven’t used EndNote, check out our workshops and get started, or visit this LibGuide to see which citation manager is right for you].

Need evidence based guidelines? Well, Seeking Evidence Based Clinical Guidelines will help get you started in the right place and save valuable time!

Looking for information on Patient Safety? This post from Patient Safety Week features a variety of resources for healthcare professionals, patients, and their caregivers.

Want to ask a Librarian?  This post explains the easiest way for our MSK users to find one when you need one! Ask us, we’re here to help!

Happy New Year from the MSK Library!