ILLiad Document Delivery Downtime

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We’ll be doing some work on our ILLiad Document Delivery System this week and the service will be unavailable from 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25 through 9:00 a.m. on Friday, August 26.  

Please download and save any received articles you may need during that time now.

Questions? Concerns? Reach out to us here.

Linking PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov

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ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies. Citations in PubMed that report clinical trial results have links to the original studies in the ClinicalTrials database. The recorded webinar (7:01) will teach you two ways to filter PubMed searches for publications linked to clinical trials: 1) using the drop-down list of search fields in Advanced Search; 2) using the Article Type filter on the results page. Have questions about clinical trials or searching PubMed? Ask us – we are happy to help.

Searching for Statistics and Numerical Data

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When you are trying to locate statistical and numerical data, spending some time upfront familiarizing yourself with statistical resources and defining your need can save you a lot of time as it will help you determine what data sources are logical choices to consider consulting. The MSK Library’s Cancer Statistics LibGuide is a great place to start your search for statistics as it describes many cancer-related data resources and will help you become aware of your available options.

Here are three key questions you should ask to help define your data need:

  1. What form of data are you looking for? (Are you looking for summarized data or datasets that you plan to analyze yourself?)
  2. What geographical region are you interested in? (Are you interested in local, state, national, or international statistics?)
  3. How recent is the data you are looking for? (Are you looking for data from 10 years ago, 2 years ago, last year, or last month?) Continue reading →