Work More Efficiently This Year by Registering for a My NCBI Account

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Registering for a My NCBI account – if you have never done so – is a great way to start off your year doing research. “My NCBI is a tool that retains user information and database preferences to provide customized services for many NCBI databases.”

Here are some ways that My NCBI will enhance your PubMed user experience:

  • A My NCBI account extends PubMed’s capabilities to allow for more permanent saving of one’s work. With a My NCBI account searchers can not only save lists of relevant article citations, but they can also save entire search strategies to be re-run at a later date. This can translate into a significant reduction in the duplication of effort over time. Without a MyNCBI account, a PubMed user can only save their literature search strategies and selected citations for up to eight hours in the Clipboard (provided their browser is set to accept cookies).
  • A My NCBI account makes sharing lists of selected citations with colleagues easier than ever. When a “Collection” of citations is saved in My NCBI, the account owner has the option to make this list public or private. If set to “Public”, a persistent URL is generated that can be “copied and pasted” into other documents/email for sharing with others. With PubMed, collaborating on a manuscript with co-authors or generating a shareable bibliography does not have to involve commercial citation management software. Continue reading →

Clinical Practice Guidelines: a Cornucopia of Evidence for EBP/EBM

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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines a clinical practice guideline as “a scientific investigation that focuses on a specific question and uses explicit, prespecified scientific methods to identify, select, assess, and summarize the findings of similar but separate studies.” Similar to systematic reviews and meta-analyses, these publication types contain a wealth of information on a given clinical topic/question. Take a look at the resources below from the MSK Library website for finding guidelines. Continue reading →

New Printing Workflow at the MSK Library

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In lieu of this week’s Blog Buzz, I am pleased to announce that new printing procedures are up and running at the Main Library in the Rockefeller Labs Building! If you have been away from campus lately you may have missed the transition, so here is a general overview:

  • ALL print jobs must now be released at the Copy Print Area Release Station by the user before they will print.
  • After clicking to print your work, wait 10 – 15 seconds for the pop-up to appear on your workstation screen.
  • Follow the pop-up prompts to create a unique name and password (that you will remember) for your print job, and send it to the release station.
  • Select your file from the release station in the Copy Print Area and enter your password to print.