How To Do an Affiliation Search in Scopus

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Scopus is an interdisciplinary database made available to MSK employees and students. If you’re interested in reading articles about a particular topic published by someone from MSK, here are instructions for how to do your search in Scopus:

  1. Go to the MSK Library website and click on Scopus under Top Databases.
  2. Enter brachytherapy (or your preferred search topic) into the text box next to Article Title, Abstract, Keywords.
  3. Click on Add search field and enter sloan kettering into the second text box that appears.
  4. Next to the second text box, select Affiliation from the drop down menu.
  5. Click on the button with the magnifying glass to the right of the text boxes to search.
  6. Review the search results.

You may also notice there are many opportunities to refine your search on the left. You can see what authors are publishing the most on this topic, or you can limit the search results to review articles only if you wish. If you have further questions about searching Scopus, contact a reference librarian by emailing us or calling us at 212-639-7439.

Begin your Health Survey or Instrument Search With HAPI

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HAPI stands for Health and Psychosocial Instruments. The resource provides information on questionnaires, interview schedules, checklists, index measures, coding schemes/manuals, projection techniques,various scenarios/tests, etc. in the broad fields of health and the social sciences.

HAPI helps to reduce the “reinvention of the wheel” by providing users with the information from past investigators on specific tools and instruments that have already proven useful. This does not mean that users can simply use/adapt a survey or questionnaire without first seeking permission from the owner/creator, however.

HAPI simply offers a means for investigators to see what’s out there in regard to surveys or instrumentation similar to their research. They can then take the necessary steps to either seek permission of use or develop their own tool if they can’t find one to suit their specific needs.

Google Is Building Smart Contact Lenses

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A few days ago, Google X unveiled its latest – a contact lens with a built-in glucose sensor. The lens is being developed specifically to help track blood glucose levels for diabetics. Google is hoping that the lenses will present a less painful and invasive alternative to the typical method of pricking a finger and testing blood droplets multiple times a day.

The prototype contacts are outfitted with tiny wireless chips and glucose sensors sandwiched between two lenses. They are able to measure blood sugar levels once per second, and Google is working on putting LED lights inside the lenses that would flash when the levels are too low or high.

See Google’s blog post for more information.