Resource Highlights: Cite URLs – a Google Chrome extension

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We all have our own unique way of conducting research and finding good evidence across databases, and the same is true of actually retrieving articles to read and review. Some take the approach of aggregating all references in a simple list of URLs, or with a bibliographic management tool: Mendeley, EndNote, RefWorks, etc. Some download or print each ‘good’ article as they encounter it. However you slice it, there is always a need to properly cite the articles you’re looking at. Google Chrome offers a browser extension to do just that by displaying formatted citation for the article at a given URL (or list of URLs). Below are the instructions for adding the extension to Chrome:

  1. Download the zip file and extract it (file can be found here, see step one of the project)
  2. Go to Chrome –> Tools –> Extensions –> check “Developer mode” –> click “Load unpacked extension…” –> choose the “extension” directory in the extracted project
  3. Click the new button in Chrome’s toolbar (icon looks like a quill) –> enter a list of URLs –> click the Cite button

Here is the final result…

 

Feel free to ask us if you have any questions on setting up the extension in Google Chrome.

Cancer Research News: July 31 – August 13

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  • MRI allows for real-time gene therapy for brain cancer, performed at the University of California, San Diego.
  • Some autistic patients have a mutation of the gene PTEN, which can lead to cancer as well.
  • In a recent editorial in JAMA, authors suggest the word “cancer” be eliminated altogether from some common diagnoses.
  • From PLoS Medicine, there is research that proposes new statistical models for cancer decision-making. An editorial co-written by MSKCC’s Dr. Andrew Vickers has also been published.

SpringerPlus Journal Passes 1,000 Article Submissions Milestone

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Springer announced that its SpringerPlus journal has passed an important milestone – more than 1,000 submissions by authors wishing to be published in the journal. SpringerPlus is published under the SpringerOpen brand, and is an interdisciplinary, fully open access (OA) publication.

First launched in January of 2012, SpringerPlus is a peer-reviewed, open access journal with a broad interdisciplinary approach covering all areas of science, technology, engineering, medicine, the humanities and social sciences. All submissions are peer-reviewed with a singular focus on the scientific quality of the manuscript, rather than its fit with any one discipline, journal or editorial direction. SpringerPlus promises easy submission for authors and efficient publication processes – very short time between acceptance and publication.

SpringerPlus is now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus®. Users can access the journal through MSKsearch on the Library’s Website or through the Library’s catalog, Tri-Cat.