Blog Buzz: February 11 – February 17

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Some items of interest from the net this week:

Ten library, publishing, and advocacy organizations issued this letter of support for the Senate version of the Federal Research Public Access Act (S. 2096).  See more on the Senate and House bills and how you can support FRPAA here.

PubMed now supports versioned citations! For more on how revisions and updates will appear on PubMed and how to search for all versions of an article, see this post from the NLM Tech Bulletin. There is likely more to come about this…

A helpful summary of the American Journal of Bioethics /Stem Cell / Texas scandal (via @tbtam)

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on changes to the Medical College Admissions Test

Tech Zone: Cancer Coach for the iPhone, iPad and Android

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Cancer Coach is a free mobile app, designed for cancer patients.  Its features include a narrated coach questionnaire, personalized treatment reports, questions to ask your healthcare provider, a calendar, note-taking functions, and a glossary, among others. To download, visit the MSK Library’s Patient and Family Selected Mobile Resources LibGuide.  To access this guide from the Library website, simply click on the LibGuides link under the Select Library Resources on the upper left hand side of the page.