New Database: LGBTQ+ Source

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LGBTQ+ Source via EBSCOhost courtesy of METRO is the definitive database for LGBTQ+ studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines and newspapers. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.

LGBTQ+ Source includes 154 full-text journals not available in any version of Academic Search. The database also includes an LGBTQ+ thesaurus of more than 9,400 terms.

LGBTQ+ Source is accessible through the Library’s Database A-Z list.

New Database: Ethnic Diversity Source

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Ethnic Diversity Source via EBSCOhost courtesy of METRO provides rich access to a variety of materials dating back to 1923 that cover the cultures, traditions, social treatment, and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in the United States, including African Americans, Arab Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinx Americans, Native Americans, and multiracial Americans.

Included in the database are 346 peer-reviewed journals and 465 magazines, journals, and newspapers, as well as over 4,500 e-books, 2,000 biographies, and 6,300 primary source documents consisting of speeches, letters, and interviews.

Ethnic Diversity Source is accessible through the Library’s Database A-Z List.

Now Available Online: Research In Review: An Analysis of MSK Publications 2016-2020

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The Synapse team led by Jeanine McSweeney, Associate Librarian, Scholarly Communications, publishes annually the Synapse Publications reports, showcasing our authors’ contributions to the body of scientific knowledge and their research and clinical activities associated with Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) Cancer Center.

This year I am delighted to share that we have added a new report entitled, “Research In Review: An Analysis of MSK Publications 2016-2020,” which dives deeper into the publications affiliated with the Center. This report provides insight into the variety of existing metrics used to measure research impact at an article-, journal-, or author-level. In the period covered in this report, the Synapse team retrieved and curated over 25,500 works, and it is with these citations that we share one aspect of a very complex research story. This report highlights the demographics of our author community, existing metrics, and how research impact is gauged. In addition, we share interesting facts about publication-related datasets gleaned from a variety of credible resources such as PubMed Central® (PMC). Our intentions in producing this report are simply to raise awareness of possible ways in which to view research contributions.

Synapse is a public-facing resource and the authoritative bibliographic database of MSK publications, developed and maintained by a team of skilled librarians. This database provides a record of the intellectual output written by MSK researchers, clinicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.

We hope in the future to produce other “Research In Review” type publications.  Please feel free to reach out to me to share your thoughts about this report.

Donna Gibson
Director, Library Services