New eJournal: NEJM Evidence

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MSK Library has subscribed to a new multidisciplinary eJournal, NEJM Evidence. The aim of this new journal is to “focus on providing more context and critical evaluation of the methods and results to support clinical decision-making and does so in a way that respects the time and commitment of the practitioner.”

NEJM Evidence‘s research include clinical trial design, epidemiology studies, first-in-human trials, and meta-analyses.

Citation Number Limits in PubMed

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When handling search results in PubMed a user may encounter a situation when some operations are limited to a certain number of citations. While some users may think that, in practice, they will never need to deal with a very large number of citations, such situations do occur.

Below are instances when PubMed users will encounter a limit to the number of citations (and Pubmed messages alerting to that):

  • When browsing a lengthy list of search results or jumping to a page towards the end of a search results list (This site can display up to 10,000 results. Please see the User Guide for more information on navigating your search results.)
  • When saving citations to file (Only the first 10,000 citations will be saved in your file.)
  • When e-mailing your citations (Only the first 1,000 citations will be sent in your email. You will receive citations in multiple emails.)
  • When adding citations to a Collection in My NCBI account: (Only the first 1,000 citations will be added to collection.)
  • When sending citations to Clipboard (Only the first 500 items will be sent to clipboard.)

These problems can be addressed with the following options:

Other databases, such as Embase, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, have similar, but not exactly the same maximums of the number of citations allowed for certain operations.

Hot off the Press: “Partner with Hospital Librarians to Improve Patient Care”

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A statement prepared by the Medical Library Association (MLA) Hospital Library Caucus and Board of Directors was recently released (approved 1/11/2022).

I want to add my voice and support to this statement and advocate the importance and value of hospital libraries, and the role that information professionals play as part of a larger team within the healthcare system.

I would encourage our blog readers to review the full statement and check out the list of endorsers which I hope to see increase over time.

For MSK staff, if you want to learn more about your library and how we support research and evidence-based care to patients, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Donna Gibson
Director, Library Services