New PubMed features: filters sidebar, separating authors with similar names

Two new PubMed features were rolled out earlier this month:

Filters Sidebar Replaces Limits Page

When you do a search in PubMed, you will see a new sidebar with options for filtering your search result by date, article type, language, and more.  Just click on the filter you wish to use, and PubMed will display only those articles that match the filter.  The sidebar replaces the Limits page.  Here’s a screenshot (taken from an NLM document describing the new feature) showing the sidebar:

Computed Author Sort Display (a/k/a separating authors with similar names)

Some authors have the same or similar names, making it difficult to identify which paper is associated with which person.  PubMed has introduced a new feature that will attempt to separate papers by different authors with similar names, based on the terms used in the citations and abstracts for the papers.  More information is available from a recent NLM Technical Bulletin explaining the new feature.

Canceled: Wednesday office hours in cafeteria

Effective immediately, we are canceling our Library Office Hours in the cafeteria on Wednesdays.  Though the cafeteria is a high-traffic area, most people don’t stop to talk about the library, probably because they’re hungry.  We will continue our office hours in Brawerman on Mondays from2-3, and we are planning a new outreach effort to replace our visits to the cafeteria.  More information coming soon.

Coming this summer: A database of COH publications

Library Services is working with ITS Research and stakeholders throughout City of Hope to create a comprehensive database of City of Hope journal articles and other publication types.  This database, to be released this summer, will promote City of Hope research, both internally and externally, by making the products of the research readily accessible as well as eventually provide permanent access to publications and support a variety of uses throughout the organization.

Find Publications & Run Reports

• Search the database to find publications by specific criteria, such as:
  • publications by researchers, students and/or postdocs;
  • publications associated with specific departments, grants, core facilities, and/or clinical trials; and/or
  • publications by calendar year.
• Extract the citation information in a format that you can use, such as RIS format (for EndNote, Reference Manager, etc.), PDF, and RTF.
• Support measuring and reporting on published research output, required for grants (e.g. NCI Cancer Center Support Grant) and accreditation.

Verifying the Data

• We will load publication information from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, and other databases .
• We will associate your name with your publications, but will need your help:
  • to make sure those publications associated with you are correct and that
  • they acknowledge the right grants and contracts as well as our core facilities.

Want to know more? Have questions? Please contact the library (library@coh.org or x68497) or stop by the Graff Library front desk to discuss the system with us.

Library Services poster at the 2012 Research Staff Organization Advance

I created a poster for the 2012 Research Staff Organization Advance held at the UCLA Conference Center in Lake Arrowhead, CA from April 29th through May 1st. The title “Using ResearcherID, My NCBI My Bibliography, and Scopus to market and promote your research and evaluate its impact” generated interest from some researchers  and two one-on-one consultations were scheduled in order to help our authors establish and update their author profiles.

You can see the poster here. Or, come into the Graff Library building and see the poster near the Library Conference Room.

Below you will find the handouts too!

• Principal Investigators: Link Your RePORTER Records to Your Own Websites (NIH Extramural Nexus; posted on January 26, 2011)
• My NCBI Help: My Bibliography
• Google Scholar Citations Help
• ResearcherID
• Scopus Help — Look for the “Viewing author details” sub-section

Have questions or want to chat about creating your own author profile? Contact me, Andrea Lynch, (alynch@coh.org or x60520) or stop by the front desk in the Graff Library building and ask for me.

Library closed 11:45-1:15 Thu 5/10

The library will be closed from 11:45-1:15, while the library staff attends an in-service event.  If you have library access enabled on your City of Hope ID badge, you will be able to enter the library via the 24-hour access door on the west side of the building.