Find the Perfect Journal to Publish Your Research

Library Services can help you identify journals to consider submitting your manuscript. In my role of Scholarly Communication Librarian, I can search on your title and/or abstract using some free and library-purchased tools — such as Journal / Author Name Estimater (JANE), Web of Science, and Scopus — and provide you with information about the journals identified, like Journal Impact Factor and where the journal is indexed.

Here are some quotes from people who have used this service:

“Your service helped affirm some journals that I thought would be good homes for our work, but also brought up new journals that I had not considered before. Thanks” — Peter P. Lee, MD; Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology

“We got our paper accepted in DCI [Developmental and Comparative Immunology].  It is 51 pages (51 pages are as submitted [double spaced] prior to “type-setting” for the journal printed pages) plus a huge set of files in the appendix.  Thank you very much.” — Marcia M. Miller, PhD; Molecular & Cellular Biology

Interested in knowing more? Have a title and abstract ready to send my way? Contact me at alynch@coh.org or x60520.

Want to do it yourself? Check out the blog post that outlines the steps.

Have your own method? Have a favorite tool you use? Share your method, tools, and ideas with your colleagues and peers by leaving a comment below.

New e-book: Cell Physiology Sourcebook

We just gained access to a new e-book:

Nicholas Sperelakis [editor].
Cell physiology sourcebook: essentials of membrane biophysics.
4th ed.
London, UK ; Waltham, MA, USA : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2012.
Full text available electronically to City of Hope users from ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123877383

Elsevier e-books selected; thanks for your help!

Back in October, we asked for your suggestions on which Elsevier e-books to purchase as part of a try-before-you-buy plan.  We received tons of suggestions, which made the selection process much easier than it would have been.  Based on your suggestions, as well as how much the books have been used during the trial period, we have made our selections.  We will retain access to all the books highlighted in yellow in this spreadsheet (updated December 16 with a few additional titles)

Thanks very much for your help!  We hope you enjoy the books.

E-books from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

The library recently purchased electronic versions of the following books from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine:

Nonhuman primates in biomedical research.
edited by B. Taylor Bennett, Christian R. Abee, Roy Henrickson.
San Diego : Academic Press, c1995-1998.
Electronic access available to City of Hope users from Elsevier:
Vol. 1: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120886616.
Vol. 2: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120886654.

Laboratory animal medicine.
edited by James G. Fox … [et al.].
2nd ed.
Amsterdam ; New York : Academic Press, c2002.
Electronic access available to City of Hope users from Elsevier:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780122639517.

The laboratory rat.
edited by Mark A. Suckow, Steven H. Weisbroth, Craig L. Franklin.
2nd ed.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2006.
Electronic access available to City of Hope users from Elsevier:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120749034.

The Mouse in biomedical research.
edited by James G. Fox … [et al.].
2nd [upd. and rev.] ed.
Amsterdam ; New York : Academic Press, c2007.
Electronic access available to City of Hope users from Elsevier:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123694546.

Planning and designing research animal facilities.
edited by Jack R. Hessler and Noel D.M. Lehner.
1st ed.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/AcademicPress, 2009.
Electronic access available to City of Hope users from Elsevier:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123695178.

Anesthesia and analgesia in laboratory animals.
2nd ed. / edited by Richard E. Fish … [et al.].
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
Electronic access available to City of Hope users from Elsevier:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123738981.

New e-books

We just purchased a few new e-books.  The first one is edited by City of Hope’s very own Shirley Otis-Green.

Oxford textbook of palliative social work.
edited by Terry Altilio, Shirley Otis-Green.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Electronic book available to City of Hope personnel at http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=361701.

Gallery of best cover letters.
David F. Noble.
2nd ed.
Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2004.
This book purchase was made possible through the generosity of Thomas A. Maloney.
Electronic book available to City of Hope personnel at http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=106962.

Handbook of laboratory animal science.
edited by Jann Hau and Gerald L. Van Hoosier, Jr.
2nd ed.
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2003.
This book purchase was made possible through the generosity of Thomas A. Maloney.
Electronic book available to City of Hope personnel at http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=154909.

Mass spectrometry principles and applications.
Edmond de Hoffmann, Vincent Stroobant.
3rd ed.
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2007.
Electronic book available to City of Hope personnel at http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=213975.

Traditional herbal medicine research methods identification, analysis, bioassay, and pharmaceutical and clinical studies.
edited by Willow J.H. Liu.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2011.
Electronic book available to City of Hope personnel at http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=347977.