Biblioblast February 2024: Library News

• From the Director
• Staff News
• Faculty Development Sessions from the Library
• Discovery tool: Einstein Discover
• Transforming Publishing with Open Access
• The Key to Finding Full Text Faster
• Resource Spotlight: iThenticate
• Global Health Database: New Link, New Look
• New Books
• Classes & Events

From the Director

Increased access to electrical outlets in the library’s reading room is a long-standing request from students. While a long-term solution is in development, we have implemented an interim step by installing battery-powered outlets at two tables in the reading room. A third device can be borrowed from the circulation desk for use anywhere inside the library.

Last week we hosted an in-person demo of JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), presented by Jennifer Ostrosky. In case you missed it, JoVE is a collection of different video resources rolled into one platform. It is a Medline-indexed, peer-reviewed journal of articles published in video and text format. In addition, JoVE includes video libraries demonstrating advanced research experiments, research methods, and clinical skills. Content from JoVE can be incorporated into Canvas.

If you visit the library this month, be sure to stop by our exhibit case across from the elevators to view “Black Resilience in Medicine,” curated by the Einstein Chapter of the Student National Medical Association. The display includes photographs and brief biographies of notable Black physicians and scientists.

Remember, the D. Samuel Gottesman Library is more than just a repository of books and journals. It's a vibrant hub of learning, collaboration, and intellectual exchange. Our staff is here to support academic, research and clinical endeavors. Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or requests.

Rachel Schwartz, M.L.S co-authored a systematic review and meta-analysis that will be presented as a poster at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Congratulations, Rachel!

Song J, Caceres Lessa AY, Lee PL, et al. Risk Factors for Thrombotic Events Among Patients Taking Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Poster to be presented at: 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting; May 31 – June 4, 2024; Chicago, IL.

Caroline Delbourgo Patton, M.A., M.S.L.I.S collaborated on two systematic reviews that were recently accepted for publication, one by Current Addiction Reports and the other by Pediatric Dermatology. Congratulations, Caroline!

Levin J, Estey D, Yadgaran E, et al. The relationship between cigarette smoking and psychiatric comorbidity among individuals with COPD: a systematic review. Curr Addict Rep. [In press]

Toker M, Jaller JA, Delbourgo Patton C, Wu B. Skin reactions to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in pediatric patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Pediatr Dermatol. 2024;41(1):169-176. doi:10.1111/pde.15505.

Results can be filtered in a variety of ways, including availability of full-text, peer-review status, content type, and publication date. 

The above search on "asthma medication" can be filtered by content type to focus on journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings, and books, as well as streaming video. Full text access is easy - see the PDF icon next to the words "View Now".

LibKey Nomad++ is a web browser extension designed to streamline access to full-text articles. It is available for Edge, Chrome, and Safari (and should be available for Firefox later this month) and can be downloaded for free from your browser’s web or add-ons store.

When you are browsing publisher pages, the LibKey Nomad++ button will appear when access to full text is available. Clicking on the button will link you directly to the article.

LibKey Nomad++ also inserts inline enhancements to PubMed search results which lets you link to full text directly from any citation in your search results.

If full text is not available from the Einstein Library, LibKey Nomad++ will direct you to ILLiad, our interlibrary loan system where you can submit a request. Library staff will obtain the article for you from another library.

Additional features in LibKey Nomad++ include a chat popup which will connect you with an Einstein librarian (Monday-Friday from 9:00-5:00) and a citation popup which makes it easy to export citations into your citation manager (EndNote, RefWorks, Mendely, Zotero, RIS). 

The first time you use LibKey Nomad++, select Albert Einstein College of Medicine as your Organization, and you will be able to access full text on campus and remotely.

Once you are logged in, you can create a folder for your project and upload your document. When you run a report, iThenticate will give you an analysis of where phrases from your text overlap with other publications. You can click on each one to see the content they have in common.

There are many reasons why the same or similar wording may be used in two articles without indicating plagiarism so it is very rare that iThenticate shows zero percent similarity. Rather you should look at each match to understand why it has been detected by the program and whether it means that revisions are needed.

In addition, you can set a variety of filters to help you focus on the matches that are likely to be the most relevant. For instance, you can exclude matches of only a few words, which may be produce false positives. You can also exclude quotations or certain portions of the document, such as the abstract, methods section, and/or bibliography. These are all areas where matching text is often found without it being an indicator of plagiarism. For instance, many researchers use a template in writing their methods sections, which leads to them being similar between publications. Likewise, the reference lists of articles on related topics are likely to show substantial overlap. 

No one can see your results in iThenticate – they are simply a tool for you to understand similarities with existing sources and address them as needed – so we encourage you to take advantage of this valuable library resource.

Global Health from CABI is a bibliographic database covering public health across the world. More than half of Global Health’s content is unique and not indexed in Medline or Embase. Global Health covers publications from over 100 countries. In addition to journal articles, Global Health indexes conference papers, book chapters, annual reports, theses, patents, and news reports and blogs, so it’s a great resource for grey literature searches.

Global Health’s website just got an upgrade. The new design is clean and easy to navigate. It is optimized for desktop, laptop, tablet, and smartphone. If you are a long-time Global Health user and have bookmarked the link, please update your bookmarks to https://elibrary.einsteinmed.edu/login?url=https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/product/he. If you are interested in exploring Global Health, you can find it in the A-Z list of databases on our website. Look for the Einstein logo and the phrase “Authenticated via Albert Einstein Coll of Medicine” at the top of the page.

Linking to full text from Global Health is easy. The blue Einstein Library button appears next to most search results. When you click the button it will direct you to the full-text of an article. For articles in journals that are not part of the Einstein Library’s collection, you will have the option to submit an interlibrary loan request via ILLiad. In addition, some full text (particularly for grey literature) is available directly from Global Health. Citations can be exported into your citation manager of choice.

Search smarter, not harder: Effective strategies and techniques for PubMed - February 12th, 11 am – 12 pm

Instructor: Rachel Schwartz, MLS, Research & Education Librarian, D. Samuel Gottesman Library

This workshop will help you understand the scope and content of PubMed. New and advanced users will learn search techniques to retrieve the most relevant literature from PubMed. From basics to advanced skills, come and learn the possibilities!

After taking this workshop, participants will be able to:

•     Develop an effective search strategy in PubMed

•     Use PubMed tools including MeSH, Filters, Clinical Queries

•     Link to full-text articles

•     Optimize and manage search results

•     Export citations to a citation manager

•     Customize PubMed's display with My NCBI

•     Use My Bibliography to track their publications

Citations made simple: Getting the most out of Endnote - March 20th, 10 am – 11 am

Instructor: Nancy R. Glassman, MLS, MPH, AHIP, Assistant Director, D. Samuel Gottesman Library

Citation management software makes it easy to collect and organize references from many different sources (journal articles, conference papers, websites, book chapters, data sets, and more). If your career will get a boost from the research you produce, you need a robust reference manager such as EndNote. During this session, participants learn how to get the most out of EndNote.

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

•     Create an EndNote library

•     Import references from PubMed

•     Insert citations from EndNote into a Word document and format a bibliography

•     Organize an EndNote library using Groups

•     Remove duplicates and update references

•     Attach and annotate article PDFs

•     Synchronize a library across multiple devices

Covidence: Streamline Your Systematic Review - May 2nd, 12 – 1 pm

Instructor: Caroline Delbourgo Patton, MSLIS, MA, Research & Education Librarian, D. Samuel Gottesman Library

This session will introduce Covidence, an online literature review management program that is especially beneficial for researchers working on systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It will discuss the features of Covidence – including uploading and de-duplicating references, conducting title/abstract and full text screening, and performing data extraction and quality assessment – and show how users can use customized forms, settings, and tags to optimize their project. The session will also explain how members of the Einstein/Montefiore community can join our Covidence license and where to find detailed information on all the phases of a Covidence project.

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

•     Discuss what Covidence is and the types of projects for which it is most useful

•     Sign up for Covidence through Einstein’s license

•     Access the library’s Covidence research guide to find instructions, tips, and links to useful resources

•     Understand the ways Covidence can help make reviews easier and more organized, from identifying duplicates to screening references to extracting and exporting data"!

Maximize your research presence - June 5th, 11 am – 12 pm

Instructor: Aurelia Minuti, MLS, Head, Research & Education, D. Samuel Gottesman Library

In today's competitive research environment, it is vital to ensure that your work gets noticed within your institution and within your field internationally. In this session, participants will learn tools and techniques to help them publish their research.

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

•     Write an informative title and abstract and select relevant keywords to increase the discoverability of your manuscript.

•     Select and follow appropriate reporting guidelines

•     Use tools like EndNote and iThenticate to avoid unintentional plagiarism

•     Identify appropriate journals to submit your manuscript

•     Understand the importance of author identifiers, such as ORCID

•     Determine appropriate and ethical authorship

Understand your research impact: Publication metrics - July 24th, 11 am – 12 pm

Instructor: Nancy R. Glassman, MLS, MPH, AHIP, Assistant Director, D. Samuel Gottesman Library

Is your research making an impact? Who is citing your work? Are people reading your publications? This session will unravel the mysteries of publication metrics and describe how the frequency and patterns of citations can help demonstrate impact.

By the end of this session, learners will be able to:

•     Interpret scholarly metrics that measure impact at the journal, article, and author level.
•    Describe new and alternative metrics
•    Discover ways to use resources, such as ORCID, NCBI’s My Bibliography, Google Scholar, Einstein Research Profiles (Pure), to set yourself apart from the crowd.

Children of color in the child welfare system: psychological research and best practices / Yvette R. Harris, Gloria J.O. Carpenter, editors.

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2024.

Clinical neuroanatomy, 30th ed. / Steven G. Waxman.

New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2024.

Levinson's review of medical microbiology and immunology: a guide to clinical infectious diseases, 18th ed. / Peter Chin-Hong, Elizabeth A. Joyce, Manjiree Karandikar, Mehrdad Matloubian, Luis Alberto Rubio, Brian S. Schwartz, Warren Levinson.

New York: McGraw Hill, 2024.

Text and atlas of wound diagnosis and treatment, 3rd ed. / edited by Rose L. Hamm.

New York : McGraw-Hill Education, 2024.

Women's health across the lifespan: a pharmacotherapeutic approach, 3rd ed. / editors, Mary Beth O'Connell, Judith A. Smith, Laura M. Borgelt.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 2024.

View the full calendar or click on a class title to sign up. Contact a Research Librarian to learn more, or to schedule your own personal or small-group session.