Open Access? Questionable Publishers

Free open access to journal articles seems like a great thing -- for readers. For the authors it often means a heavy payment to publish if your article is accepted. Apparently now there are a number of publishers that are not up front about the fee, often inviting potential authors without disclosure. For more information on this topic, take a look at the blog Scholarly Open Access by academic librarian Jeffrey Beall, who follows and investigates the world of scholarly open access publishing. His site includes lists of questionable journals and publishers.

1-29-2017 update: Beall's List has been taken down and currently its absence is unexplained.


Websites referenced:
http://scholarlyoa.com/
http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/04/09/open-access-bait-and-switch/
http://scholarlyoa.com/individual-journals/
http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-list-of-allegedly-predatory-publishers/#more-91490/

Preparedness 101: Are You Ready for a Zombie Apocalypse?

This award-winning CDC campaign points out the basics of personal disaster preparedness in a fun way. While it focuses on a zombie apocalypse it provides tips that will help you survive a more likely event. Get a kit, make a plan, be prepared.

Websites referenced:
http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
http://emergency.cdc.gov/preparedness/
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2012pres/03/20120330a.html

PubMed Makes It Easier to Import to a Citation Manager

PubMed has now made it simpler to import collected citations into your citation management software. Included in the drop down box where you email a list to yourself is the new choice "Collection Manager" which creates a file with an "nbib" extension. That file can be imported into your citation management system.

Websites referenced:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma12/ma12_pm_cite_mgr.html

So Your Poster Got Accepted! Webinar Provides Great Design TIps from Rice Professor

This is a concentrated education in creating an exceptional poster!

“So Your Poster Got Accepted–Now What? Poster Design Tips,” is a 1-hour recorded free webinar now available in the SCR CONNECTions archives (4-11-2012) along with tip sheets.

Tracy Volz, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer of Professional Communication at The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership at Rice University, shares excellent and detailed tips on laying out and telling your story. She reviews poster design principles to help you enable people to understand your key points. She also discusses the process of presenting your poster in person.

One hour of Medical Library Association CE credit will be available through April 25, 2012, by using the URL at the end of the recording, provided by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region office.

Websites referenced
http://nnlm.gov/scr/training/webmeeting.html#Archives
http://engineering.rice.edu/content.aspx?id=1266
http://nnlm.gov/scr/

New Books FY2012

Here's a list of the titles we've added so far this year.

Bones
PEDIATRIC BONE. Francis Glorieux. Reserve WE 200 P371 2012.

Communication
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: HOW TO DISCUSS WHAT MATTERS MOST. Douglas Stone. BF 637 S877 2010.

Drugs
PHYSICIAN’S DESK REFERENCE. 66TH ed. Reference QV 772 P55 2012.

Emergency care
PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT: PROVIDER MANUAL. American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. c2011. 4 copies. See CPR manual shelf.

Medical library or archives management
LEAN LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: ELEVEN STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING COSTS AND IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICES. John H Huber. c2011. Z 678 H877 2011

Nursing
AN INTRODUCTION TO ORTHOPAEDIC NURSING. NAON. 4th ed. WY 157.6 1815 2010.

PRINCIPLES OF PEDIATRIC NURSING. 5th ed. Jane Ball. WY 159 B187 2012.

WONG’S CLINICAL MANUAL OF PEDIATRIC NURSING. 8th ed. David Wilson & Marilyn J Hockenberry. WY 159 W872c 2012.

WONG’S NURSING CARE OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN. 9th ed. David Wilson & Marilyn J Hockenberry. WY 159 W872 2011.

and don't forget the online nursing books available via our STAT!Ref collection -- including these updated titles:
Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses - 12th Ed. (2011)
Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual - 4th Ed. (2011)
Fundamental & Advanced Nursing Skills - 3rd Ed. (2010)
High-Acuity Nursing - 5th Ed. (2010)
Nurse's Pocket Guide: Diagnoses, Prioritized Interventions, and Rationales - 12th Ed. (2010)
Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, Sparks & Taylor's - 8th Ed. (2011)
Pediatric Nursing: Caring for Children and Their Families - 3rd Ed. (2012)

Ophthalmology
CORTICAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: AN APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION. Christine Roman-Lantzy. WW 600 R758 2007.

Orthopedics
THE CLINICAL MEASUREMENT OF JOINT MOTION. Walter B Greene & James D Heckman. WE 300 C641 1994.

ORTHOPAEDIC KNOWLEDGE UPDATE 10. John M Flynn. Reserve WE 168 O41 2011.

Parenting
MY BABY RIDES THE SHORT BUS: THE UNABASHEDLY HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF RAISING KIDS WITH DISABILITIES. Yantra Bertelli. WS 105.5 F2 B537 2009.

Pediatrics
DEVELOPMENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS. RECENT ADVANCES IN PEDIATRICS special volume #19. Suraj Gupte. WS 350.6 R295 2007.

NELSON TEXTBOOK OF PEDIATRICS. 19th ed. Robert Kliegman. Reserve WS 100 N432 2011.

Rehabilitation
DISABILITY ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN FOR THE REHABILITATION COUNSELOR. Julie Smart. WS 200 S636 2012.