Open Access Week 2018 @ RCSI Library

To celebrate Open Access week, RCSI Library are delighted to offer the following lunchtime workshops:

12pm-1pm, Wed 24th Oct - R322/323, 26 York Street 

Open Science - What is FAIR data and what does it mean for handling research data? 

Albert Mons & Erik Schultes, GO FAIR International Support and Coordination Office

A unique opportunity to hear from two experts on FAIR Data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) based at the GO FAIR offices in Leiden, Netherlands. GO FAIR are working on the implementation of FAIR Data in support of EOSC (European Open Science Cloud).

Funders such as the European Commission and Health Research Board are introducing expectations that the research data underlying published research will be referenced and made available whenever possible. This helps to support the integrity and reproducibility of the research, as well as being part of a broader trend to forms of open science.

Book your place

12pm-1pm, Thurs 25th Oct - R322/323, 26 York Street 

Open Access - Open Publications - Open Profiles 

Gráinne McCabe, Scholarly Communications & Research Support Officer, RCSI Library

This session will discuss the different routes (green or gold) for publishing open access, in order to fulfil funder mandates. Particular emphasis will be placed on the green route, which involves manuscript versions of papers being deposited in the RCSI repository, e-publications@RCSI.

We will also consider other routes to making your research visible, particularly ResearchGate, Academia.edu and ORCID and will compare the complementary functions of these sites with institutional repositories.

Book your place

12pm-1pm, Fri 26th Oct - Cheyne LT, 123 SSG 

Open Access – Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

A documentary film by Jason Schmitt, Clarkson University

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

No booking necessary

Follow @RCSILibrary on Twitter for #OAWeek content all week

Further Information: Find out more about Open Access & Research Supports from RCSI Library's new Research Supports LibGuide. Contact: Gráinne McCabe, Scholarly Communications & Research Officer, RCSI Library gmccabe@rcsi.ie

 

Introducing RCSI Institutional Access to THE: Times Higher Education

RCSI Library is delighted to announce a new subscription for staff and students to THE: Times Higher Education online.  Stay up-to-date with developments and trends in higher education and access THE rankings information by creating a personal account at www.timeshighereducation.com, using your @RCSI.IE email address.

Introducing institutional access to THE intelligence, insight, rankings & data

As the voice of global higher education, THE is an invaluable daily resource for all your staff and students. Whether it's agenda-setting news and analysis, commentary from the sharpest minds in academia from the around the world, our influential university rankings, or the latest insights from our World Summit Series, everything we do is focused on helping you and your institution to excel.

THE - How to access RCSI Library's subscription: 

Read online

To set up your Times Higher Education account, go to the magazine’s homepage at www.timeshighereducation.com.

Click the person icon in the top right corner.

Follow the instructions on screen. Remember to use @rcsi.ie email address when you register.

Access digital editions

To access digital editions of Times Higher Education, go to the magazine’s homepage at www.timeshighereducation.com.

Click the “Professional” tab, then click “Digital Editions”.

Then simply select the issue you want to view.

Download the app

The Times Higher Education app is available on iOS, Android and Kindle Fire. Visit your app store provider to download it to your phone.

Select the edition you would like to view (e.g. UK or Global).

Log in by clicking on the icon in the top right corner.

Select Account, then click “Existing THE account”.

Enter your username and password.

If you are having any issues with access, please contact our Content & Metadata Manager, Eliska Komarkova, eliskakomarkova@rcsi.ie 

Happy Reading!

Product Trial: New platform for viewing electronic journals - Try BrowZine out!

RCSI Library is delighted to announce trial access to BrowZine.  BrowZine provides a user friendly interface for discovering, monitoring, reading and keeping up-to-date with online journal content RCSI subscribes to.  Use BrowZine on your smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop to browse and organise favourite journals and full-text articles on your personal newsstand. Find out more about:

• BrowZine Features
• Download the BrowZine App
• Create a Personal Account to use the My Bookshelf and My Articles features
• Further Information & Support

BrowZine Features

With BrowZine you can: 
Browse and read journals:

• Browse thousands of top journals by subject, easily review tables of contents, arrange by impact factor and download full-text academic articles.

Stay Current with MyBookshelf:

• Create a personal bookshelf of titles to follow and receive notifications every time a new article is published.

Stay on track with MyArticles:

• Save your favourite journal articles into My Articles collections for later reading. All the articles in My Articles will stay in sync between all your devices.

Access on any device:

• Easily access BrowZine from your iOS and Android device and on the web to stay up to date wherever you are.

Save and export articles:

• Use the BrowZine app to save articles for off-line reading or export to services such as EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero and more.

Download the BrowZine App

To get started using BrowZine, visit RCSI Library on BrowZine or download the app from the:

• Apple App Store All iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches with iOS 9.0 or later.
• Google Play Store All Android Tablets and Smartphones with Android 4.0 and up
• Amazon App Store Kindle Fire HD Tablets with Android 4.0

Scan QR code to download app

Create a Personal Account

You will be asked to create a personal BrowZine account to use the MyBookshelf  and MyArticles features.

Once you have downloaded the app, you search for RCSI and connect using your RCSI Network Username and Password.

Download the BrowZine app, select RCSI and login with your network credentials.

Further Information & Support

Learn how easy it is to use BrowZine in this brief video introduction.

Further information can be found on the BrowZine LibGuide.

We want to hear what you think of this platform: We would appreciate it if you could complete our survey which can be found at https://tinyurl.com/BrowZineSurvey

If you require further information about this or other resources feel free to contact Eliska Komarkova, Content & Metadata Management Librarian at 01 402 2405 or eliskakomarkova@rcsi.com

RCSI Library Guide: New Medicines Complete Platform

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One of our biggest Pharmacy resources Medicines Complete has recently migrated to a newer, more user friendly platform www.new.medicinescomplete.com

Medicines Complete provides access to the full-text content of 17 key pharmacy and pharmacology eBooks (review the full Title List at the end of this blog post).

The company has introduced new design of the platform as well as enhanced the platform with new features, such as:

• Improved Search
• Dosage Card
• MC Calculators
• Stockley’s Interaction Checker

 

Improved Search

The new search function allows users to search via all publications at once, as well as search within specific publication.

Quick Search feature is also enabling users to fast-track to specific content within an individual publication.

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Dosage Card

The new Dosage Card feature helps to quickly and reliably answer dosage queries.

As soon as you’ve searched for a drug term, the Dosage Card presents a snapshot of the content available in the BNF, BNF for Children and Martindale.

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MC Calculators

The new platform is also equipped with new Medicines Complete calculators, which allows users to easily calculate ARC, BMI, Body surface area and other in one place.

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Stockley’s Interaction Checker

Stockley’s Interaction Checker is also a new feature of the platform which allows researchers and students easily search drug interactions.

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Feedback

Each page is now equipped with a feedback button and your input is highly appreciated.

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Need support or got questions? 
Check out New Medicines Complete help page.



 

Title List

RCSI Library Subscribes to the Full-Text content of the following titles on the Medicines Complete Platform:

AHFS Drug Information
British National Formulary
British National Formulary for Children
Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons
Dietary Supplements
Drug Administration via Enteral Feeding Tubes
Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation
Handbook on Injectable Drugs
Herbal Medicines
Injectable Drugs Guide
Kucers' the Use of Antibiotics
Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
Pediatric Injectable Drugs
Pharmaceutical Excipients
Rules & Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Distributors
Stockley's Drug Interactions
Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions



If you require any more information about these or other resources feel free to contact Content & Metadata Management Librarian Eliska Komarkova at 01 4022405 or eliskakomarkova@rcsi.ie 

Calling all RCSI Academic and Research Staff: Have you signed up for your ORCID ID yet?

What is ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

ORCID ID is a unique identifier which enables your publications and other scholarly output from multiple sources to be linked with profiles across various platforms. It is now widely established with funders and publishers around the world.

ORCID have made it really quick and easy to get your unique ORCID identifier and to link it up to your other identifiers. 

Step 1: REGISTER

Visit www.orcid.org/register and fill out their registration form

Don't forget to verify your email address so that you can move on to Step 2.

Found out you already have an account? Use the “forgotten password” link to reset your password.

Alternatively you may want to find out about Removing your additional or duplicateORCID ID 

Step 2: ADD YOUR INFO

Once you have an ORCID ID it is really important to link it to other databases such as Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed and services such as Crossref. You can then import your publications from these sources into your ORCID profile.

On the MyORCID screen scroll down to 'Works' and under 'Add works' you will find an option for Search:

The process then depends on the source you choose, but it will take you through the steps necessary for you to give permission for sharing data and importing publications.

Scopus is particularly important as it is a source for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Setting up the ORCID link will take you through to review your publications on Scopus.

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Step 3: USE YOUR ORCID ID

Include your ORCID identifier, when you submit publications, apply for grants, and in any research workflow to ensure you get credit for your work, as well as advertising it on profile webpages.

 Why ORCID? from ORCID on Vimeo.

Need support or got questions? Check out ORCID's tutorial videos.

If you have any problems with your ORCID profile or have any questions about the process, please contact Grainne McCabe, Scholarly Communications & Research Support Officer, RCSI Library, 26 York Street or Breffni Smith, Clinical Librarian, RCSI Library Beaumont Hospital.

Guest Post: Why get involved in the RCSIsmj - Student Medical Journal? with Suzanne Murphy

Vol 11 is now available in RCSI Library

RCSIsmj (Student Medical Journal) is in its 11th year as a totally student run peer-reviewed publication giving students a unique taste of research publishing, editing and promotion. Editor-In-Chief Suzanne Murphy, an RCSI Medical Student gives her take on what is involved in being part of the editorial team and why you should consider getting involved!

When I first applied for the SMJ, I was really interested in a writing position. I had experience blogging and editing various student publications and I felt like it would be a good opportunity to write something for publication.

When I read about the different roles within the SMJ (which you can do here), I thought I would love the role of senior editor but never expected to get it! I decided to apply for Senior Editor, senior staff writer and staff writer. I thought I had a decent chance of getting a staff writer post and anything beyond that would be a bonus.  

The second round of the application process involved editing a writing sample and an informal meeting with the Mohit and Jenna, the Director and Editor-In-Chief at the time. To my delight I was offered the position of Senior Editor and I gladly accepted....though the panic did set in!

I worried I wouldn’t be able for the job. I worried about how I’d balance the extra work with my studies. It turns out I had nothing to worry about. Both Jenna and Mo were so supportive of me, as were all the SMJ staff. The role is a learning curve and everyone understood that.

The senior positions within SMJ work on a rolling basis with senior staff passing on the roles to their junior counterparts. This allows time for training so that by the end of my year as Senior Editor, I was more that prepared for the role of Editor-In-Chief.  Even in the less formalised positions there is plenty of training and support given.  Seeing how SMJ staff support each other in their roles is one of the things that makes me proud to be involved with the publication.

RCSIsmj Vol:11 2017/2018

How can students get involved?
Becoming a staff member for the journal offers students from all years, in all courses, with all levels of experience, the opportunity to meet one another as they work together to prepare and promote the journal.  The SMJ is often the first opportunity many students get to have their work published and all involved take great pride in the high standard of the articles published. 

The SMJ is committed to all aspects of health research. Its regular journal clubs allow students to engage with RCSI staff, learn about current research and find out more about the different disciplines within medicine.  The journal clubs are relaxed, casual events where students also have the chance to meet the SMJ staff and learn about how they can get involved with the journal. I would definitely recommend students get involved in the journal clubs, even if they are not on the staff of the SMJ.

Dean Hannah MCGEE with RCSI SMJ's current executive committee

My advice for anyone considering getting involved in the SMJ: 

1.     Apply for the post(s) you want the most- Students are welcome to apply for multiple posts, but don’t discount a post because you think you don’t have the experience for it. Nearly all of our posts involve some degree of training and we are all here to help new staff.

2.      You don’t have to be a medical student to apply- We welcome applications from students in all courses!

3.      Take time to have a look at the journal (available online or in the library) before you apply- Ideally you would already be familiar with the journal if you’re considering joining the team, but, if not, grab a copy or have a read online.

4.      If you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in contact with us! You can email any questions or queries about the available posts to editorsmj@rcsi.ie .

The deadline for applications for the staff has passed for this year 2018/2019 but students interested should get in touch about the journal club or blogging for the SMJ...and of course think about what staff role you might like to apply for next year. Keep in touch with all of the news SMJ website or via our Facebook page.

Suzanne Murphy 

Diabetes Resources at RCSI Library

On Friday 19th January RCSI will be hosting the Sixth Annual 3U Partnership International Diabetes Conference which brings together leading experts from around the world to discuss some of the major challenges in the treatment and management of diabetes. You can view the programme and register here.

RCSI Library has a wide range of resources on Diabetes; here we will give a quick overview of these. As usual if you have any questions or want to know more about any of these resources please email us at library@rcsi.ie and we will be happy to help.

The Library subscribes to a number of the top ranked diabetes journals, including Diabetes and Diabetes Care. Access these through the e-journal portal at http://www.rcsi.ie/ejournals

We also have a range of books on the subject, in both electronic and print format; search the library catalogue at http://www.rcsi.ie/library_catalogue

 

Searching the Clinical Key database for ‘diabetes mellitus’ will give you access to a wide range of resources; including an overview of the condition, books, journal articles, images and more. You can access Clinical Key through the RCSI Library database page at http://www.rcsi.ie/databases

Other RCSI Library resources on diabetes include a wide range of theses accessible through our Institutional Repository at  http://www.rcsi.ie/library_epublications (this is freely available to the general public) and evidence based summaries on the subject through the Clinical summary tools DynaMed Plus and UpToDate which you can access at http://www.rcsi.ie/findclinicalsummaries

The conference is open to everyone with an interest in understanding the pathophysiology of diabetes. Follow @RCSI_Irl  for updates on Twitter.


Colm O'Connor