Springer, the noted scientific publishing house, has launched an author support service called Exemplar (www.springerexemplar.com). Aimed at authors who use highly technical terms, Exemplar is a “permuterm” index.   That is, an author may search for his or her term and Exemplar will show examples (in context) of how it has been used recently in the [...]

The Jefferson Clinical Image database includes over 1,000 original digital clinical images depicting a wide variety of disease entities ranging from the commonplace to the unusual.  The images were all photographed on the Jefferson campus; hence they represent a cross-section of diseases that a student is likely to encounter in an urban setting. Entries emphasize [...]

The Public Health Management Corporation is sponsoring a FREE panel presentation and discussion about how Community Health DataBase members and affiliates have used CHDB data to support funding proposals, marketing & outreach, community assessment projects, and new research in public health. May 14, 2009 2:30 – 4:00 pm Public Health Management Corporation 260 S. Broad [...]

The latest update of RefWorks import filters and output styles includes some important changes for Jeffersonians.  These changes are automatically included when you launch and use RefWorks — no need to download or install software! New databases now available include: Wikipedia ClinicalTrials.gov When it’s time to publish, you’ll find new output styles for health-related journals: Drug [...]

While the number of times a scientific article is cited by other articles is currently the gold standard for ranking its impact, online publishing offers another measure: the number of unique downloads. A recent analysis in the online Journal of Vision (JOV) finds that downloads are a good predictor of citations – and they are [...]

Repositories are everywhere!  PubMed Central is the repository for NIH-support research articles, Jefferson Digital Commons is the repository that showcases Jefferson scholarship, HEAL and Jefferson Clinical Images Database host clinical images.  AAMC provides a repository, too, for peer-reviewed teaching and assessment tools.  If you have materials you want to share, contact Dan Kipnis (215-503-2825 or Dan.Kipnis@jefferson.edu), [...]