The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research recently released a resource titled “Author’s Checklist for Preparation of Publications” which outlines a series of tips to consider when preparing a publication.

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If you are an author of a book that is in-copyright and registered with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to January 5, 2009, you may want to explore your options regarding books that are digitized by Google. Please see About the Google Book Settlement for more information.

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Interesting editorial on Nature. Nature 457, 1058 (26 February 2009) | doi:10.1038/4571058a; Published online 25 February 2009. “There are societal debates that have much to gain from the uncensored voices of researchers.” Why should researchers blog? See: “Why Do We Blog and Other Important Questions, Answered by 34 Science Bloggers.” This post summarizes responses from [...]

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Thomson Reuters recently announced an enhanced release of  Journal Citation Reports. Journal Citation Reports now includes: • Five-Year Impact Factor – provides a broader range of citation activity for a more informative snapshot over time. • Journal “Self Citations” – An analysis of journal self citations and their contribution to the Journal Impact Factor calculation. • Graphic Displays [...]

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The Fair Copyright in Research Works bill (H.R. 801) was reintroduced on Tuesday, February 3rd, after being reshelved in 2008. Library Journal: Copyright Research Bill Reintroduced (04 Feb 2009) Library Journal: New Wrinkles as Bill Banning NIH-Like Public Access Resurfaces (05 Feb 2009)

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Are you interested in learning more about the NIH Public Access Policy? Are you preparing a grant application or submitting a progress report? Do you need to know how to respond to a request from NIH asking for documentation of compliance for citations you noted in a progress report, application or proposal? If so, then [...]

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Becker Medical Library and Washington University Libraries are pleased to announce the launch of a new Scholarly Communications website. This website represents a joint effort between the two campus library systems to provide resources and information related to scholarly communications for the Washington University community. Features of the Scholarly Communications website include:        Copyright resources [...]

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ISI Web of Knowledge/Web of Science recently released a Citation Map tool that allows for graphical representation of citation relationships up to two generations, forward or backwards. By using this tool, authors can analyze who is citing their work and the results can be sorted by author, year, journal title, article title, subject category, language, institution, and country. Tutorial [...]

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SCOPUS recently announced that it has added Articles in Press (AiP), abstracts of accepted research papers published prior to being printed, from journals published by Karger and Nature Publishing Group. This adds to the collection of AiPs currently in SCOPUS from Elsevier and Springer journals.  In the fall, AiPs from BioMed Central and IEEE will also be available.  [...]

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