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Don’t Stop at the Paywall: Use Becker’s Free ILL Service
Sometimes the book or journal article you need isn’t available in Becker Library’s collections, but that doesn’t mean your search has to end. Through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), WashU Medicine faculty, students and staff have free access to books, articles, and other research materials from libraries across the country. Set Up Your Account and Submit Requests [Read more]
July 2026 Scholarly Communications Round-up
Learn more about the 2026 Journal Citation Reports and the M-index. 2026 Journal Citation Reports Clarivate Analytics recently released the 2026 edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR), reflecting 2025 data. The 2026 release includes rankings across 254 subject categories for over 22,000 journals from 113 countries. The release includes unified rankings among all journals indexed [Read more]
Updated Resources for 2026 NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan Format
I previously wrote a blog titled “NIH DMS Plan Format Updates, 2026 Edition: What to Know” on March 27, 2026, before the new 2026 Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan format took effect on May 25, 2026 (NOT-OD-26-046). This blog post builds on that earlier article by providing additional clarifications, implementation guidance, and newly available [Read more]