Scholarly Publishing
July 2024 Scholarly Communications Round-up
Learn more about retractions, the draft NIH Public Access Policy for publications and the new release of Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
Becker Blog
Scholarly Publishing
Updated Fingerprint Visualizations in Research Profiles
Fingerprints and Fingerprint visualizations in Research Profiles help users discover the expertise and interests of faculty members and organizational units at the School of Medicine by providing a visual summary of their work. They can be found throughout Research Profiles on faculty profiles as well as profiles for organization units. Fingerprints and fingerprint visualizations are [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
Dr. Katherine Bain, her friend Christine Glass, and their home at 2710 Quebec Street
Using archival records to determine if a friendship between two women was something more is challenging. At first glance, the records are rather ambiguous, perhaps intentionally so. What can we learn if we look closer?
Mastering Information
New Systematic and Scoping Review Tutorials Now Available
Becker Library now offers four brief tutorials to help researchers better understand systematic and scoping reviews: These brief videos are especially helpful for novice systematic review/scoping review researchers, or those who have not utilized Becker Library’s systematic review service before. To learn more about systematic and scoping reviews, please see our guides: Have questions about [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
Jerome R. Cox Jr. Papers Open for Research
Did you know the PC was invented at Washington University? Well, not that PC. The Programmed Console. In the spring of 1965, Jerome R. Cox Jr. and Wesley A. Clark co-taught a graduate course in computer design in which teams of students designed working computers. One student, V.W. “Bill” Gerth, also wrote an interactive radiation [Read more]
Health and Science Communication
Inclusive and Preferred Language for Patient and Research Participant Communication – Selected Resources
Health and science communication best practices include developing communication that is respectful, inclusive, and accessible to your audience. Here are some resources to support your regular communication with patients and research participants using inclusive and preferred language. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Inclusive Communication Principles include key principles for general communication and preferred terms for select [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
Oppenheimer: Washington University’s connections to an American Prometheus – Part 2
Part 1 covers a few of the people associated with Washington University who played a part in the building of the atomic bomb with reference to the 2023 film Oppenheimer. Part 2 focuses on the part Arthur Holly Compton played in Robert J. Oppenheimer’s life and as inspiration for the movie. There are spoilers for [Read more]
Announcements
Summer Library Staff Picks
Come check out Becker Library’s very first curated Staff Picks collection, specially selected by our knowledgeable Information Services Desk staff, which highlights our Health and Wellness collection. This unique collection will be available at Becker Library, 1st floor, from July 9 through Aug. 31. Stop by Becker Library today to discover these handpicked titles that [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
Travel Scholarships Available for Archives and Rare Books Collections Use
To encourage researchers living more than 100 miles from St. Louis to use these collections, Becker Library offers two grants annually of up to $1,000 each to help defray the costs of travel, lodging, food and photo reproductions. Covered expenses will be reimbursed at the conclusion of the visit. Apply by Sept. 1, 2024.
Scholarly Publishing
What’s the Difference between Public Access and Open Access?
Being aware of the distinction between Public Access and Open Access will be more important for authors over the next several years. By the end of 2024, all Federal funding agencies will have to release their plans per The White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP) Memo of 2022: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable [Read more]