Monitoring information refers to intentionally returning to familiar sources and services on an ongoing basis to check for updates or to see whether any new information has been added. The goal of this task is to stay current on a topic or on trends in a profession. Tasks involved may include tracking research claims, tracking data sources, observing information sources for any changes, and monitoring information concerning certain people or events.
Monitoring Information
Databases
This directory provides information about the projects being conducted by researchers who have registered to use the NIH's All of Us data.
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bioRxiv
bioRxiv is a publicly available preprint repository for the biological sciences, hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Columbia University Web Archive
Web archives preserve information that may not remain available on the live Web and show how the websites have evolved over time.
Columbia University Libraries creates thematic collections of…
CUIMC Publications
This database, compiled by the CUIMC Health Sciences Library, contains citations for scholarly journal articles representing original research on which one or more authors was affiliated with CUIMC at the time of publication. Updated monthly, the data are available for download.
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Current Contents Connect
Current Contents Connect is one of the Clarivate's databases, that allows to browse or search journals' tables of contents.
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medRxiv
medRxiv is a publicly available preprint repository for the health sciences, hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni is a full-text news service.
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Pivot
Pivot is a database that aggregates funding opportunities from across the world and features researcher profiles to enable collaboration.
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Preprints.org
Multidisciplinary platform dedicated to making early versions of research outputs permanently available and citable. Funded by MDPI and indexed in Web of Science.
Retraction Watch Database
Database of retracted journal articles and other publications maintained by the Center for Scientific Integrity.
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STAT Plus, STAT+
"STAT is produced by Boston Globe Media"--"About Us" page. Boston, Mass, 2015-
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Insights
Tricks and tips for using the Columbia University Web Archive
Beginning in 2006, the Internet Archive began to offer a subscription web archiving service, Archive-It. Columbia University enrolled in this service beginning in 2010 and has used it ever since.
Read by QxMD brings journal articles to your phone or tablet
Use Read by QXMD to easily discover, read, save, and share journal articles of interest on your phone or tablet.
Knowledge Base Articles
How can I read journal articles on my phone?
Read by QxMD and BrowZine are two smartphone apps that make it easy to find and access articles, available through Health Sciences Library subscriptions, on any mobile device.
Installing, configuring, and using Read by QxMD
Read by QxMD provides a platform on which to discover, read, save, and share journal articles on an Android or Apple phone or tablet.
Tools
EndNote
EndNote is a commercial reference management software designed to help researchers store, organize, and manage citations and bibliographies.
GNormPlus: An Integrative Approach for Tagging Gene, Gene Family and Protein Domain
GNormPlus: an end-to-end system that handles both gene/protein name and identifier detection in biomedical literature, including gene/protein mentions, family names and domain names.
Read by QxMD
Free app and web service to read and keep up with published biomedical literature.
Sage Policy Profiles
Sage Policy Profiles is a free tool designed to track, visualize, and share a researcher's policy impact.
Tutorials
APIs for Beginners 2023: How to Use an API
A 3-hour course designed to teach beginners the basics and benefits of using APIs
Drive-Thru Data: Using NLM APIs to Access Information Fast
Webinar introduction to the National Library of Medicine's API
EndNote 20 for Mac in 7 minutes
Quick overview for getting started with EndNote 20 for Mac.
EndNote 20 for Windows in 7 minutes
Quick introduction to the basic workflows in EndNote 20 (Windows).
EndNote 20: Configure Sync
Overview and demo of the EndNote 20 (Windows) sync feature.
EndNote for iPad: Overview
Video tour of EndNote for iPad.
EndNote for iPhone: Overview
Video tour of EndNote for iPhone.
EndNote: Get Started in Two Minutes
Introduction to EndNote Click, a browser plug-in for accessing full-text journal articles.
How to generate an API key from Elsevier to access the Scopus database
An introduction to using the Elsevier API to access Scopus
Introduction to the Preprint Citation Index on Web of Science
Learn how to make the most of the Preprint Citation Index by searching on the Web of Science platform.
Retraction Alerts in EndNote 20
Demo for setting up retraction alerts in EndNote 20.
Retraction Alerts in Zotero
Overview of Zotero's integration with the Retraction Watch Database.
Retraction Watch Database User Guide
In-depth guide and FAQ for the Retraction Watch Database.
Saving Searches and Set e-mail Alerts in PubMed
A brief tutorial from the National Library of Medicine on how to get updates on saved searches in PubMed .
Web of Science: Discover Trends Using "Analyze Results"
Video tutorial on using the "Analyze Results" tool in Web of Science to understand current trends across a field or a discipline.
What Is in PubMed?
Learn from the National Library of Medicine, which manages PubMed, what content is included in the database and why.