Liu proposes a 4-step source assessment strategy expanding CRAAP (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose) with lateral reading, critical thinking, and metacognition to help students more deeply and reflectively evaluate information.
[Coll Res Libr News 2021;82(2):75-79]
JBI Evidence Synthesis seeks SWAR manuscripts — studies embedded in reviews to test and improve methods, processes, reporting, and use — and welcomes a variety of study designs: quantitative, qualitative, or mixed approaches. This is an ongoing call for papers with no deadline.
Applied Artificial Intelligence is seeking submissions for a special issue on cross-domain generative AI applications, AI ethics, and open challenges of AI across healthcare, law, finance, education, and more. Submission deadline: 31 July 2026.
In this self-paced on-demand class you’ll learn how PubMed uses Automatic Term Mapping (ATM) for keyword searches leveraging the controlled vocabulary of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) database. You’ll also learn how to bypass ATM when it's not doing what you want it to do.
Successful publishing depends on doing rigorous, novel science and reporting it clearly, objectively, and strategically, argues Bourne, while accepting that rejection is an inevitable part of a scientific career. Quality counts more than quantity!
[PLOS Comput Biol 2005;1(5):e57]
Bioethics is calling for papers for a special issue looking at when voluntary assisted dying should be allowed, addressing topics such as autonomy, eligibility, coercion, dignity, and mental illness. Submissions due: 20 July 2026.
Imagine finding yourself listed as an author on a paper you’d never written. That’s what happened to medical ethicist Tove Godskesen. And she’s not alone. How can we better safeguard research integrity? Godskesen demands answers.
[Learn Publ 2025;38(3):e2009]
Columbia has now launched GrantForward, a search-and-recommendation platform for faculty, researchers, students, and administrators to find research grants and other sources of funding. GrantForward will fully replace Pivot after June 30. Activate your GrantForward account today!
Mislabeled medieval “plague” images are everywhere. Jones and Nevell examine how such mistakes spread online and urge rigorous, context‑based, multidisciplinary interpretation before using such images, with accurate metadata descriptions.
[Lancet Infect Dis 2016;16(10):e235-e240]
What is algorithmic bias and how can we fix it? Technical tweaks in machine-learning models merely mask racism and power imbalances, warns Birhane, arguing to solve the problem we must instead address underlying issues of structural injustice.
[Open Encycl Cogn Sci 16 Mar 2026]
