Scholarly Communication Information Services in Support of Research (SCISSORS) is provided by the Weill Cornell Medical Library to help you cut through the red tape of research, publishing, networking, and other scholarly endeavors. To request these and similar services, contact us. For additional information on publishing, please see our 'Preparing to Publish' guide.
Research Support
Take advantage of the expert research support offered by our professionals. In addition to the workshops and consultations listed on our calendar, customized classes for your research or publication needs can be arranged at no cost to you. Classes are held at the library or at a location of your choice. Services include:
- Consulting on database selection
- Conducting literature searches
- Setting up current awareness alerts or table of contents alerts from journals
- Setting up automated database search alerts
- Data management and curation
- Accessing or requesting scientific software via the Scientific Software Hub
- Setting up RSS feeds
- Importing citations from databases to bibliographic software such as EndNote or RefWorks
- Determining who is citing your work
- Finding instructions for authors
- Locating statistics, images or graphics
Pre-Publishing
During your search for a publisher, the SCISSORS team is prepared to assist you in a number of ways. Services include:
- Suggesting journals relevant to areas of research/interest for possible submission
- Checking journal impact factors
- Finding instructions for authors
- Exploring alternate publishing models including open access journals
- Recommending MeSH terms and keywords for article
- Reviewing publication agreements
- Recommending publication agreement amendments to retain full or partial copyright
- Assisting with compliance with NIH Public Access Policy
Author Support & Manuscript Preparation
The Weill Cornell Medical Library staff provides a wide variety of services to assist faculty, scientists and students with their research as well as biosketch and manuscript preparation. Services include:
- Assisting with complying with NIH Public Access Policy
- Verifying citations
- Performing author searches
- Checking journal impact factors
- Determining who is citing your work
- Finding instructions for authors
- Locating statistics, images or graphics
- Importing citations from databases to bibliographic software such as EndNote or RefWorks
- Assisting with copyright questions
Systematic Reviews
Collaborate with expert searchers to publish your systematic review. In addition to our resources and database offers, Weill Cornell Medical Library has knowledgeable staff to guide you through this evidence-based process. Please visit Systematic Review, or contact the Information Desk to learn more. Systematic review collaboration may include:
- Helping to define the research question
- Targeting specific databases and other resources to be searched
- Identifying database-specific search strategies using a combination of keywords and controlled vocabulary to maximize precision and recall
- Conducting the literature search
- Reference checking
- Delivering the results suitable for ingest into a bibliographic management tool such as EndNote or Mendeley
- Performing search updates in selected databases
- Suggesting journals relevant to areas of research/interest for possible submission
- Recommending MeSH terms and keywords for article
Networking within Cornell University and the Medical Center
- VIVO - Browse or search VIVO to discover who is working on a particular research topic and what they've taught or published recently, find information on courses, genomics services, faculty, departments, undergraduate majors and graduate fields, locate facilities or find online tools to expedite research - anything related to life sciences at Cornell. VIVO is an ongoing project of the Life Sciences Working Group in Cornell libraries.
Funding/Grant/Conference Resources
- Library information for grants - Annual statistical information about the library that may be needed for grant applications or accreditation purposes
- Research Funding - Search several databases for funding and grant opportunities
- PubsHub - details of upcoming conferences in biomedical fields
Publications by and about the Weill Cornell Medicine Community
Access publications by and about the Weill Cornell medical community. Keep abreast of research and medical breakthroughs, news about students and staff, facility improvements and ongoing building projects.