The 6th Annual BioMed Central Research Awards celebrates high quality research made freely available through open access publishing. There are 15 award categories this year including 10 new categories, the winners of which will be shortlisted for the BioMed Central Research Award. We invite you to nominate the finest research from the last 12 months before 31st December 2011.

More information on the BMC Research Awards.

Speaking of Open Access…

Did you know that many publishers allow you to self-archive your articles? Before submitting to a journal, check the copyright agreement to make sure you can post your work to MOspace, MU’s digital institutional repository.

Check out this new online resource!

Writing for Publication in Veterinary Medicine: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Clinicians

Happy Writing!

PubGet…Ligercat…PubNet…what are all these things?

Here’s a handy comparison of biomedical literature search tools from NCBI.

You can even specify what kind of tool you’re interesting in: for example, visualizing search results using networks.

Check out the VOX feature on Tim and Terry!

The Hidden Lives of Mules

Celebrate Open Access Week! Check out the MU Libraries home page for the Price That Journal contest…

Check out the guide for VMS 6420: Equine Medicine and Surgery.

Join the J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library in celebrating 25 years! The HSL Anniversary Symposium will be held on Wednesday, September 28th, from 9am to noon. National Library of Medicine Director Don Lindberg will be the honored guest.

MU Libraries is conducting a trial of the Natural Standard Alternative Medicine database.   Nature Standard summarizes and synthesizes research evidence on effectiveness of herbal and alternative therapies. Trial ends September 30, 2011.

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