Travis Ford Holder, MLS, MA
Research & Instruction Librarian
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a freely available index of journals that are published using an open access model. The site promotes peer-reviewed open access scholarship from around the world and is of interest to anyone seeking to evaluate or publish in an open access journal.
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There are over 18,000 journals indexed in DOAJ across more than 500 subjects using the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system. The subject area with the largest number of journals is Medicine, with over 4,010 journals indexed, followed by Social Sciences with 3,168. There are … read more
Michelle P. Green, MA, MLIS
Optometry and Health Professions Librarian
John Vaughan Library 213D
Northeastern State University
The following is an update to my original review published in the October 2017 issue of Doody’s Collection Development Monthly. To see the original review, click here.
Zotero is a free, open-source citation management tool that offers ways to manage citations and research with an easy-to-use interface. This resource is appropriate for anyone who accesses, conducts, or collects research. Zotero is tailored to academics but can be used by anyone.
Zotero’s primary purpose … read more
Library Director
Matas Library of the Health Sciences
Tulane University
Editor’s note: On a regular basis, we publish profiles of librarians who have been an integral part of Doody Enterprises, whether they have served on our Library Board of Advisors, as a Librarian Selector for Doody’s Core Titles, or on the editorial board/as a List Selector for Doody’s Special Topics Lists. This month, we are profiling a librarian who has served as a Librarian Selector for Doody’s Core Titles since 2019: Keith Pickett of Tulane … read more
Covering every aspect of fetal heart examination and all major cardiac malformations, A Practical Guide to Fetal Echocardiography is widely acknowledged as the definitive text in this challenging field. This award-winning title clearly depicts examples of commonly seen abnormalities and day-to-day cases, as well as rare pathology. Authored by renowned experts, the fully updated fourth edition is a lavishly illustrated, easy-to-read text designed to serve as a comprehensive reference for all practitioners involved in cardiac imaging.
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Small and light enough to carry comfortably in a lab coat pocket, this completely revised edition of The Pharmacy Technician’s Pocket Drug Reference contains the five main components of drug information that a pharmacy technician seeks. For each of the most commonly prescribed drugs, this book provides generic names (with pronunciations), trade names, therapeutic classes, general FDA approved therapeutic uses, and commercially available dosage forms/strengths.
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NEJM Evidence offers unique new article types that spark debate, challenge the status quo, and connect evidence with medical practice. Publishing high-quality studies from the front lines of medical research, the journal seeks to advance clinical trial research and practice by challenging the medical community to take new approaches to clinical trial design, execution, and analysis that yield more powerful evidence.
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Since 2020, we have received 59 titles representing the Nursing Research specialty from 16 publishers. The prices of these titles range from $15.99 to $219.99, with an average cost of $72.82. Doody’s Review Service features expert reviews on 29 of those titles. Doody’s Core Titles 2022 features 12 … read more
Susan Vossberg has served as Editorial Review Group Chair for Alternative Therapies for Doody’s Review Service since March of 2021. Susan oversees a large group of reviewers from Northwestern Health Sciences University schools of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, Applied Clinical Nutrition, … read more
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