If you have large sets of research data that you want to share, consider publishing them in a data journal. Data journals are typically open access, peer-reviewed publications. Data creators submit their datasets to be peer-reviewed and published. The work is then citable by others and can be tracked for impact. Open access data journals include biomedical, public health, and psychosocial coverage.

The list of data journals is rapidly growing. The following are a small number of data journals that researchers on the UMB campus may find useful:

F1000Research is an Open Science publishing platform for life scientists, offering immediate publication and transparent refereeing. Peer review is as formal as that of a traditional journal, but the reviewer names, affiliations, and comments are published with the article.

Genomics Data is an open access journal that considers articles on all aspects of genome-scale analysis.

GigaScience publishes datasets from life and biomedical sciences research. The journal links standard manuscript publication with a database that hosts all associated data and provides data analysis tools and cloud-computing resources.

The Journal of Open Psychology Data features peer-reviewed papers describing psychology datasets with high reuse potential. Data papers may describe data from unpublished work, including replication research, or from papers published previously in a traditional journal. The data and papers are citable, and reuse is tracked.

Open Health Data features peer-reviewed data papers describing health datasets with high reuse potential. The publishers are working with specialist and institutional data repositories to ensure that the associated data are professionally archived, preserved, and openly available. Open Health Data also encourages the deposition of grey literature, such as research study protocols, data management plans, consent forms, participant guidance documents, and white paper reports.

Scientific Data, a Nature publication, is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. The journal’s primary article type, the Data Descriptor, is designed to make data discoverable, interpretable, and reusable.

For additional information on sharing and managing data, take a look at HSHSL’s Data Management Best Practices Guide.

Over the month of October, the Library Genie asked for your top three library wishes. We have heard your requests and are looking at ways to grant your library wishes!

Overwhelmingly, the top request was for longer hours. There were requests for the return of Clinical Key and Access Pharmacy, two cancellations due to our recent resource cuts. Another resource request was for off-campus access to UpToDate. While we would also be happy to have this, the UpToDate subscription is purchased by the University of Maryland Medical Center.

Other library wishes were: coffee, access to food, Writing Center hours in the Library, login from the homepage, updated water fountains, quiet areas, lounge area, more monitors, name the Library, Mac lab, blankets, fax, napping stations, refurbished table tops, consistent clocks, more trash cans, free printing, collect textbooks, more weekend Reference hours, temperature regulation, more journals, new chair cushions, scan id instead of showing it to a guard, and more outlets to plug in to.

The Genie is looking into possibilities for granting some of your wishes. We’ll keep you posted!

Do you need to order an article or book that the HS/HSL does not have access to?

From the HS/HSL’s homepage choose “Request Articles & Books” and click on the big blue button that says “Login with UMID and Password.”  If you are a first time user there will be a short registration process (you will need the 14-digit number on the back of your UM One Card id badge).

Next, choose which type of request you need from the list on the left-hand side of the page: journal article, book, or book chapter.  Fill in the required citation information in the form and click the blue “Submit Request” button.

You can also make requests when you are searching databases.  If you need something we do not own, click on the yellow “Find It” button and choose “Order a Copy of This Item.”  You will be directed to the ILL form with the citation data already filled in.  You just have to click “Submit Request!”

Ebola Symposium

The University of Marland, Baltimore is sponsoring an Ebola Symposium on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. in the School of Nursing Auditorium. Registration will begin at noon.

Be aware. Be prepared. An Interprofessional Approach.

University leaders and national Ebola experts will provide information on the following:

• Ebola, the epidemic, the disease
• Strategies for prevention and preparedness
• Response efforts being implemented by UMB interprofessional teams
• How to become involved

Register now at http://elm.umaryland.edu/ebola-symposium/

Do you need to order an article or book that the HS/HSL does not have access to?

From the HS/HSL’s homepage choose “Request Articles & Books” and click on the big blue button that says “Login with UMID and Password.”  If you are a first time user there will be a short registration process (you will need the 14-digit number on the back of your UM One Card id badge).

Next, choose which type of request you need from the list on the left-hand side of the page: journal article, book, or book chapter.  Fill in the required citation information in the form and click the blue “Submit Request” button.

You can also make requests when you are searching databases.  If you need something we do not own, click on the yellow “Find It” button and choose “Order a Copy of This Item.”  You will be directed to the ILL form with the citation data already filled in.  You just have to click “Submit Request!”

Check out the HS/HSL’s Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) subject guide for trustworthy information resources and the latest headlines from the CDC, WHO, New York Times and others.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are taking steps to assist hospitals prepare for Ebola.  This October 15, 2014 press release outlines the steps they are taking in response to health care workers in Dallas who have contracted Ebola:  http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/fs1014-ebola-investigation-fact-sheet.html