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Eager minds filed in on Friday, March 16th to hear what was in store for "How to Choose the Right Journal? Navigating Today's Scientific Publishing Environment," offered by the Office of Academic Development and Enrichment. This class, taught by Gali Halevi, Chief Director of Mount Sinai Health System Libraries, explored the complex landscape of scientific publishing and the array of tools available when deciding where to publish. 

Selecting the right journal depends on the goal you are reaching for: highest possible impact factor, fastest publishing time or largest possible audience reach. Journal Article Name Estimator (JANE) is a great online tool for this. Of course, among your options may be Open Access journals. Open Access means that the articles within the journal are completely free for the reader. Open Access creates more possibility for information and idea exchange but beware of scammers. OA journals will only ask for a fee after the article has been accepted. 

Scopus, Elsevier’s abstract and citation database, provides invaluable information to help aid in your decision making process. You can find journals based on which subjects they most frequently publish and you can see the journals in which your colleagues are publishing.  Of equal importance is your ORCHID ID! This unique identifier is crucial for maintaining your individual research reputation and persona.  

With the right tools and preparation, the mission to find the right journal will surely be a successful one!

You can see upcoming Levy Library classes and events here!

The medical profession can be stressful. We know that's not a surprise. That's why the Mount Sinai Health System library network supports the community with its abundance of resources for education and research. Of course, even with academic and professional support, everyone needs to unwind now and then!

On Wednesday, March 14th, Levy Library teamed up with Drum Cafe to bring drumming to Mount Sinai. Through the act of creating music as a group, this session promoted creativity, strengthened non-verbal communication and reinforced the sense of community. Over the course of the event, participants were lead through drumming exercises by the instructors, had the opportunity to lead each other, and even got up and danced!

The evening wrapped up with post-drumming conversation over wine and cheese, generously provided by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences!

Thank you to the Drum Cafe team and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences for a wonderful evening! 

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Sinai AppLab was founded by Mount Sinai Hospital's Dr. Ashish Atreja in 2012. Since then, the AppLab has dedicated itself to creating and implementing technology for the patients, health care providers, and researchers within the Mount Sinai Health System and beyond. One such creation from the AppLab is the Bifurcaid app.

Bifurcaid has been developed as a means of guiding and teaching interventional cardiologists across the world the different techniques of coronary bifurcation interventions, in a step by step manner. This app is a combined effort of the Interventional Cardiology department at Mount Sinai Heart headed by Dr. Annapoorna Kini and her team of fellows: Dr. Samith Bhatheja and Dr. Surbhi Chamaria.

The Bifurcaid app provides: 

• The basics of bifurcation stenting and the reasons behind the use of specific equipment through the glossary section. 
• Two separate sections for the different entities of Left Main Bifurcation and Non Left Main Bifurcation since the techniques are different in the two disease processes. 
• An easy way to navigate back and forth between the various combinations and permutations of disease in the main and side branch to devise a treatment plan and walks the user through each step of the technique.
• A glossary section titled ‘The Basics’ that has a detailed description of all the equipment required, including the type of guide and guidewires to use and the size and type of balloons and stents to use in different scenarios. 
• A section regarding methods of troubleshooting when wires or stent delivery systems and balloons are difficult to deliver. 
• Hyperlinks to the glossary section from the text in the main app which will help the user reference the text without having to exit that particular step in the algorithm.

Learn more about Bifurcaid on our website, on iTunes, or on Google Play.

This week brought us three (yes, three!) separate Information & Education Forum events across the Mount Sinai Health System library locations. Mount Sinai West kicked it off on Tuesday 3/6, then over to Mount Sinai Beth Israel on Wednesday 3/7, and we wrapped everything up at Mount Sinai Hospital on Thursday 3/8. With each event, faculty, students and staff of the Mount Sinai community had the opportunity to get better acquainted with all of the resources available through the library system. 

Vendors on-hand at each forum included: 

• Elsevier
• Wolters Kluwer/UpToDate
• EBSCO
• McGraw-Hill
• Board Vitals
• PLUM

In addition to the vendors, teams from Mount Sinai Health System Libraries, Medical Illustration/ITG, Archives and the MS Program in Health Care Delivery Leadership came out to show all the hard work that they do and the excellent services that they offer. 

Thank you to all our vendors, visitors and participants! See you next year!

We are experiencing an issue with one of the Mount Sinai Health System Libraries databases, Scopus. This issue may prevent access to full text of electronic journal articles. Currently, the “Find It Levy Library” button in Scopus is not working (see attached screenshot).  

We are working as quickly as possible to resolve this issue and apologize for any inconvenience. A notification will be sent when this issue has been resolved.

In the meantime, please utilize PubMed to access full text articles.

Please contact refdesk@mssm.edu with any questions or concerns.