Many of us use Pubmed on a daily bases, but what if your research extends beyond the health sciences and into another discipline? Did you know that UCSF subscribes to over 300 other databases? You can view a complete list of our databases and their descriptions here. Below I list some of my favorite databases for […]
Medical Subject Headings The MeSH thesaurus is used to index the articles that appear in PubMed. Each year, new terms are added, and older terms are retired or transitioned to newer terms. Here are the latest changes; they may affect how you decide to structure your PubMed searches. This year, there were 474 new descriptors […]
The famous infomercial line fits F1000 pretty well. F1000 is a three-part online platform which: F1000 Prime provides article recommendations based on user interests. F1000 Workspace stores, organizes and cites articles, books, and websites in documents you are writing. It also lets you upload your documents for collaborative writing. F1000 Research provides an open access publication to […]
The third factor of fair use concerns itself with the amount of material used from a particular work. Have you used only what you need to achieve your purpose? Can you achieve your purpose without it, or with less? Is what you are using “the heart of the work?” Courts do not set limits on […]
The first factor of fair use centers around why you are using the portion of copyrighted material, and what you want to do with it. The courts generally favor, and it is written into the fair use statute, that nonprofit educational uses are favored over a commercial use of the copyrighted material. Courts also tend […]
