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Ex-Merck Spokesman Points Finger at Paid Consultants in Drug Lawsuits - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Scholars Seek Better Metrics for Assessing Research Productivity - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Ticker - Johnny Appleseed of Labs Brings U.S. Gear to Universities in Developing World - The Chronicle of Higher Education

NIH Announces First National Research Study Recruitment Registry

Rutgers Center for Green Building

The Rutgers Center for Green Building promotes green building through research, education and training, and partnerships with industry, government and not-for-profit agencies.

Ghostwriters Paid by Wyeth Aided Its Drugs - NYTimes.com

IR Encyclopedias & Subject Dictionaries

IR Research Guides

IR Almanacs & Factbooks

IR Data Sets & Statistics

Maps, Atlases & GIS

IR Reference & Research Resources

BHI: British Humanities Index

BHI: British Humanities Index
-from CSA Databases
An abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Topics include architecture, archaeology, art, antiques, education, economics, foreign affairs, environment, cinema, current affairs, gender studies, history, language, law, linguistics, literature, music, painting, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, and theatre.
Holdings: coverage begins in 1962-

New Tool Compares Scholars' Research Strengths Big publisher offers software to track performance in 80,000 areas

Thomson Research

Thomson Research
Thomson Research provides annual reports, SEC filings, and IBES tearsheets for U.S. and international publicly-traded companies.
Holdings: Online access for some filings and companies is available from 1960. Filings from 1995 to present are more comprehensive.

Thomson ONE Analytics (First Call)

Thomson ONE Analytics (First Call)
Thomson One Analytics is a robust web based application that allows you to research information about different companies and sectors. Thomson One Analytics draws from Worldscope, Datastream, FirstCall and more to monitor new investment information, and identify and analyze investment opportunities. It Includes company overviews, estimates, price histories, fundamentals, balance sheet data, institutional holdings and analyst reports.

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage

Standard & Poor's Net Advantage
Comprehensive source of business and investment information, offering on-line access to popular Standard & Poor's research products such as Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Corporation Records, The Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives, The Outlook, Mutual Fund Reports among others.

Standard & Poor's Market Insight

Standard & Poor's Market Insight
Market Insight is derived from the Compustat database and includes financial reports, executive compensation reports, screening capabilities and valuation ratios.
The database also includes several additional database subfiles: Industry Data (from the S&P Industry Surveys); DRI-WEFA Country Reports; Corporate Records - Bond description, Capitalization, Subsidiaries; Stock Reports - "Tear Sheets"; Global Reports - PDF annual reports for non-U.S. companies;

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys

Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys
Industry Surveys. Now accessed through Market Insight. Click on Industry. Select an industry from the drop down menu and click on Go. Scroll to S&P Industry Survey. Based on Global Industry Classification Standards. For more information, click on Tools, Help, Reference. Scroll to Industry Classifications.

Hoover's Online (International Company Directory)

Hoover's Online (International Company Directory)
Hoover's Online provides company profiles (company histories, strategies, market positions, major events and other information) for approximately 12 million international companies with in-depth coverage of the world's top 25, 000 businessess. Included in this product is IPO Central, a databases of Initial Public Offerings for U.S. companies. It allows screening by location (U.S. State or foreign country), company type, industry group and sales size. Hoover's also provides links to news, financials, and stock quotes. Updated Daily.

MarketResearch.com Academic

MarketResearch.com Academic
Qualitative industry analysis and quantitative research on market trends including data on market segmentation, size and growth. Industry coverage includes: service, consumer products, food & beverage, heavy industry, life sciences, and technology & media. The primary geographical coverage is the United States.

Business and Industry

Business and Industry
Business & Industry is a database containing information on public and private companies, industries, markets, and products. It covers the manufacturing and services industries and is international in scope. B&I provides Industry overviews, forecasts, trends, market size and more.

Science the Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush

Topics in the Context of Research and Design | Exploring the Nanoworld

News: The Interdisciplinary Science Library - Inside Higher Ed

Mindless Eating: The 200 Daily Food Decisions We Overlook.

"Mindless Eating: The 200 Daily Food Decisions We Overlook." Environment and behavior [0013-9165] 39.1 (2007). 106-.

Schools and Obesity Prevention: Creating School Environments and Policies to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.

"Schools and Obesity Prevention: Creating School Environments and Policies to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity." The Milbank quarterly [0887-378X] 87.1 (2009). 71-.

The Health Challenges of Urban Latino College Students as Revealed Through Student Journaling.

"The Health Challenges of Urban Latino College Students as Revealed Through Student Journaling." Journal of Hispanic higher education [1538-1927] 7.2 (2008). 131-.

Food Environments in University Dorms: 20,000 Calories per Dorm Room and Counting.

"Food Environments in University Dorms: 20,000 Calories per Dorm Room and Counting." American journal of preventive medicine [0749-3797] 36.6 (2009). 523-.

Obesity prevalence and the local food environment.

"Obesity prevalence and the local food environment." Health [1353-8292] 15.2 (2009). 491-.

What do Arithmetic Stress Tests Measure? Protocol Variations and Cardiovascular Responses.

"What do Arithmetic Stress Tests Measure? Protocol Variations and Cardiovascular Responses." Psychophysiology [0048-5772] 28.1 (1991). 91-.

NIH Plans New Rules to Police Researchers' Financial Conflicts of Interest - Chronicle.com

COMPUTER SCIENCE: Science 2.0 -- Shneiderman 319 (5868): 1349 -- Science

Researchers Call for National Strategy to Adapt Social Networks to Public Good - Chronicle.com

IOM Medical Conflict of Interest Report Released

Paying for open access publication charges | RIN

The Research Information Network and Universities UK have produced a guide (March 2009) to provide advice on paying open access publication charges: that is, fees levied by some journals for the publication of scholarly articles so that they can be made available free of charge to readers, immediately upon publication. The guide also sets out recommendations for universities and other research institutions, publishers, research funders, and authors.

Johns Hopkins Bars Gifts to Medical Professors From Drug Companies

News: You're Nobody 'til You're Snubbed - Inside Higher Ed

The Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine opened its doors less than two years ago, but in recent weeks it has been getting press in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The New York Times. The articles concern a Lincoln Memorial professor who exposed conflicts of interest in an article published by the The Journal of the American Medical Association and subsequently provoked the wrath of JAMA's editors for spreading his story to the media and another journal. Charges that the editors sought to intimidate Lincoln Memorial officials have prompted an investigation by the American Medical Association's oversight committee, and the university has garnered some newfound name recognition in the world of academic medicine.

AuthorMapper - Scientific Research and Author Locations Globally

AuthorMapper, an online tool for visualizing scientific research, enables document discovery based on author locations and geographic maps. Integrating content and mapping technology, AuthorMapper provides an easy-to-use, dynamic interface that allows you to:

* Explore patterns in scientific research
* Identify new and historic literature trends
* Discover wider relationships
* Locate other experts in your field

Policies and Management of Conflicts of Interest Within Medi... : Academic Medicine

Cataloging IRB Members' Conflicts of Interest

U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has hardly lacked for targets in his campaign against conflicts of interest in biomedical science and academic research. But a study published Wednesday in the April issue of Academic Medicine suggests potential problems in an area that has largely escaped Grassley's scrutiny so far -- among the members of institutional boards that review research at medical schools and academic medical centers. The study, based on a survey of more than 200 chairs of such review boards, found that a third of IRBs at those institutions did not require voting members to disclose their relationships with pharmaceutical companies or other industry representatives -- even though national groups have urged such reporting and the relationships, in practice, were reported in a majority of cases.

Stepping on Toes: The Delicate Art of Talking to Faculty about Questionable Assignments | In the Library with the Lead Pipe

Includes sample e-mails for dialogue with faculty

Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment

"Scholarly Information Practices in the Online Environment: Themes from the Literature and Implications for Library Service Development" by Carole L. Palmer, Lauren C. Teffeau and Carrie M. Pirmann.

"This report provides an expert review of the burgeoning literature on disciplinary research behaviors, synthesizes findings from decades of research on scholarly information practices and identifies key implications for libraries.

It was commissioned by OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership to increase awareness of the diverse evidence base on this topic and to stimulate further reflection on its importance for the research library community."

Funding Science, Smartly

But while there was no real dissent from Culberson's view that federal spending on science is crucial and should be protected and even expanded, lawmakers and the hearing's lone witness, President Ralph J. Cicerone of the National Academy of Sciences, acknowledged that there would not be a limitless supply of money available for science programs, and that difficult choices about priorities would have to be made.

And Cicerone and some lawmakers agreed that federal agencies and universities needed, as they managed the sudden, massive infusion of money from the economic stimulus package, to learn lessons from the doubling of the budget of the National Institutes of Health that the government provided a decade ago, to avoid repeating problems that emerged in the wake of that effort.

The 'Black Box' of Peer Review

Michèle Lamont decided to explore excellence by studying one of the primary mechanisms used by higher education to -- in theory -- reward excellence: scholarly peer review. Applying sociological and other disciplinary approaches to her study, Lamont won the right to observe peer review panels that are normally closed to all outsiders. And she was able to interview peer review panelists before and after their meetings, examine notes of reviewers before and after decision-making meetings, and gain access to information on the outcomes of these decisions.

The result is How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment (Harvard University Press), which aims to expose what goes on behind the closed doors where funds are allocated and careers can be made.

A New Push to Unlock University-Based Research - Chronicle.com

Disease Charities Pursue Cures by Investing in Drug Start-Ups - WSJ.com

Downturn in Federal Research Spending :: Inside Higher Edrese

MIT and Harvard to Share $100-Million Dedicated to Finding AIDS Vaccine - Chronicle.com

Consortium on Fostering Interdisciplinary Inquiry

Advances in interdisciplinary research and teaching are critical to producing workable solutions to many of society's most pressing problems. "Fostering Interdisciplinary Inquiry: An Invitational Conference" will focus on policies and practices of academic institutions and is intended to foster institutional cooperation among the nation's top research universities, public and private, and to expand understanding of both opportunities and challenges in advancing interdisciplinary research, academic programs, teaching, and training. A key goal of the conference is to create a consortium for interdisciplinary transformation that will continue to advance progress on these important issues.

Obama's Coming Stem-Cell Decision May Not Jump-Start Research - Chronicle.com

Eight years ago, President George W. Bush sharply limited federal support for stem-cell research. The move cost universities millions of dollars while slowing the hunt for life-saving medical advances. And it may now be only days before President Obama reverses course.

But for all the trouble the presidential restriction has caused, and for all the political trauma that may accompany a cancellation of Mr. Bush's order, both the science and the economics have evolved so far since 2001 that universities may feel affected far less by Mr. Obama's decision than they were by Mr. Bush's. Still, an obscure piece of legislation called the Dickey-Wicker Amendment may remain an obstacle no matter what the president does.

EPIC: An NCI CECCR Site

Biennial Report of the Director, National Institutes of Health Fiscal Years 2006

Do Drugs Help Psychiatrists Tune Out Patient Voices? - Chronicle.com

For Arizona State and Penn, 2 Tech-Transfer Offices Could Be Better Than One - Chronicle.com

The University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University are teaming up on technology transfer in a three-year experiment that will allow each to take advantage of the other’s expertise in commercializing the findings of their researchers.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
-from Journals@OVID Full Text
Holdings: 1996-2007

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
-from SpringerLINK
Holdings: 2008-

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - British Volume
-from Highwire Press
Holdings: 1948-

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume

Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery - American Volume
-from Highwire Press
Holdings: 1889-

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Journal of Orthopaedic Research
-from Wiley InterScience
Holdings: 1983-

Defeating Bedlam - Olivia Judson Blog - NYTimes.com

Breaking the silence after a study ends

While an estimated 2.3 million people in the United States take part in clinical trials every year, there currently exists no formal requirement to inform them of study results, an oversight that leaves participants confused, frustrated, and, in some cases, lacking information that may be important to their health. In an article published today in the Archives of Neurology, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have proposed a novel and effective approach to disseminate the results of clinical trials to study volunteers.

CensusCD neighborhood change database (NCDB) [electronic resource] : 1970-2000 tract data : selected variables for US Census tracts for 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and mapping too / Geolytics.

ability to see tracts either as they were in prior decades or "normalized" to same boundaries in 2000

MarketResearch.com Academic

IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program

Deadline: December 15

This program supports projects to develop faculty and library leaders, to recruit and educate the next generation of librarians, to conduct research on the library profession, and to support early career research on any area of library and information science by tenure-track, untenured faculty in graduate schools of library and information science. It also supports projects to attract high school and college students to consider careers in libraries, to build institutional capacity in graduate schools of library and information science, and to assist in the professional development of librarians and library staff.

NIH Punished Scientist Who Had Called for Open Records - Chronicle.com

New NIH Grant Rule: 2 Strikes and You're Out - Chronicle.com

Emory U. Psychiatrist Failed to Report Income From Drug Makers - Chronicle.com

Hospital Panels That Approve Pediatric Research Get Poor Marks

NCRR's 2009-2013 Strategic Plan - National Center for Research Resources - NCRR

National Center for Research Resources strategic plan links and information.

FIRP Home

Add to my del.icio.us account.

nsf.gov - SRS Universities Report Continued Decline in Real Federal S

Federal funding of academic science and engineering (S&E) R&D failed to outpace inflation for the second year in a row, according to FY 2007 data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges.

Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01)

The EUREKA program funds exceptionally innovative research that, if successful, will have an unusually high impact.

NIH Tries to Buy Eureka Moments With New Round of Grants - Chronicle.com

nsf.gov - SRS Universities Report Continued Decline in Real Federal S

'Unprecedented' 2-Year Decline for U.S. Science Funds :: Inside Higher Ed

CLIR Issues Newsletter

HOW SHOULD WE be rethinking the research library in a swiftly changing information landscape?

In February, CLIR convened 25 leading librarians, publishers, faculty members, and information technology specialists to consider this question. Participants discussed the challenges and opportunities that libraries are likely to face in the next five to ten years, and how changes in scholarly communication will affect the future library. Essays by eight of the participants-Paul Courant, Andrew Dillon, Rick Luce, Stephen Nichols, Daphnee Rentfrow, Abby Smith, Kate Wittenberg, and Lee Zia-were circulated to participants in advance and provided background for the conversation.1 CLIR will issue a full report of the meeting, including the background essays, later this summer.

Research1 Private Beta Sign-up

The Office of UW Technology at University of Washington is developing Research1, a Web site that will allow scattered researchers to reunite in online communities and share their projects with the general public through various media, including audio and video files.

Statistical analysis of the National Institutes of Health peer review system b