The library will be closing at 5pm on Sunday, August 31st and will be closed on Monday, September 1st in observance of the Labor Day holiday. We will resume regular desk hours on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

Want to learn more about data repositories? Check out our new libguide to find the right place for your data, best practices or where you can find data for analysis.

https://guides.downstate.edu/datarepositories

Interested in what areas Downstate is publishing research? Check out our new publications pages! You can see the most recent articles listed, search for specific topics or authors, and click on Downstate author names to discover their publication history. 

https://guides.downstate.edu/publications

New in the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery:

"The commercialization of open access publishing: progress or predicament?"

https://jnis.bmj.com/content/17/3/231

From Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods:

Common statistical errors in systematic reviews: A tutorial

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cesm.70013

First of its kind non-opioid pain reliever approved by the FDA:
Journavx (suzetrigine) is stated to be non-addictive.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-novel-non-opioid-treatment-moderate-severe-acute-pain

In Annals of Internal Medicine 2019:

"Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study"

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M18-2101

New in Annals of Internal Medicine:

"Stroke Rehabilitation: Synopsis of the 2024 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense Clinical Practice Guidelines"

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-02205

Downstate users - Looking to brush up on statistics knowledge? JoVE has a Core Statistics module with quick-hit videos to help you understand central concepts. 
Off-campus users will need to authenticate first.
https://s.mtrbio.com/xpqqalexzq

NIH new Public Access Policy

The new policy notably requires the accepted version of a manuscript to be placed in PubMedCentral upon acceptance of publication without embargo.

#OpenAccess

Read the full policy:

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-047.html