The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article by a journal editor about what journal editors look for in manuscripts. It’s not specific to population but has some good tips (”A poorly proofread manuscript can cause editors and reviewers to question how careful you have been in conducting your research”).

If you’re just arriving or returning to campus this fall, you’ll be happy to learn that Oswald Tower now has wireless! For information about how to log on and how to access PRI resources, see help.pop.psu.edu.

Wireless internet access is now available in Oswald Tower, including the PRI Library. Use the wireless the same way you do at other campus wireless locations – for instructions, see help.pop.psu.edu.

We have prepared a step-by-step guide to help you comply with the new NIH Public Access Policy.

EndNote offers free live webinars on building libraries, using EndNote with Word, and advanced topics. The webinars give attendees the opportunity to ask questions just as they would in a traditional class setting.

PRI affiliates may request additional EndNote assistance from the Information Core.

For a brief period, anyone who searched POPLINE using the search term “abortion” would get 0 results. Inquiries by concerned librarians revealed that POPLINE administrators at Johns Hopkins had made “abortion” a stop word after USAID, the reproductive health database’s funder, expressed concern about a few articles in the database. “Abortion” was quickly restored as a search term after numerous complaints.

For more, see articles at NPR and the Baltimore Sun.

Starting April 7, the new NIH Public Access Policy requires all final peer-reviewed manuscripts arising from NIH funds to be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication.

The NIH is soliciting comments on the implementation of the policy. See the Request for Information to submit a comment or read those already submitted. Comments will be accepted until May 31.

The new NIH Public Access Policy goes into effect on April 7. Be prepared with this guide from the library at Penn State Hershey.

The NIH Public Access Policy will take effect on April 7, 2008. As of that date, all articles arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. Some journals will submit articles automatically, but for others authors must submit manuscripts to PubMed Central.

As of May 25, 2008, NIH applications, proposals, and progress reports must include the PubMed Central reference number when citing an article that falls under the policy and is authored or co-authored by the investigator, or arose from the investigator’s NIH award. This policy includes applications submitted to the NIH for the May 25, 2008 due date and subsequent due dates.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available electronically to the Penn State community through University Libraries. This ISI resource provides journal rankings by field, including in demography.

The PRI Library provides an annotated list of bibliographic databases frequently used by demographers. Many more databases are available from the University Libraries web site.