One of my most often used resource is probably the LSSR site. The Library of Search Strategy Resources (LSSR) connects researchers and #medlibs with tools and resources for developing health science searches. Find free search filters, tools, guides, and more: sites.google.com/view/searchr...

another day spent dreaming of a far away future where embase will finally implement an "update all lines" button for their search history page... #medlibs

big fan of how when I scroll through some pages of results on #scopus the search history shows each page as a separate search so it immediately becomes a hassle to go back to a previous search query (please note this message is heavy with sarcasm)

Super excited & proud to share my very first #medlib co-authorship that just got published! Take special notice of how it states the review was reported, not conducted, according to PRISMA 😉 doi.org/10.1136/bmjh...

Once again getting sidetracked as I was looking for interesting papers on neurodiversity in the workplace, when I stumbled on the fact there is a whole niche field out there about neurodivergent librarians and #medlibs

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

I'm already falling behind on posting about all the interesting things I am learning at #eahil2026 but I'll try to recap eventually! Some talks have been so fun I struggle to summarize it in just a few words

The first talk is from Kubra Zayim Gedik on how we need to shift the way we evaluate impact of researches within the health sciences #eahil2026

Joining one of the parallel sessions with short talks by and for #medlibs now.. will try to post about the highlights but the tempo is very high #eahil2026

Now we have a sponsor talk from Elsevier about… surprise surprise … AI use in healthcare #eahil2026

Dr. Muhammet Simsek starts the first keynote, talking about AI in the field of forensic medicine #eahil2026

Mauro Castillo from Wolters Kluwer starts with an optimistic quote concerning AI: “No field has navigated changes as successfully as medical libraries“ #eahil2026

“In many ways, we work as stewards of trust in a complex and forever evolving information landscape” -Prof. Dr. Hamza Kandur on #medlibs #eahil2026

In 30 minutes #EAHIL2026 officially starts! I will try to share highlights for all #medlibs but I am in a Turkish resort with 30 degrees Celsius so no promises

I like that the new #Embase results page has put all quick limits under one heading, but why did they just completely remove the (general) review limit? What if I want more than just sysrevs? #medlibs

“You expect me to make sure my citations are real?!” - some guy who just admitted we can’t trust his entire body of work

during a workshop on searching one of our participants discovered something funny - it seems #scopus automatically always highlights its own name in abstracts, did anyone else notice this before? is this new? #medlibs

NEW: Researchers from @oii.ox.ac.uk have found that AI chatbots trained to sound warm and empathetic are significantly more likely to make factual errors and agree with users’ false beliefs. Find out more ⬇️

shoutout to the #medlibs discord because someone managed to find the URL that gets you to the scopus advanced search page with syntax highlights: www.scopus.com/pages/search...

Scopus - Homepage

“You can’t compare other products to Scopus — no other output metrics offer the same kind of depth and coverage. They are fantastic… it is the kind of information that administrators and the Office of Research seek all the time.”

scopus.com

Floor Boek@floorboek.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Update: I clicked away and now it's gone. Seems they are maybe in the middle of some kind of update... hope the color coding returns

Normally I'm not a huge Scopus fan, but I just noticed they name their monthly release notes after bird species...fine Scopus, you got me... #medlibs

Update: I clicked away and now it's gone. Seems they are maybe in the middle of some kind of update... hope the color coding returns

Floor Boek@floorboek.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just got jumpscared by #Scopus, it seems they've added colour coding to their search bar now? #medlibs

Just got jumpscared by #Scopus, it seems they've added colour coding to their search bar now? #medlibs

why does scopus hate me i don't deserve this 💔

if any #medlibs want a true challenge, try and find stuff on how to create a dictionary booklet. no matter what terms you search, you will find millions of online dictionaries explaining the meaning of your search terms

Just found a sysrev with a nice table showing the number of results for the search per database... where some results are literally noted as "Syntax Error"... AND IT GOT PUBLISHED? Is it not common knowledge to fix a syntax error and search again? #medlibs

Always love a good infographic!

JBI@jbiebhc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

One of the key differences between scoping reviews, mapping reviews and evidence and gap maps is found in the presentation of results. Take at look at the infographic which tables the differences: https://jbi.global/scoping-review-network #EvidenceSynthesis

It's been 3 days since I discovered an error in a Scopus search alert and I have been trying to fix it every single day, multiple times a day, but Scopus keeps getting stuck on loading new results. I am slowly losing my mind over this, it's time for christmas break #medlibs

Anna Abalkina's advent calender is not only a great way to practice spotting red flags around articles and journals, but also a perfect tool to make you realise your own tunnel vision.. just spent 10 minutes analyzing today's text and fully missed the lack of results section😂 #medlibs

Searching for a very niche subject and finally found a paper that lists the exact information I'm looking for in a Table.... with zero reference or context. Not even a mediocre one, just none.

This feels the same as saying "Rainfall does not cause leather shoes to spawn on your doorstep" isn't an evidence-based claim because there has not been a paper actively proving rainfall doesn't make shoes appear

Health Nerd@gidmk.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Sad to see the CDC is now spreading fairly straightforward lies.