TY - JOUR
T1 - A Librarian’s Role in Improving Rigor in Research—AlzPED
T2 - Alzheimer’s Disease Preclinical Efficacy Database
AU - Sheffield, Cynthia L.
AU - Refolo, Lorenzo M.
AU - Petanceska, Suzana S.
AU - King, R. James
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©, Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC © 2017 Cynthia L. Sheffield, Lorenzo M. Refolo, Suzana S. Petanceska, and R. James King.
PY - 2017/7/3
Y1 - 2017/7/3
N2 - Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is debilitating and costly. The U.S. National Institutes of Health Library (NIH Library) and the National Institute on Aging have collaborated to develop a database that is focused on preclinical AD research: the Alzheimer’s Preclinical Efficacy Database (AlzPED) [alzped.nia.nih.gov]. An in-depth look at the preclinical literature concerning AD demonstrates problems that can be symptomatic of the preclinical or laboratory study literature in general. There is an urgent need for better reporting within the AD research community, and this community could benefit from the skills Medical Librarians provide. Informationists and information architects can improve access to discrete and critical data while transforming research to focus on rigor and reproducibility.
AB - Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is debilitating and costly. The U.S. National Institutes of Health Library (NIH Library) and the National Institute on Aging have collaborated to develop a database that is focused on preclinical AD research: the Alzheimer’s Preclinical Efficacy Database (AlzPED) [alzped.nia.nih.gov]. An in-depth look at the preclinical literature concerning AD demonstrates problems that can be symptomatic of the preclinical or laboratory study literature in general. There is an urgent need for better reporting within the AD research community, and this community could benefit from the skills Medical Librarians provide. Informationists and information architects can improve access to discrete and critical data while transforming research to focus on rigor and reproducibility.
KW - Information architect
KW - informationist
KW - reproducibility
KW - rigor
KW - roles for librarians
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U2 - 10.1080/0194262X.2017.1340223
DO - 10.1080/0194262X.2017.1340223
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021647781
SN - 0194-262X
VL - 36
SP - 296
EP - 308
JO - Science and Technology Libraries
JF - Science and Technology Libraries
IS - 3
ER -