Support for Authors

Can I use images from ImagesMD in a paper, presentation, or website?

Subscribers can use images for presentations without paying permissions fees as long as the images will not be professionally republished. To post the images online, the site must be password-protected and educational in nature. If it is not, permissions fees...

Does Lane Library have a Hindawi Institutional Membership?

Lane is not an institutional member of Hindawi Publishing Corporation, an open access journal publisher....

How can I learn to store my data in MS Access?

The problem You've decided that Excel doesn't cut it when it comes to storing your experiment or other data (a wise notion), and want to use the Microsoft Access relational database instead. Q: What is the fastest way to...

How should I cite a website or online article in my list of references?

Since information on the internet can change quickly, it is important to supply an exact title, author (if available) or institution, and the date you viewed or retrieved the web page. Include the url for the exact location of the...

Is Stanford a Member of BioMed Central, BMC?

Yes. A 15% discount on APC's is available to Stanford authors. From January 2006 to the present, Lane Library has been a BioMed Central Supporter Member, entitling all Stanford authors to a 15% discount on APC's, Article Processing Charges, for...

Is Stanford a Member of NAR, Nucleic Acids Research?

Stanford does subscribe to Nucleic Acids Research, but we are not part of their institutional membership program. If you do not have funding for the Open Access Publication Charge, you can fill out and submit the Waiver Application Form 2009:...

Poster tips and templates

Poster Tips Poster Design Guidelines (Stanford University Undergraduate Academic Life) Advice on Designing Scientific Posters (MS Office PowerPoint) PPT Poster Templates & Tips (Stanford Visual Arts) Poster Design Tips (L. Yamaguchi, Stanford University Undergraduate Academic Life) Poster Templates and Examples...

Translation Services

Hospital Translation/Interpretation Services Website Main number: 723-6940. The translation coordinator is Claudia Soronella: 724-8735 (definitely a good person to call for any questions you might have). Journal articles can be translated for a fee. Although rates vary per language and...

Video tutorial: How to download PubMed references into EndNote v10

What does this tutorial do? This video tutorial describes how to download and import references from PubMed into EndNote version 10 on the Windows platform. Duration: less than 5 minutes Tutorial contents Searching PubMed Converting PubMed references to a...

Video tutorial: How to format a simple EndNote v10 bibliography in MS Word

What does this tutorial do? This video tutorial describes how to format a simple bibliography in MS Word using EndNote version 10 on the Windows platform. Duration: less than 4 minutes Tutorial contents Selecting a particular journal's style within...

Video tutorial: How to open and populate an EndNote v10 library

What does this tutorial do? This video tutorial describes how to create a library and adding references using EndNote version 10 on the Windows platform. Duration: less than 8 minutes Tutorial contents Creating a new library Adding references manually...

Video tutorial: How to search Ovid and download references into EndNote v10

What does this tutorial do? This video tutorial describes how to connect to Ovid and download references into EndNote version 10 on the Windows platform. Note: Although this tutorial features Ovid, the approach it describes can be applied to...

What is the Stanford Office of Technology Licensing?

What is it? The Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) is charged with helping Stanford scientists convert their scientific discoveries into commercial products, while returning income to the inventor and to the University to support further research. What does it...

What kind of permission do I need to use an image from Anatomy TV?

Guidelines for academics and/or hospitals with multi-user licenses: Images, text and animations may be exported for use in any electronic program e.g., PowerPoint. You may add your own labels to images or annotations. You may print out patient education sheets...

What kind of permission do I need to use an image from Google Images Search

The following is taken from the Google Image Search FAQ "The images identified by the Google Image Search service may be protected by copyrights. Although you can locate and access the images through our service, we cannot grant you any...

What kind of permission do I need to use an image in Gideon?

No restrictions on use other than acknowledging the source (clicking on the image will list copyright holders). From the the CEO of GIDEON Informatics, Inc.: "Most the images in GIDEON come from the CDC - so as long as you...

What kind of permission do I need to use an image Microsoft Clip Art

Generally speaking, if you have a licensed copy of Microsoft software such as Word or PowerPoint, you can use the free Clip Art with relatively few restrictions (e.g., not selling or re-distributing images "by themselves") For more information, see End...

What software is best for creating scientific graphs?

The problem You need to generate graphs to illustrate scientific data, but MS Excel appears insufficient. The solution Excel is relatively limited in its support of scientific graphing: graphing features are generally hard to use its options provide limited...

Where can I find copyright information on sharing articles, storing data, etc.

Copyright is a vital issue. Lane staff can provide some information, but the most definitive source is the university's website on fair use. The Office of the University's General Counsel provides information and consultations about copyright and intellectual property. Always...

Which style guides are available at Lane? Which of them are online?

These style guides are available in the Reference Collection at Lane Lbrary: American Psychological Ass. -- BF76.7 .A46 AMA Manual of Style -- R119 .B37 2007 Chicago Manual of Style -- Z253 .U69 2003 Citing Medicine - NLM Style Guide...