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I am pleased to announce that the SFU Library is currently running trials of three Sage Research Methods resources.

A number of organizations and online resources advocate for greater access to clinical trials. These might include, for instance, broader access to trial results, or more comprehensive listing of all trials conducted. Some resources:

AllTrials.net: "AllTrials calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results reported".

I'm pleased to note the library now has access to the third edition of the online Hormones, Brain, and Behavior (2017).

This online encyclopedia has dozens of academic entries on a way range of brain topics. Examples:

• Mammalian and non-mammalian hormone-behavioral systems
• Molecular and cellular mechanisms
• Critically important hormone effects on brain and behavior
• Development of hormone-behavior relationships

Have you ever wondered how easy it is to publish in a so-called predatory journal? Check out this news story from the Ottawa Citizen, where a reporter got accepted to be a journal's editor listing their credentials as a PhD in the Phrenology of Earthworms.