LibGuides: Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BSGP): Methods/Methodology Tools

Journals

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols This link opens in a new window
A definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. Coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging.
JoVE This link opens in a new window
Offers video based scientific content including video journal articles on research including subjects like behavior, biochemistry, cancer research, genetics, neuroscience and in education including subjects like biology, chemistry, statistics, environmental sciences, and clinical skills.
Springer Nature Experiments This link opens in a new window
Contains laboratory protocols in the biomedical and life sciences. Includes the popular series Methods in Molecular Biology, as well as Nature Methods and Nature Protocols.

JMIR Research Protocols
JMIR Research Protocols is a unique Pubmed- and Scopus-indexed journal, publishing peer-reviewed, openly accessible research ideas and grant proposals, study and trial protocols, reports of ongoing research, current methods and approaches, and preliminary results from pilot studies or formative research informing the design of medical and health-related research and technology innovations.
Nature Methods
Publishes primary research papers as well as overviews of recent technical and methodological developments, and detailed descriptions of important established methods. Aimed at a broad, interdisciplinary audience of academic and industry researchers actively involved in laboratory practice. Provides them with new tools to conduct their research and places a strong emphasis on the immediate practical relevance of the work presented.

Experimental Design Assistant - NC3Rs
Free online tools for designing animal experiments with appropriate sample sizes for the experiment type and analysis method.

Equator Network
Search for experimental reporting guidelines using their library.
ARRIVE Guidelines
The ARRIVE Guidelines outline essential items that should be included in any manuscript that includes in vivo experiments. Consulting this during the experimental design project phase will help researchers design rigorous, reliable, and reproducible experiments.
CONSORT Guidelines
The CONSORT Guidelines outline reporting recommendations/requirements for randomized controlled clinical trials when publishing a manuscript. These aid in the design of clinical trials.