A Database for Peer-Reviewed Microscopy Images and Their Unpublished Brethren

With the advent of the computer age and in particular, the Internet, information sources have multiplied. However, the need for information verification has never been greater. In a day when anyone can easily produce a website, blog, or tweet, you can't believe what you read or see just because...

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Published in:Microscopy today 2011-03, Vol.19 (2), p.80-80
Main Authors: Kane, Caroline, Mitchison, Timothy, Goldberg, Joan, Orloff, David N.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Biology
Information sources
Internet resources
Microscopy
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Summary:With the advent of the computer age and in particular, the Internet, information sources have multiplied. However, the need for information verification has never been greater. In a day when anyone can easily produce a website, blog, or tweet, you can't believe what you read or see just because it's “published.” Scientific data and analysis require peer review, and peer-reviewed data need a home. Equally important, for every piece of data in a peer-reviewed publication, there are usually many pieces that provided essential support for the conclusions of the study but could not be included due to space limitations. This is especially true of image data, which are necessarily gigabyte-hungry.
ISSN:1551-9295
2150-3583
DOI:10.1017/S1551929511000034