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Welcome to our new and returning faculty, staff, and students! As the new academic year begins, I want to highlight some of the recent changes at our Library.
E-Journals Rule – Electronic journals have long been the preferred format due to their ease of use from any Duke location. In an attempt to stretch our budget dollars, we have canceled as many paper copies as possible. While you may be dismayed at the small number of titles on the current journal shelves, you will find a good selection of journals on our e-journal Web page at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/find/ejournals.
Food and Beverage Policy – Our experiment to allow food and covered drinks has been successful, and we are expanding the food and beverage area to include the entire main entrance level and lower lobby. However, food and beverages are not allowed on the stack levels, in the History of Medicine Reading Room, or in the electronic classroom (MLEC). And yes, we are investigating the possibility of a real café with coffee and snacks!
New Online Catalog and Research Tools – Aleph, the new integrated library system, is being implemented as this issue goes to press. The following advertisement gives some details about the new functions, features, and powerful research tools.
Almost a Table-of-Contents Service – For those who have used the old Current Contents publications, the National Library of Medicine has produced a Journal Abstract Browser that provides a table of contents for selected medical journals using PubMed. Visit http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlm/pubmed/jbrowse.html to try it out.
The Virtual Library – Journals are not the only electronic resources we have. Be sure to visit our Website for links to databases, e-books, and Internet sites on various topics. We can also deliver journal articles to your desktop. For more information, connect to http://illiad.mclibrary.duke.edu/ElectronicDeliveryInformation.html.
Virtual Newsletter – We are moving away from paper for our own Library newsletter too. This is the last print issue, so be sure to sign up for the email list announcing new electronic issues as they are produced. Past and current issues will be available on our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/newsletter.html.
The Not-So Virtual Library – We still have a great physical library facility! We hope you will continue to come and work with our expert staff, gather for group studying, and use our older paper materials.
The Striped Carpeting is Gone! – We now have new carpeting throughout the Library. Visual distortions and dizziness caused by whizzing across the striped carpeting in the stacks are things of the past. Many thanks to all of you who suffered through the chaos and mess in June, as installers moved each fully loaded stack at least twice. It was quite a sight to see the stacks rumbling across the floors.
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Circulation Services 660-1100
For book renewals, patrons are reminded to call 660-1100 anytime during Library hours, up until 15 minutes before closing.
Holds may be placed on materials which are signed out.
There is a three-day grace period for books and audiovisuals. If not returned within the grace period, fines accrue from the due date. Failure to return materials or pay fees may result in suspension of privileges.
Books/Audiovisuals
Free (from Duke libraries)
$5.00 (from non-Duke libraries)
Photocopies per article
Up to 30 pages.............$5.00 (from Duke libraries)
Up to 30 pages..........*$11.00 (from non-Duke libraries)
Over 30 pages....................10 cents per page
Additional fees
Fax and Rush......................$3.00 each, per request
* Interlibrary loan fees over $11.00 per article will also be billed to the patron after authorization is obtained..
Document delivery and ILL requests may be submitted via the Website at http://illiad.mclibrary.duke.edu/. (Requires a username and password.)
Fee-based search requests may be submitted in person, by phone, or via the Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/services/srchform.html.
links for citations in certain databases
Ovid Web Gateway - Access via the Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/ovidweb/ovidweb.cgi. An individual account is NOT required for Generic Access, but users must connect from a Duke IP address and will not be able to permanently save search strategies. Personal Accounts are available for Duke faculty, graduate students, and DUMC/DUHS staff and students. Contact 660-1100 for registration information and help with passwords.
Consumer Health: Health Source - Consumer Edition
Citation Databases: ISI Web of Science
Grants: Community of Science (COS) and IRIS
MEDLINE: PubMed
Point of Care: UpToDate
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Need to print the full text of a journal article from your office? Or are you looking for the electronic version of a medical textbook? Perhaps you need an image to use in a presentation. Or maybe you’re leaving Duke and need to know what resources are available for use in your private practice. Well, DUMCL Online, the Medical Center Library’s Website, has it all! And it’s only mouseclicks away. Take a look at some samples of what we have to offer.
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Databases Citation Indexes Clinical Pharmacology Comm. of Science EBM Reviews MD Consult Micromedex Ovid Databases PubMed UpToDate |
Collections Clinical Tools E-Books E-Journals E-Reserves E-Resources (Subject) History of Medicine New Titles Reference Selected Websites |
Learn About... Citation formatting EBM PDA Toolkit Grant resources Life after Duke Ovid autoalert Ovid searching tips Remote access Tutorials User privileges |
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Services & Facilities Ask a question Computer Classroom Copy cards Get an Ovid ID Get our newsletter Multimedia Studio Request a search Request article or book Suggest a purchase |
Subject Guides Bioterrorism Board Reviews Consumer/Patient Health Diagnosis & Therapy Latino Health Medical Errors Medical Images PDAs Practice Guidelines |
About the Library Directions & Maps Facts & Figures General Information Hours Phone Numbers Staff Strategic Plan Virtual Tour What’s New |
To make our site even better, DUMCL Online is currently undergoing a revision. We expect to go live with our new version by the end of the year, so stay tuned for more details.
In July Megan von Isenburg became the newest member of the Medical Center Library professional staff, only a few weeks after receiving her Masters in Library Science degree from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. The career path that has led her to our library has been guided by an interest in journalism, the media, and in the different ways information is presented.
Megan earned her B.A. degree in American Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997, where she was a Herbert Worth Jackson Scholar, and a member of the Honors Program and Phi Beta Kappa. In 1995, she spent the Fall semester studying Italian art and language at the Lorenzo de Medici Institute in Florence, Italy.
Her undergraduate studies at UNC used an interdisciplinary approach to American culture and history and led her to a two-year stint with the National Paideia Center in Chapel Hill and Greensboro. Enabling students to see themselves as life-long learners was a focus of the Center, which Megan says helped her in developing her own philosophy of educational techniques and approaches.
After spending almost two years in New York conducting marketing and research projects for National Public Broadcasting and Bookspan (formerly Book-of-the-Month Club), Megan realized her interests lay more with using information than with the business aspect of publishing. While in library school, she worked as a intern at the Environmental Protection Agency library in Research Triangle Park, where she received her first professional exposure to the field of scientific research.
Megan’s personal interests include art, photography, travel, vegetable gardening, and her pets. This summer she also paid a return visit to Italy, almost ten years after her semester there as a student.
To avoid overdue fines, please pay particular attention to the pickup schedules, or return all journals, books, and interlibrary loan items directly to the Library. Audiovisuals should be returned to the Library Service Desk to avoid damaging them.Duke South Clinics
Personal Rapid Transit Lobby. Pickup: Monday through Friday at 9:30 a.m.
PRT Lobby, Lower Level near the walkway to Parking Garage II. Pickup: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ONLY at 9:30 a.m.
Sands Building, on the Jones Building side near the rear exit door. Pickup: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ONLY at 9:30 a.m.
Warren Bird, former Director of the Medical Center Library, died in Durham on July 13 after a lengthy illness. He was 70 years old. After receiving his undergraduate degree in 1956 from Georgetown University, Warren attended Duke’s School of Medicine from 1956-1958. He worked for several years as a radiological physicist at Columbia before earning his Master of Science in Library Science from that institution in 1964.
Warren returned to Duke in 1965 as Systems Analyst in the Medical Center Library. In 1968, he was appointed Associate Director, also serving as chief of Library Systems and Communications. In 1974, he became the Director, a post he held until his retirement in 1991. He was an Associate Professor of Medical Literature in the School of Medicine, and he also taught several courses in the graduate library school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
An active member of a number of library, scientific and bibliographic associations, Warren presented many lectures and workshops, served as a consultant on several library construction and renovation projects, and published several papers on library planning and communication. He worked closely with the architects to plan and design the present Library facility which opened in 1975.
Among his many hobbies and interests, Warren was a longtime classical music enthusiast and a supporter of the nonprofit classical radio station WCPE. Contributions in his memory may be made to WCPE, Box 897, Wake Forest, NC 27588.
Food and drink are now allowed on the lower lobby level of the Library. However, we are asking our patrons to help us keep our exhibits safe by not placing anything on top of the display cases. Not only will objects set off the security alarms, but spills could also damage our valuable, and in some cases irreplaceable, materials that we want to share with you.For those who wish to use our rare collections, the History of Medicine Reading Room will remain a food and beverage-free area.
The August 2004 issue of the Medical Center Library News will be the last issue distributed in print and mailed to subscribers. Beginning with the October 2004 issue, our newsletter will only be available in electronic format. For your convenience, we will continue to offer an HTML version and a portable document format for printing at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/newsletter.html.If you want to be notified by email when the electronic versions are available, you may send an email message to mclnews@mc.duke.edu or complete the Notification Form at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/mailform.html. If you are already receiving notification by email, you may disregard this reminder.
If you have any questions, please contact Beverly Murphy, Editor, Medical Center Library News, at murph005@mc.duke.edu or 919-660-1127.
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Library Educational Offerings |
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Please contact the topic instructor to arrange for a session
MEDLINE
Using the Web Gateway
Connie Schardt, 919-660-1124
PubMed
Anne Powers, 919-660-1128
Library Orientation
Megan von Isenburg, 919-660-1131
Grant Information On The Web
~ COS and Other Resources ~
Anne Powers, 919-660-1128
Introduction To EndNote
Ginger Carden, 919-660-1184
Introduction To Reference Manager
Ginger Carden, 919-660-1184
Introduction to Sources for Health Statistics
Hattie Vines, 919-660-1125
Searching the Internet
Connie Schardt, 919-660-1124
EndNote Tutorial
Tutorial designed to assist users who have completed a search in the Ovid Web
version of MEDLINE and would like to import citations into EndNote.
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/endnote
EBM Tutorial
This tutorial identifies the steps in the EBM process and key issues related to critical appraisal.
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/ebm/index.htm
Virtual Tour of Library
This online tour provides you with information about the Medical Center Library,
its services, and where to find them within the building.
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/virtualtour
For more information about these offerings, connect to the Library's Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training |
To receive notification by email when the electronic version of the Medical Center Library News is available, please send your name, department, box number, and email address to the Medical Center Library, Box 3702, DUMC. You may also send email to mclnews@mc.duke.edu or complete the Mailing List Form at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/mailform.html.
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Anne Powers
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