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No. 320.............................................October 2008
Elizabeth Berney, NMLM Task Force
October is National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM), established by the Medical Library Association in 1997 to highlight the abilities and accomplishments of medical library staff. Please join us all month long as we illustrate how we can help you “Dig Deep” for answers and make new discoveries of resources you may not be familiar with. Our services, resources, and expertise can impact the quality of medical care, education, and research at Duke Medicine.
Stop by the Library on Monday, October 6th, starting at 9:00 am for a kick-off continental breakfast sponsored by Elsevier. Join us for coffee, juice, bagels, donuts, and fruit, and enter a drawing to win a digital picture frame.
The NMLM celebration will include a variety of other activities, contests, and prizes.
- Last year’s picture puzzles were a big hit, so our detectives will be returning this year with some new ones. Every Monday look for three “detectives” in the Library, who will have the puzzle clues and instructions on how to give your answers. Correct answers will be entered into a drawing for an iPod touch at the end of the month, courtesy of Informa Healthcare.
- The Library has received a grant to test the feasibility of using the Amazon Kindle wireless reading device in remote clinics where Internet service and space for books may be limited. This month you will have an opportunity to win a Kindle, courtesy of Mary Ann Liebert.
- “Duke Day,” sponsored by Duke University Stores, will be held on Monday, October 20th. Come to the Library on this special day and try your chance at winning Duke merchandise.
- Enter to win one of three $100 Amazon gift certificates provided by Gold Standard.
- Majors, a medical book distributor, has donated a wide variety of books for us to give away. Sign up all month long to win.
- If you drop by the Library on Fridays around 2:00 pm, we’ll be serving popcorn.
Be sure to come by the Library or check our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu for additional contests and surprises during the month.
On August 27, 2008, the Medical Center Library launched a revised version of DUMCL Online, the Library's Website. As part of the new design, we have reorganized our resources so they are easier to find. Although the basic categories have not changed, the list of options has been reduced to a smaller, more focused set of the more popular resources and tool sets.
The most prominent new feature is the addition of a multifunctional search gadget designed to save you steps when looking for information in some of the most used resources. We have also introduced a new option, “From the Literature,” to highlight thought-provoking and significant journal articles from the medical literature, as well as an “Add This” button for bookmarking and sharing pages.
The staff has worked hard to improve and enhance our Website, and we hope that you will find our latest rendition fresher and more useful. We will continue to refine the site over the coming months and would appreciate your feedback. If you have comments, please submit them to Beverly Murphy, Webmaster, at murph005@mc.duke.edu.
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Megan von Isenburg
Associate Director, Public Services - Information Services
Most of the databases and journals that the Library subscribes to are only available to Duke students, faculty, and staff. Access to these resources is most frequently provided through IP authentication, meaning that employees and students can get to them whenever they are on the Duke network. However, when you are off campus, you are no longer coming from the Duke network and will need to use one of the remote options to access our resources.
While we would prefer that all our journals and databases be as easy to get to as possible, many of our contracts limit access to medical center students, staff and faculty or to the physical Medical Center campus. Some of our resources are less restrictive, and anyone from Duke can use them remotely. Because of these differences, there are two main ways to access our resources. You can use the VPN (Virtual Private Network) client, a small program that you download onto your computer, or the EZProxy, which only requires that you sign in with your Duke NetID and password when prompted.
For the most part, the best way to get to our resources from remote locations is by downloading and running the VPN client. Once the VPN is running, you can get into resources that require either the VPN or the EZProxy. Duke University and the Duke University Health System both offer VPN options. The Health System VPN requires permission from your Local Area Network administrator, because it grants you access to protected health information. To learn more about which of these two options will work best for you, connect to the “ Remote Access to Library Resources” page at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/services/remoteaccess.html.
How do you get to your favorite resources? Easy! Just use our Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu. To get to the content of a database or e-journal once you select it from our site, you will either be prompted to connect to the EZProxy with your Duke NetID and password or have to run the VPN client.
CINAHL ........................................................ VPN or EZProxy Clinical Pharmacology ........................................................ VPN only E-Journals ........................................................ All are accessible through VPN, but some also have limited access through EZProxy. It’s best to use the VPN client to be sure you can get what you need. Medical Center Library Website and Clinical Tools Pages ........................................................ Freely available via the Internet. Access to specific resources varies. Ovid MEDLINE ........................................................ VPN or EZProxy. Note: Access to Ovid MEDLINE does not grant you access to the full text of articles we do not subscribe to. PubMed ........................................................ Freely available over the Internet, but be sure to connect to it through our Website to see what articles are available at Duke. Note: Access to PubMed does not grant you access to the full text of articles we do not subscribe to. UpToDate ........................................................ Only accessible on the Medical Center campus. No remote access is available. Web of Science ........................................................ VPN or EZProxy
Pat Thibodeau
Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives
Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives
After a summer of drilling, pounding, and dust, renovations are coming to an end on the Mezzanine Level of the Library. Come see how it’s changed.
Let us know what you think of these changes! We will be placing flip charts around the area where you can leave your comments. You can also send a message to mclref@mc.duke.edu.
Construction is continuing on the top floor of the Mudd building, which is being converted into office space for Duke Cancer Center faculty and staff. There will still be some noise and dust until these renovations are completed in December.
If you have trouble finding a quiet space on the First Stack Level, try the spaces on the Entrance and Lower Levels, including the computer classroom in Room 104. By January, the First Stack Level will return to a quiet zone for study and research.
Thanks to all of you for your patience during the construction, confusion, and changes in our facility.
Karen Grigg, Associate Director, Collection Development Services
Increasingly our patrons are using e-books for quick lookups and clinical information, and this preference is increasing across all user groups. As a result, we have been building a diverse and substantial collection of core medical texts in electronic format. Statistics suggest that these resources are used frequently.
We have several e-book packages that are worth checking out. Through MDConsult, we subscribe to such titles as Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, Miller's Anesthesia, and Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. Rittenhouse’s R2 offers Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, Hurst's The Heart, and other titles. Books@Ovid provides some of the most heavily used nursing titles including Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice and Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnoses and Collaborative Problems. Recently, we added a few titles from the STAT!Ref library. Users can choose from several core titles including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and Schwartz's Principles of Surgery.
For more information about our electronic book offerings and access, visit the Library’s E-book Web pages at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/find/ebooks. You can browse by subject or alphabetically by title or search by textword. We will continue to add to our collection of electronic texts, so check back often to keep up-to-date with new arrivals.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact Karen Grigg at karen.grigg@duke.edu or (919) 660-1122.
Jessica Roseberry, Medical Center Archives
Duke alumnus and former professor Dr. Ivan W. Brown gave a special History of Medicine lecture in September entitled “The 65ths: Notable NC Army Hospitals of WWI and WWII.” The 65th Base and General Hospitals were medical units attending to combat casualties during WWI and WWII. Dr. Brown, a captain on the surgical service of the 65th General Hospital during World War II, was the unit’s youngest member and has preserved significant historical information on both units.
Dr. Brown spoke stirringly for forty-five minutes about the movements, conditions, and challenges of each of the two units. His multimedia presentation included a mixture of video clips, photos, historical information, personal narratives, and patient testimonies. For a recording of this event, please contact Jessica Roseberry at (919) 383-2653.
Anatomy.TV
Anatomy.TV offers detailed 3D models of human anatomy focusing on muscles, ligaments, nerves, veins, arteries, bones. It features interactive zoom, rotation, angle, interactive layers, extensive text, MRI, clinical slides and xrays, live action movies, animations, radiology slides, dissection videos and slides, and surface anatomy videos and slides. Access to this program will be available for the next three years. The link to Anatomy.TV can be found in the Gross Anatomy Subject Guide under “Selected for Course” (http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/subject/grossanatomy/course).
Please note: Use of this program is restricted to Duke IP addresses.
Karen Grigg, Assistant Director, Collection Services
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Dr. Kathryn Andolsek Dr. Julie V. Barroso Violette Blumenthal Dr. Harvey Cohen Dr. George J. D’Angelo Jaime Devers Dr. Howard J. Eisenson Dr. & Mrs. George A. Engstrom Dr. David & Susan Epstein Dr. Jonathon Erlen Dr. Sheung Tat Fan Dr. John Feagin Christopher Fiander Dr. & Mrs. Irwin M. Freundlich Otto Hagan J. Samuel Hammond Dr. Edward C. Halperin Mr. & Mrs. Christopher M. Harris Dr. Margaret Humphreys |
Dr. Judith Hays Dr. Joseph Heitman Robert P. Iacono Estate Hon. James P. & Mary Trent Jones Dr. Warren Kinghorn Ms. Jenny Semans Koortborjian Dr. Irwin Kremen Dr. Neil R. MacIntyre Avinash Maheshwary Dr. Michael R. McVaugh Dr. Enrique Montero Dr. Andrew T. Nadell Dr. Barbara C. Newborg Dr. Miguel A. L. Nicolelis Dr. Theodore N. Pappas Phyllis Parker Drs. George W. & Ruth B. Paulson Ellen Perduyn Dr. Claude A. Piantadosi |
Dr. Raphael Pinaud Dr. Edward L. C. Pritchett Darlene and Gordon Reeves Dr. William M. Reichert Kenneth Rockwell Dr. & Mrs. David C. Sabiston, Jr. Dr. Herbert O. & Mrs. Dorothy L. Sieker Andrea Styron Ms. Jennifer Sullivan Kevan E. VanLandingham & Debarra L. Tucci Dr. Galen S. Wagner Dr. Lisle Wayne II Wentworth & Leggett Dr. David S. Werman Drs. George & Evelyn Wilbanks Alice Wilkins Dr. & Mrs. Robert H. Wilkins |
Jessica Roseberry, Medical Center Archives
The Duke Medical Center Library will be showing a traveling exhibit from February 1 - April 28, 2009. On loan from the National Library of Medicine, the exhibit explores and celebrates African-American academic surgeons, including Duke Medicine’s own Chair of the Department of Surgery, Dr. Danny Jacobs.
In honor of Black History Month, the NLM exhibit will be officially unveiled on February 9, 2009, at 4:30 pm. The unveiling will be immediately preceded by our fourth annual “Tea with Trailblazers” speaker panel beginning at 2:30 pm. Dr. Haywood Brown, Chair of the Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, will join Dr. Jacobs to talk about their experiences as African-American trailblazers at Duke. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open to the public.
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Thanksgiving Holiday Hours
| DAY | DATE | HOURS |
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| Wednesday | Nov. 26 | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm |
| Thursday | Nov. 27 | CLOSED |
| Friday | Nov. 28 | 8:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Book Drop Locations and Schedules
The Medical Center Library’s main book drop slot is located near the main lobby entrance. A 24-hour book drop is located near one of the entrance doors of the Library on the walkway between Duke Hospital North and the South Clinics. Materials deposited in the 24-hour book drop are picked up three or more times each day.
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.
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Library Educational Offerings |
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A roster of training sessions is provided below.
Individual and Group Sessions
To arrange for a session, please contact the librarian listed under your topic of interest.
MEDLINE: PubMed
Megan von Isenburg
919-660-1131
MEDLINE: OvidSP
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
Library Orientation (drop-in session)
First Tuesday of every month
12:15-12:45 pm
Brandi Tuttle
919-660-1126
Evidence-Based Medicine
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
CINAHL (Cumulative Index to
Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
EndNote: Saving and Importing Citations
Ginger Carden
919-660-1184
Reference Manager: Saving and Importing Citations
Ginger Carden
919-660-1184
Introduction to Sources for Health Statistics
Hattie Vines
919-660-1125
Clinical Tools
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
Web of Science
Megan von Isenburg
919-660-1131
Self-Instruction
For self-paced learning, online tutorials for many of the Library’s resources can be found on the Tutorials and Training page of the Library’s Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training.Featured Tutorial: Refworks - http://www.refworks.com/tutorial/
Customized Training
If you would like to schedule a customized training session for for yourself or your department on specific resources or topics, please contact Connie Schardt, Associate Director of Public Services - Education Services, at 660-1124 to make arrangements. Sessions can be scheduled in the Medical Library Education Center (Room 104; Lower Level of the Library) or at a location within your department.
For more information about these offerings, connect to the Library's Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training |
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Megan von Isenburg ...............Anne Powers
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