The History of Medicine Collections and Anthony Benson, Division of Educational Media Services, Duke University School of Medicine, have produced an interactive CD-ROM of The Four Seasons. These unique seventeenth-century copperplate engravings from the Trent Collection have been digitally reconstructed from over 200 photographs to reproduce the experience of lifting the multilayered flaps and volvelles to reveal various anatomical dissections. A metaphor for the stages of human life, the prints illustrate not only human anatomy but are replete with allusions to alchemy, astrology, astronomy, zoology, botany, geography, physiology, uroscopy, and palmistry. Funds for the creation of this resource were donated by John P. McGovern, MD.
Copies of the CD-ROM are available for sale in the Library, or they can be ordered for $35.00 plus tax (and postage and handling if applicable). For more information, contact Suzanne Porter, Medical Center Library Curator of the History of Medicine Collections, at 919-660-1143, by fax at 919-681-7599, or by email at porte004@mc.duke.edu.
The Ovid Tutorial, revised in November 2000, is an interactive tutorial designed to take you step-by-step through the basic components of a MEDLINE database search using the Ovid Web Gateway. After completing the tutorial, you should have a better understanding of how to formulate a search strategy, conduct a basic MEDLINE search in Ovid, and print or save the citations retrieved.
Our Website, DUMCL Online, has recently been recognized by WEB FEET, a commercial Web company that specializes in choosing high quality sites for students and teachers. RockHill Communications, which produces WEB FEET, has been selecting and describing the best Websites for schools and libraries since 1996, making it the first such company in the industry to publish subject guides to the Internet. A site is included in WEB FEET if their researchers think it is especially valuable for research, teaching, or general interest. As part of receiving the WEB FEET Seal of Approval, DUMCL Online will appear in WEB FEET: Monthly Subject Guide to the Best Web Sites.
 Grand Prize Winner | Congratulations to Deborah Horvitz, our grand prize winner of a Palm Pilot in the National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM) Web Scavenger Hunt drawing. In addition to Deborah, we also extend our congratulations to all the other winners during the NMLM celebration in October. We received over seventy entries for our Web Scavenger Hunt drawings and along with the grand prize, we gave away away mediated searches, Web page design consultations, copy/print cards, document delivery vouchers, CINAHLdirect Online Service memberships, mugs, T-shirts, and tote bags.
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Users who access the Ovid databases through the Web gateway, either generically (no password required) or with a personal account (requires username and password), may continue to use them as they always have. Unfortunately, Telnet users have a new login procedure, requiring a new username and password and connection to a different server. Users who want to switch from the Telnet version to the Web version may call Information Services at 660-1111 to set up a consultation or training session. While Ovid Technologies is committed to maintaining Telnet access over the next six to twelve months, Library patrons are encouraged to switch to the Web version, since this interface may be phased out in the future.
Although your saved searches and emailed updates (SDIs) have been automatically transferred to the new system, we do ask that you delete any SDIs or stored searches that you are no longer using. Along with a direct connection and slightly different interface, you will find several new features to enhance your searching: OvidLinks; simultaneous database searching; and links to the Library’s online catalog (DRA).
If you have trouble logging into the new system, please call Circulation Services at 660-1100. For more information on the new Ovid search features, contact Information Services at 660-1111 or mclref@mc.duke.edu.
Over the coming months, we will continue to refine the front page and would appreciate your feedback. If you have comments, please submit them to the Library's Webmasters, Scott Garrison and Beverly Murphy. We will continue to offer the previous version of our front page for a brief period to ensure a smooth transition, but we hope that you will find the new gateway more robust, consistent, and efficient.
As the digital library of Duke University Medical Center, DUMCL Online complements the physical Library. It represents the fastest way to the best information, from anywhere, at any time. We hope that you will find our latest rendition easy to use and helpful.
To foster collaboration and sharing of expertise, the Medical Computing Interest Group, the School of Medicine, and the Medical Center Library are sponsoring an evening symposium on PDA applications within DUMC.
| Date: | Thursday, September 28, 2000 |
| Time: | 5:30 - 6:00 pm Informal visits with vendors and refreshments | 6:00 - 8:00 pm PDA Symposium |
| Place: | Duke Clinic building, Amphitheater (room 0916, across from the food court) |
| Please RSVP by September 21 to: | Pat Thibodeau (thibo001@mc.duke.edu) or call Michael at 660-1150 |
There will be a series of presentations from people currently using PDAs , an overview of infrastructure issues, and time for discussing next steps for collaboration. Various vendors will be available for informal discussions before (5:30 p.m.) and immediately following the symposium. Refreshments will be served.
Questions about the symposia may be addressed to Martha Adams, MD (471-2738 ext. 314) or Pat Thibodeau (660-1150).
"Pat is an outstanding leader and has great vision for the role of library services in all phases of medical education," Kaufman said. "Additionally, she has developed plans for expanding the integration of electronic media services with distance learning..." In her new role, Thibodeau will oversee the operations of the Duke Medical Center Library’s traditional functions, as well as develop strategies for taking advantage of the great promise of the Internet and other electronic media for use in medical education.
Before coming to Duke in 1993, Thibodeau spent ten years at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, N.C., as Director of Information Services. From 1977-1983, she served as Director of the Health Sciences Information Center and Research Administration at the Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island in Providence.
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