December 12, 2000
Four Seasons CD-ROM
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.
December 4, 2000
Tutorials Updated
The
Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial, a joint project between the Medical Center Library at Duke and the Health Sciences Library at UNC, offers a basic introduction to EBM and the process of building a clinical question, searching MEDLINE, and evaluating study design to help determine the validity of study results. This revised version (September 2000) includes 3 different interactive practice scenarios.
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.
November 15, 2000
New Subject Guides Available
Six new
subject guides have been added to our Website:
Genetic Resources,
Medical Errors,
Newspapers,
Obituaries,
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and
Practice Guidelines. If you have suggestions for other subject guides we should develop, please contact
Hattie Vines (
660-1125; vines001@mc.duke.edu)
November 14, 2000
DUMCL Online Gets WEB FEET Seal of Approval
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.
November 3, 2000
Celebrating 25 Years at Seeley G. Mudd!
A special exhibit is currently on display in the Medical Center Library celebrating the anniversary of the Seeley G. Mudd Building, which houses the Library and the Searle Center. The exhibit, which will be on display until the end of the year, features archival plans, photos, and artifacts tracing the planning and construction of the building.
Pictured on the right is a photo of the parking lot site for the new building as it appeared in February, 1973. The West campus heating plant smoke stacks in the background still loom over the Library today.
November 3, 2000
We Have a Winner!
Deborah Horvitz
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.
Congratulations!
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October 23, 2000
Changes in Ovid Access 
On Monday, October 23, the Medical Center Library changed the way users access the Ovid databases. We no longer mount the databases on our local equipment, but access is provided through a direct connection to the Ovid Technologies system. Although the interface looks slightly
different, the same search functions are available.
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.
August 15, 2000
DUMCL Online: A Fresh Look!
You've probably noticed by now that our
front page has been redesigned! During a recent usability study, we observed some very interesting trends that have influenced this edition of our front page. This version features drop-down menus offering one-click access to multiple paths of information, services, and resources. We have also attempted to reduce traditional classifications and labeling to make the site more user-friendly.
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.
August 15, 2000
PDA Symposium
The use of PDAs (personal digital assistants) at the Medical Center has been growing over the past year. Palm Pilots, Handspring Visors, and other handheld models are being used to collect clinical and research data, provide access to ready reference tools, and perform a variety of other functions. There are many current and potential uses of PDAs in patient care, research, and education.
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).
July 5, 2000
Tour the Trent Collection
The
Josiah Charles Trent Collection, known widely and familiarly as the Trent Collection, was donated to the Duke University Medical Center Library in 1956 by Dr. Trent's widow, Mary D.B.T. Semans. It is the cornerstone of the
History of Medicine Collections, which number more than twenty thousand volumes in addition to manuscripts, medical instruments, artifacts, stamps, medals, photographs, illustrations, and a medicinal herb garden. The particular treasures shown in this virtual exhibit were previously on display June-July, 1999.
June 1, 2000
New Associate Dean for Library Services
Patricia L. Thibodeau, who has served as Associate Director of the Duke Medical Center Library for the past seven years, has been appointed as Associate Dean for Library Services at the Duke University School of Medicine. The appointment was made by Dr. Edward Holmes, Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and Dr. Russel Kaufman, Vice Dean for Education at the Duke University School of Medicine. Thibodeau replaces Susan Feinglos, who stepped down from the directorship of the Library in January, 1999. Thibodeau has served as Acting Director since then.
"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.
May 4, 2000
EndNote Tutorial
This
tutorial is designed for the faculty, staff and students of Duke University Medical Center, as well as others who use
Netscape Navigator to access the Ovid Web interface to MEDLINE, in conjunction with EndNote version 3.x. It assumes that
you have completed a search in MEDLINE, have selected a set of citations and would like to import them into EndNote.
April 28, 2000
Bioethics Resources on the Web
This Website provides a broad collage of resources available to those with an interest in
bioethics including research involving human participants, medical and healthcare ethics, and the implications of genetics and biotechnology.
April 28, 2000
In November, 1999, the Institute of Medicine released a report estimating that as many as 98,000 patients die as the result of medical errors in hospitals each year. On December 7, 1999, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order inaugurating a major Federal initiative to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety in federally funded health care programs, and by example and partnership, in the private sector. This Web page supplies information on medical errors and patient safety and is provided as a link from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
April 27, 2000
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov, developed by the National Library of Medicine (part of the National Institutes of Health), provides patients, family members, and members of the public with current information about the location of clinical trials, their design and purpose, criteria for participation, and, in many cases, further information about the disease and treatment under study. Included are more than 4,000 federal and private medical studies involving patients and others at over 47,000 locations nationwide.
March 22, 2000
NIH Clinical Alerts
Clinical alerts are provided to expedite the release of findings from the NIH-funded clinical trials, where such release could significantly affect
morbidity and mortality.
March 22, 2000
The Complete Cochrane Library Now Available
The
Cochrane Library includes the
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Regularly updated reviews of the effects of health care; the
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness - Critical assessments and structured abstracts of good systematic reviews published elsewhere; the
Cochrane Controlled Trials Register - Bibliographic information on controlled trials; and
other sources of information on the science of reviewing research and evidence-based health care.
Please note: Use of this database is restricted to Duke IP addresses. No username and password are required; just click "CENTER" to search the files.
February 23, 2000
EBM Resource Center
This page brings together all the
Evidence-based Medicine resources available through the Medical Center Library Website. This includes pages for the Morning Report, EBM worksheets, EBM courses and tutorials, and other Internet resources.
