December 19, 2005
Tutorial Revised
The Medical Center Library’s
Ovid MEDLINE tutorial has been updated to reflect the new search interface features. Whether you are new to Ovid MEDLINE or need a refresher, this tutorial will help in honing your search skills.
December 8, 2005
Duke/UNC Speaker Series
Join us on
Dec. 13th at
6:00 pm for Dr. Edward Halperin's presentation, "The Jewish Problem in U.S. Medical Education, 1920-1950" For more information on this collaborative series, see
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hom/events/speakerseries/
October 31, 2005
MD Consult: Quicker Access
Effective Tuesday, November 1, access to MDConsult will be possible through IP authentication, eliminating the need for individual User Names and Passwords. Up to now, users have been required to create and enter a User Name and Password to connect to MDConsult. As of November 1, 2005, more direct access will be possible from any computer within the Duke IP range.
While most users will prefer the ease of IP authentication for generic access, it will still be possible to take advantage of the personalized features of MDConsult, including My Specialty Interests and Customized Patient Handouts. To access your personal profile, choose the "Click for Personal Login" link on the top right corner of the opening MDConsult screen, and enter your User Name and Password. Choosing this option will also allow you to get a personal account, if you wish to create a profile.
Remote access will continue to require authentication using the Duke Proxy server or VPN client. Additional information on remote access is available at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/services/remoteaccess.html.
If you have any questions or need additional information, contact Rick Peterson at (919) 660-1147 or rick.peterson@duke.edu
October 31, 2005
Web Scavenger Hunt - Last Chance to Win!
"Find the Keys to Your Success" by completing our
Web-based scavenger hunt. All participants will be automatically entered into a grand prize drawing for a portable DVD player at the end of the month.
October 14, 2005
Help Us Celebrate!
We will be celebrating
National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM) in October with a host of activities, contests, and prizes, including weekly "coffee breaks" on
Friday mornings from
8 to10 am. That's right, free coffee and treats each Friday in October! To read more about our celebration, see
this month's newsletter issue.
October 14, 2005
Ovid Demos
Be sure to join us on
Friday, Oct. 21st for a demonstration of
Books@Ovid and a chance to win a
128 mg flash drive. Sessions will be held at
9:00 and 9:30 am in the Lower Level classroom.
October 14, 2005
MD Consult Demos
Be sure to join us on
Friday, Oct. 14th for a demonstration of
MD Consult and a chance to win a
$50 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble. Sessions will be held at
9:00 and 9:30 am in the Lower Level classroom.
October 3, 2005
Get the Scoop on Scopus
Be sure to join us on
Friday, Oct. 7th for a demonstration of
Scopus and a chance to win an
iPod mini. Sessions will be held at
9:00 and 9:30 am in the Lower Level classroom.
October 3, 2005
Duke/UNC Speaker Series
Join us on
Oct. 11th at
6:00 pm for Walter Campbell's presentation, "Whatever Duke Has, North Carolina Must Have: Reflections on the Academic Medical Centers at Duke and UNC-Chapel." For more information on this collaborative series, see
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/hom/events/speakerseries/
September 15, 2005
Online Catalog Alert!
Due to a recent hardware failure, the information in the online catalog system may not be accurate. Please call the
Library Service Desk (660-1100) with record discrepancies or have items in hand when you call to renew. For more details on the impact of this hardware failure on our users, see
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/about/news/onlinecatfailure.pdf
September 15, 2005
Help with Online Catalog
Having trouble finding a title in the online catalog? Try
WorldCat for books and the
E-Journals page for journals. To locate
Duke items in WorldCat, look for the phrase "
DUKE UNIV LIBR." Call
660-1100 for more assistance.
September 6, 2005
Scholarly Publishing Events
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is requesting that all authors of articles funded by NIH submit a copy of their manuscript to PubMed Central for free access. This has raised a lot of questions for researchers about article submissions and what the policy really requires and encourages.
Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services and member of the NIH Public Access Working Group, has been tracking the development and implementation of the policy, as well as the issues surrounding it on a national level. For those who wish to learn "
The Facts About the NIH Public Access Policy," Pat will be conducting the following sessions in September and October. In addition, she will collect your questions and concerns to bring them to the attention of the NIH Public Access Working Group.
| All sessions will be held in the MLEC (Room 104) on the Lower Level of the Medical Center Library. |
| September 15, 2005 |
September 20, 2005 |
September 30, 2005 |
October 20, 2005 |
| 5:30-6:30 p.m. |
2:00-3:00 p.m. |
8:30-9:30 a.m. |
4:00-5:00 p.m. |
In addition to the NIH Public Access Policy sessions, the following event will be held:
"Publishing Medical Journals: A Conversation with Duke University Press"
October 13, 2005
5:30-7:00 p.m.
History of Medicine (Room 102), Medical Center Library
How is your home university press working with the research and library communities to address the "Crisis in Scholarly Communication" and its effects on publishing medical research now and in the future? Based on its success in publishing the journal Neuro-Oncology (edited by Darell Bigner of DUMC), and with the strong financial and moral support of Provost Peter Lange, Duke University Press has launched an initiative to expand its journals program into STM publishing. Please come to hear about the progress the Press has made over the past year, its plans for the future, and Dr. Bigner's experience in dealing with a university press in the publication of his journal for the past several years. We hope you will come with your questions, ideas, and concerns -- this really is meant to be a conversation.
Speakers:
DUMC: Darell Bigner, M.D., Ph.D.; Edwin L. Jones, Jr. and Lucille Finch Jones Cancer Research Professor; Director, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Institute at Duke; and Deputy Director, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Duke Press: Donna Blagdan, Journals Marketing Manager; Steve Cohn, Director; Erich Staib, Journals Acquisitions Editor; and Kim Steinle, Library Relations Manager
September 6, 2005
Space Planning Report 2005
This
final report of the Medical Center Library Space Planning Committee includes a recommendation to create a "Learning and Knowledge Management Center."
September 6, 2005
Lung Cancer: Am I At Risk?
Produced by the American College of Chest Physicians, this
resource on lung cancer discusses the types, risks, symptoms, testing prevention, and resources.
August 29, 2005
Our Library's Future
In
this month's issue of our newsletter, Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services, welcomes new and returning faculty, staff, and students, and highlights new Library initiatives underway.
August 29, 2005
Get it at Duke
Recently, the Library expanded the use of the SFX program into PubMed and Google Scholar. These new uses have raised the profile of
, as well as questions about how it works. In the
August issue of our newsletter, we explain and expand on what Get it at Duke really means.
August 2, 2005
Anesthesiology Resources
Anesthesia Central provides PDA, Web and wireless access to information on diseases, drugs, tests, procedures, and techniques, along with tools for tracking and searching the medical literature. Pocket guides to ICU management and diagnostic tests are included. Registration is required.
July 25, 2005
images.MD
This
online encyclopedia provides access to over 50,000 high-quality medical images derived from
Current Medicine’s renowned series of illustrated atlases. The images can be used for internal and external lectures and for online teaching modules restricted to Duke students.
July 25, 2005
Try Our Subject Guides!
Covering a variety of topics, the
Subject Guides have recently been enhanced to give patrons greater flexibility in finding topical information.
July 18, 2005
Natural Standard Is Here
This
database provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. For each therapy covered, a research team systematically gathers scientific data and expert opinions.
July 18, 2005
Beta Test for UpToDate
UpToDate has asked Duke to try a new search interface as part of a beta test. Be sure to send any comments you have about the new interface to UpToDate using the feedback link.
July 5, 2005
New Look for Ovid
Ovid Technologies has a new interface! If you are a regular user of Ovid MEDLINE, Ageline, Books@Ovid, CINAHL, EBM Reviews, HAPI, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, Journals@Ovid, PsycINFO, or SPORTDiscus, you will notice more color and graphics on the search interface. The new color scheme, consisting of a white background with blue, green and orange accents, adds contrast and a stronger “Web” feel to the standard Ovid search screen.
While the databases largely function the same as they did before the new interface, Ovid MEDLINE offers three new features designed to help you get to article citations quickly.
- Find Similar - This link appears below each citation on the results list after you have run a search. Clicking on it searches for related articles using an algorithm based in part on keywords.
- Find Citing Articles - This option also appears below each citation on the results list after you have run a search. Clicking on this link takes you to articles available through Journals@Ovid that cite the article. Please note: This is not a full count of articles that cite a particular article. It only includes articles from those journals that are available through the Journals@Ovid platform. For a more accurate citation search, use ISI’s Web of Science.
- Find Citation - Located above the search box on the Main Search Page, this tabbed option allows you to link easily to a MEDLINE citation with only pieces of a citation, such as a author name and page number. Simply fill in the form with the parts of the citation you know and click on the orange "Search" button. To get to the full text of the article, follow the button.
Need help with the new look or features? Call the Library Service Desk at (919) 660-1100.
June 20, 2005
HAPI Database Available
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) provides information on measurement instruments in a variety of fields. Included are questionnaires, rating scales, tests, and more.
June 20, 2005
New Archive Image Collection
The Foundations of Excellence
archival image collection contains a selection of over 600 digitized photographs and publications documenting the history of Duke Medicine's academic, clinical, and research activities from 1927 - 1950.
June 7, 2005
NIH Policy Highlights: What Authors Need to Know
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched its system for submitting articles on NIH-funded research in May. Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean, outlines some of the
highlights of the new public access policy in this month's newsletter.
June 7, 2005
UHMS Collection Acquired
The Library announces the acquisition of materials from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) Charles W. Shilling Library. For more information about this array of materials, see the
June issue of our newsletter.
June 7, 2005
Wilbanks Exhibit
The History of Medicine Collections is currently exhibiting a small sample of medical artifacts from a collection of almost 300 items given to the Library by George D. Wilbanks, MD and Evelyn Rivers Wilbanks, PhD. As characterized by the Wilbanks in their gift letter, the items in this collection are study tools for history of medicine students, as well as for those studying what were effective methods of treatment (i.e., pharmacies, home medicines, etc.).
The collection, which also includes medical prints, is quite broad but does have some focus on obstetrics, gynecology, and surgery. It was assembled over a period of 44 years and given to the Library in stages during the past 5 years.
Among the items on display are baby bottles, infant or invalid feeders, a copper apothecary boiler, a doctor's medical saddlebag, a Culpeper-style microscope in a wooden case, bleeding devices, ear trumpets, pill making equipment, obstetrical forceps, a domestic medicine chest, and an Oxygenkure.
The exhibit can be viewed in the lower lobby of the Library and will be available through the middle of September, 2005.
May 5, 2005
Ovid MEDLINE is Staying!
Due to very successful negotiations with Ovid for all their databases, we will be able to keep the Ovid version of MEDLINE as well as add a new survey database called HAPI. Deputy Director Rick Peterson worked very closely with Ovid on our new contract prices and was able to negotiate a final pricing package that allows us to keep all our current databases, including MEDLINE.
May 5, 2005
Donations for Sri Lanka
Donations of books and journals to help rebuild university and research libraries in Sri Lanka,damaged by the 2004 tsunami, will be accepted in the Medical Center Library and other libraries on campus through May 13, 2005. The following types of resources and subject areas are being requested:
Books written in English
Paperback and hardback editions
Current, and less-than-current textbooks
Complete and incomplete runs of journals
Medicine and health sciences
Civil, mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering
Science and social sciences
English and American literature
Primary political texts and constitutional studies
Biographies
World, European, and American history
Women’s Studies
Please do not donate trade publications, texts of questionable intellectual quality, or severely damaged materials.
For questions or for more information, please contact Charlie Lackey, Assistant Director, Cataloging and Collection Development Services (919-660-1120; lacke003@mc.duke.edu)
May 5, 2005
New NIH Policy on Public Access
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy became effective May 2, 2005. The new policy requests and strongly encourages all NIH-funded investigators to make their peer-reviewed author's final manuscripts available to other researchers and the public at the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central immediately after the final date of journal publication. Information for authors about the policy can be found at
http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm.
April 18, 2005
Unbound Surgery Now Available!
Authored by 100 expert content contributors from top surgery programs,
Unbound Surgery combines evidence-based medicine, an online textbook, and multimedia technologies to offer detailed, focused answers to diagnostic and therapeutic surgical questions. It includes videos, diagnostic images, tables, graphs, and a personal library for saving information. A PDA version is also available. Use of this database is restricted to Duke IP addresses. New users must first register by setting up a username and password. Please note: Our subscription to this resource entitles you to discounts on other Unbound Medicine products.
April 5, 2005
Farewell to Ovid MEDLINE
Effective July 1, 2005, the Library will be canceling the Ovid version of MEDLINE and switching exclusively to PubMed. To assist in the transition, several PubMed classes are being offered. Please see
this month's newsletter issue for more details.
Update: Due to successful renegotiations, the Library will not be canceling Ovid MEDLINE.
Read more...
April 1, 2005
New Food Policy for Library
It may be April but this is no joke! Food and beverages are now allowed on all levels of the Library. Details about this expanded policy are outlined in
this month's issue of our newsletter
March 1, 2005
Win a Free Lunch! (This survey is now closed)
We would like to know what you think of our new Website. Please take a minute to
give us some feedback on our survey for a chance to win a free lunch.
March 1, 2005
Update on Open Access
NIH created a groundswell of media attention recently when Dr. Zerhouni, NIH Director, announced his intention to post NIH funded articles on a public repository. In the
February issue of our newsletter, Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean, outlines this and other recent developments in open access.
February 10, 2005
PubMed Enhancements
On February 1, 2005, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine, implemented several enhancements to PubMed. These changes allow you to save complete search strategies in My NCBI (formerly known as Cubby), create special search filters that will automatically limit each search set, and set up saved searches to run on a specific schedule with the search results sent to your email.
- Save Search Strategies - My NCBI will now save search strategies, which include set numbers. You no longer have to create one large search statement with all your concepts in it. Simply develop your strategy and then click on the "Save Search" link next to the CLEAR button by the search box.
- Automatic Updates of Saved Searches - My NCBI will allow you to determine the schedule for running saved searches against the database and automatically send the results to your email. You can set the parameters for frequency and display for each saved search. This is a great way to stay current on a topic of interest.
- Create Search Filters - My NCBI will allow you to create up to five search filters that will automatically limit each search set. These limits will show up as separate file folders at the top of your retrieval. Useful filters include - dukmlib (DUMCL holdings), Core Clinical Journals, Therapy/narrow (Clinical Query), Randomized controlled trials, etc.
All of these new features are part of the new My NCBI (formerly known as Cubby). If you have used Cubby in the past your ID/Password will work in the My NCBI and all of your saved searches will still be available. To activate these new features, you need to sign into My NCBI before you start your search strategy in PubMed. New users will need to register with My NCBI to set up your ID/password. The link to My NCBI is the last item under PubMed Services in the left column of the PubMed Web page.
For more information go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/help/pmhelp.html#MyNCBI or call the Medical Center Library Service Desk at (919) 660-1100.
January 18, 2005
Fresh New Look for the Website!
The Medical Center Library staff has been working hard to improve and enhance DUMCL Online, and we hope that you will find our latest rendition easy to use and helpful. As part of the new design, we have reorganized and categorized our resources so they will be easier to find. The redesign eliminates the "drop-down" menus, offering links from the front page to the resources that you use the most. We have also added tools to help us manage the site and make updating pages easier and faster. Over the coming months, we will continue to refine the site and would appreciate your feedback. If you have comments, please submit them to
Beverly Murphy, Webmaster, DUMCL Online.
January 18, 2005
Update Your Bookmarks!
With the reorganization of our Website, the location of some documents has changed. Consult "New Bookmarks for Previous Pages" to see a list of changes for many of your favorite links. If you have questions or need further assistance, please call the Library Service Desk at (919) 660-1100).
Please note: The "New Bookmarks for Previous Pages" section on the Website has now been retired.
January 3, 2005
Finding Journals at the Medical Center Library
The Medical Center Library subscribes to over 2,600 electronic journals and over 747 current print journals. This
information guide in the December issue of our newsletter is designed to help you find the journals you're looking for.
January 3, 2005
Medical Students Unite to Save on Textbook Expenses
Medical student Sheela Agarwal has pioneered a program to help students save money. To read more about this innovative program, see the
December issue of our newsletter.
