OvidSP Has Replaced Ovid Gateway! (Jan. 31st)

The Ovid Gateway has switched to the new interface, OvidSP, as of January 31st. The Gateway version is no longer available. Ovid is used to search MEDLINE, Books@Ovid, PreMEDLINE, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA), Journals@Ovid Full Text, HAPI, PsycINFO, and SPORTDiscus.

OvidSP offers several different types of search styles:

• Advanced Ovid Search(originally called Ovid Syntax) Recommended - Supports Boolean search terms and traditional Gateway searching (maps you to a subject heading in MEDLINE).
• Basic - Allows you to enter queries using everyday language with results ranked by relevancy.
• Find Citation - Find a known article using its citation information.
• Search Tools - Use specific tools, such as trees, permuted index, scope notes, explode, and more to find information.
• Search Fields - Search using abstracts, author name, ISSN, and other specific criteria.

NOTE: We recommend that you use the default Advanced Ovid Search tab for best results when searching OvidSP.

Don't worry, all of your alerts, jumpstarts, and saved searches will be available in the new interface using your same Ovid login information.

For more information on the new features of OvidSP, see this video produced by Yale's Medical Library (9:36). It discusses the general features of OvidSP such as searching techniques, the results manager, RSS feeds, and browser requirements.

We will keep you updated as we modify our training materials. As always, if you have any questions, please contact a librarian at (919) 660-1100.

Reminder: Scopus Canceled

This is a reminder that the Scopus database was canceled effective December 2007.

We have a page up to explain the cancellation, what other alternatives there are to Scopus, and other issues.
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/databases/canceled/scopus

If you have concerns or questions regarding this cancellation, contact Karen Grigg at grigg012@mc.duke.edu

Featured New Book Titles, 01/18/08

Check out the Library's featured new book titles on our New Books Blog!

Facebook and MySpace...We're Out There!

If you...

• Love our helpful reference librarians available in person, via telephone, email or IM (buddy name: dumclref)
• Access a database to help you answer a clinical question, assist in your research, or finish an assignment
• Read an electronic book or journal at home

Then you might just be a Duke University Medical Center Library fan!

Click on the link and become our next Facebook fan today!

http://duke.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6326259677

You can see upcoming classes, read our blog, and connect to others through the Library.

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Visit us at: http://www.myspace.com/dumcl

Featured New Book Titles, 01/10/08

Check out the Library's featured new book titles on our New Books Blog!

CIT Announces New Grants for Faculty and Instructors

Looking to incorporate new technologies into your teaching? There's still time to apply for grant opportunities through CIT, the Center for Instructional Technology. The deadline for these grants is January 31, 2008.

1. Strategic Initiative Grants support instructional innovations with technology, tied to Duke's strategic plan "Making a Difference." In particular, Chapter 4 of the plan "Academic Goals and Strategies to Build Distinction" focuses on academic and instructionally-related goals which CIT would like to support, such as interdisciplinarity, student engagement in real-world issues, providing engaging and challenging learning experiences for students, transforming the arts, supporting our graduate students, and innovation in creation and delivery of scholarly resources. Information about the grant and examples of potential projects are linked below.
Due date: January 31, 2008.

2. Blackboard Great Ideas Mini-grant seeks submissions of Bb uses which work well from all disciplines, in order to create examples and models for other Duke faculty. If you use one or more Blackboard tools in a way which works for you and your course, your colleagues would like to know!
Due date: January 31, 2008.

In addition, CIT continues to offer Jump Start Mini-grants and Faculty Fellowships, as well as non-funding support such as consulting, help with materials development and training. Visit their Website for more information at http://cit.duke.edu/help/grants

The 5 Minute Library Virtual Tour

You can download and watch the Library Virtual Tour on your iPod or sit back and watch it on your computer with QuickTime in less than five minutes. The video will discuss amenities and services available at the Library and highlight each floor.

Getting to know the Medical Center Library just got a bit easier!

Send Us a Text Message!

Now you have another way to contact us during our normal reference hours of Monday thru Friday from 9 am - 5 pm.

How to send a text message to the Reference Librarian on duty:

1. Initiate a new text message
2. Type dukemclref: then your question
3. Don't forget to include the colon between your question and our name!
4. Send to 265010 (your normal fees for text messages apply)

The reference librarian on call receives your message and will send an answer back to your cell phone.

Don't forget you have a lot of other ways to contact us ... email, phone, and IM!