ACS Surgery Debuts

Produced by the American College of Surgeons, ACS Surgery offers authoritative recommendations on current surgical care from over 200 master surgeons and includes over 1,500 drawings, graphs, and photos.

Web of Knowledge Enhancements

Better options to refine your results:

• Exclude results to analyze search results
• Sort alphabetically or numerically
• Faster refine with standardized and simplified document type options when searching across all databases.

EndNote Web upgrades:

• Link to full text of articles directly
• Designate read/write access for shared folders

Happy Searching!

FDA Drug Warnings via E-Mail

Healthcare providers can now sign up to be notified via e-mail of FDA warnings for drugs or medical devices. The Health Care Notification Network's free alerts system is "designed to improve the speed and efficacy of the delivery of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated patient safety alerts to physicians and other healthcare providers." Faster alerts can improve patient safety and reduce liability.

For more information or to enroll: http://www.hcnn.net

PubMed: Saving Into Collections Now One Step

You can now save citations from a PubMed search directly into your MyNCBI Collections using the Send to dropdown menu. Simply place a checkmark next to the citation(s) you want to save and then select Collections from the "Send to" drop down menu. Most pop-up blockers will still block the Collections window before it opens up, but a handy link to open the window is provided in a pink message on the page. Just click on that and you can save the citations into a new collection or append (add) them to an existing collection. If you are not yet signed in to your MyNCBI account, you'll be prompted to do so first.

This used to be a two-step process involving first saving to Clipboard and then saving to Collections. Many thanks to the folks at NCBI for simplifying this process!

For more information on MyNCBI accounts or searching PubMed, contact a librarian at 660-1100 (phone) or dukemclref (IM), or see our PubMed help page.

Search TRLN to Find Materials at Local Libraries

Finding materials from the Duke, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central libraries just got easier. Search TRLN is a single catalog interface that allows you to search and browse through the collections of the four university libraries that make up the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN).

Search TRLN represents a new breed of library catalog, featuring better keyword searching, relevancy ranking, and the ability to drill down your search by subject, type of library (eg, health sciences), author, type of material, etc. It even allows you to search for chapter titles and authors and to view book jackets for many books.

You can also use Search TRLN to request delivery of materials from other libraries, which is expected to take 48 hours. Duke faculty, staff and students may also borrow materials from the TRLN libraries in person.

Copyright Workshop -- Saturday, April 12

Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain will be holding a workshop on "Copyright Limitations and Exceptions: from Access to Research to Transformative Use" on Saturday, April 12th. It will take place from 9:00 am - 4:15 pm in Room 4047 of the Duke Law School. Discussion topics will include access to scholarly literature, open educational resources, digital libraries, and orphan works. Parking will be available in the Chemistry Lot (across Towerview Road from the Duke Law School parking lot; entrance off Circuit Drive).

Get the Help You Deserve!

The Library has redesigned the Tutorials & Training Web page. Each resource has helpful links organized by type (handout, instruction, etc) so you can easily find the information you need.

View the calendar to see upcoming classes, see instructional videos, download handouts for future reference, or contact a Librarian for more help!

There's something for everyone! Check it out and let us know what you think!