New PDA Resources Added

The Library added new resources to the PDA Subject Guide. These new applications are designed for medical students, residents and physicians interested in emergency medicine. There are applications for risk stratifying patients with decision rules, scores and calculators and additional applications for the management of sepsis, stroke and heart attacks. All programs are free and available under the Pro Palm software listings.

We are also getting ready to add more information on smartphones like iPhones and Blackberries. Have a tip or application you'd like to recommend to your colleagues?
Let us know!

DukeReads-Online Book Club

DukeReads is an online book club that provides alumni and friends a chance to discuss a range of books -- contemporary, classic, fiction, and nonfiction -- from the comfort of a computer. Seven titles, offered over seven months, are selected by Duke bibliophiles.

The summer book choice is "What is the What" by Dave Eggars. For more information on the book club, how to register, or how to order the books online from Gothic Bookstore with a discount, see: http://www.dukereads.com/

Happy reading!

Sneak Peek at the New CINAHL

EBSCO Publishing, which makes CINAHL and other databases available on its EBSCOhost search platform, will be launching an updated version of its search interface sometime in July. EBSCOhost 2.0, as it will be called, will retain the functionality of the current system but offer improvements in limiting features and the way search results are displayed. A beta or preview version of the new interface is now available for testing. To try it out, just follow the links to CINAHL on our Website, click on New Features! in the upper right, then EBSCOhost 2.0 BETA Test Drive. You'll have to choose the database you want to try; the most complete version of CINAHL is "CINAHL Plus with Full Text."

The test version of EBSCOhost 2.0 will demonstrate the variety of upcoming new features, but results (search stategies, selected references, etc.) can only be saved temporarily in the beta version and will NOT carry over to your current "My EBSCOhost" account. (Use your current account in the current interface if you want to be sure you are saving items permanently. For more information about the functionality of the BETA version of 2.0, click here.) When the new system is fully implemented in July, however, any saved searches, personal folders, and folder items stored in your "My EBSCOhost" account will be available. The default search mode for Duke users is Advanced search mode, both in the current interface and EBSCOhost 2.0.

We encourage all CINAHL users to try the new search interface and become familiar with its new features before the official transition to 2.0 in July! If you have any questions, please feel free to Ask a Librarian!

New Look for Clinical Pharmacology

The new Clinical Pharmacology is here!

The easy-to-use interface features a simple search box and a button for accessing the Drug Identifier (to identify a pill by imprint code, color and / or shape). Drop down menus offer additional features, such as

• Creating reports, including those for drug interactions, product comparisons, and adverse reactions
  
• Finding drugs by indication, adverse reaction, contraindication, and multiple criteria
  
• Patient education handouts, now called MedCounselor sheets
• Resource Center, which includes lab reference values, clinical calculators and drug class overviews

In the new interface, it is also now possible to list all drugs that have black box warnings or drugs with MedGuides. Simply use the "Find / List" drop down menu.

If you have any questions about using the new Clinical Pharmacology, call us at 660-1100.

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