tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372349082008-05-14T09:50:32.511-04:00Sallynoreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-88587792802387437402008-05-14T09:46:00.003-04:002008-05-14T09:50:32.821-04:00

Need patient information in languages other than English and Spanish? On May 7, MedlinePlus released a multilingual feature, providing access to health information in languages other than English and Spanish. This new service contains over 2,500 links to information in more than 40 languages and covers nearly 250 topics. You can navigate the new collection either by language or by topic. In

Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-27512116531390775902008-04-29T23:13:00.001-04:002008-04-29T23:15:06.940-04:00

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.

Beverly Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-78985775647868704372008-04-28T12:42:00.006-04:002008-04-28T12:51:15.124-04:00

Better options to refine your results: Exclude results to analyze search resultsSort alphabetically or numericallyFaster refine with standardized and simplified document type options when searching across all databases.EndNote Web upgrades: Link to full text of articles directlyDesignate read/write access for shared foldersHappy Searching!

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-15154156279284339062008-04-18T13:28:00.003-04:002008-04-18T13:40:14.152-04:00

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

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-31695231226889816902008-04-14T14:35:00.003-04:002008-04-14T14:47:32.996-04:00

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

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Classes have been scheduled in April for authors, grant managers, and others involved in submitting manuscripts to give an overview of the new NIH Public Access Policy and how to comply with it. read more...

Beverly Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-70956435333013960592008-04-09T11:10:00.000-04:002008-04-11T11:37:51.801-04:00

At the end of June, 2007, access to the CINAHL database for Duke users switched from the Ovid platform to EBSCOhost. Join us on April 15th from 5:15 - 6:15pm for a training class on this new system.

Beverly Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-80575777045413213562008-04-08T15:32:00.005-04:002008-04-08T16:22:26.118-04:00

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

Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-24716691463485270612008-04-07T13:04:00.000-04:002008-04-07T11:48:00.435-04:00

Join us on April 8th at 6:00 pm for a presentation by Gray Lyons, MSIII, on "The Art of Early Medical Illustrators." read more...

Beverly Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-8161405889408110552008-04-07T11:42:00.001-04:002008-04-07T11:46:46.992-04:00

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.

Beverly Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-50552483762457315432008-04-01T14:32:00.010-04:002008-04-01T21:41:56.151-04:00

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

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-25855086967243408362008-03-26T14:59:00.005-04:002008-03-26T15:08:29.712-04:00

OvidSP will release new platform enhancements on Monday, March 31st. Some of the enhancements include: Annotation Export: You will be able to export search result annotations to standard bibliographic citation managers, such as EndNote®, helping you to organize your research. Search Screen Position: After a search has been executed, the search screen will no longer "jump", causing the search

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-79945964451564395392008-03-24T10:47:00.003-04:002008-03-24T10:52:22.565-04:00

It is frustrating to come across a Web page that looks promising, only to discover that it either doesn't exist any more or that it is experiencing server problems and is not accessible. Wired magazine's How-To Wiki has some suggestions on how to get to the content when the page won't load, from accessing cached versions of the page to using the Internet Way Back Machine. Read the original

Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-19444528041615669732008-03-20T11:44:00.001-04:002008-03-20T11:44:46.665-04:00

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

Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-25748383541906194622008-03-14T11:20:00.003-04:002008-03-14T11:53:11.257-04:00

Sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, this Webcast explores the legal aspects of author rights management within the context of the new Public Access Policy, adopted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Effective April 7, 2008, the new policy requires investigators to deposit their articles stemming from NIH funding into PubMed Central. The Webcast is freely available but

Beverly Murphynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-21359450663556307562008-02-22T16:14:00.010-05:002008-02-25T13:07:14.363-05:00

Google Maps has completed their Street View maps of the Triangle area! You may have seen a Google car driving slowly through neighborhoods capturing this data awhile ago. Now you can search for an address and click on the street view option. Next time you know you'll be looking for a specific house or business, view a picture of it before you head out the door. If you are wondering what this

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-77551111878646264002008-02-21T12:45:00.001-05:002008-02-21T17:26:36.881-05:00

The Medical Center Library has developed customized Web pages for Duke partner sites so that local practitioners who do not have access to Duke collections can easily access quality medical information online. These pages are streamlined to be able to load quickly in locations with low bandwidth. Resources on the pages include local databases of medical articles (e.g., African Index Medicus,

Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-26594604102167204772008-02-12T13:56:00.000-05:002008-02-12T13:56:19.367-05:00

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) will offer their Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources course at UNC-Chapel Hill on March 12 and 13. This lecture and hands-on computer workshop on GenBank and related databases will cover effective use of the Entrez databases and search service, the BLAST similarity search engine, genome data and related resources.

Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-74819407857433683782008-02-08T16:21:00.000-05:002008-02-08T16:58:22.256-05:00

Web of Knowledge, which includes Web of Science (WOS), has a new interface. Designed for both the novice and experienced user, ISI offers access to articles in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. One of the most important features you will notice is the "All Databases" tab search (which replaces CrossSearch). This feature allows you to search across all the Web of Knowledge

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-31022063651679632092008-02-08T10:00:00.000-05:002008-02-08T12:13:40.471-05:00

Our customized version of PubMed has new features! When you connect to PubMed through our Website or through http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/pubmed, you will now see new tabs for filtering your search results and highlighting of search terms. Tabs Review: Clicking on this tab filters your results to those citations that are reviews of the literature. Reviews can be comprehensive or cover a very

Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-59702392495793864872008-02-06T17:10:00.000-05:002008-02-07T23:55:40.330-05:00

This five minute video tutorial will walk you through a basic CINAHL search using CINAHL Headings. If you have ever done a search and wondered why you aren't finding articles relevant to your topic, then this tutorial is for you! CINAHL headings are the standardized subject terms indexers use to describe an article's content. Using CINAHL headings to search, rather than keywords in the

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-28822570191377489652008-01-29T13:39:00.001-05:002008-01-31T10:46:39.948-05:00

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)

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-28868182930421530482008-01-18T16:28:00.000-05:002008-01-19T18:08:25.604-05:00

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

Brandi Tuttlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-60762042152961303702008-01-18T10:03:00.001-05:002008-01-18T10:03:47.604-05:00

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

Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37234908.post-42645311607884543312008-01-14T11:32:00.000-05:002008-01-16T12:59:35.684-05:00

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 assignmentRead an electronic book or journal at homeThen you might just be a Duke University Medical Center Library fan! Click on the link and become our next Facebook fan today! http:

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