Library Hours Changing!

The Medical Center Library is making big changes in its hours. A trial period will begin December 7, with a permanent change after the holidays on January 4. Read more...

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Resources

Difference Between Cold & Swine Flu Symptoms (chart) - Baptist Health

Duke International Travel Policy

Duke - Fight the Flu

Duke Responding to Influenza Cases on Campus

Enviro-Health Links - Swine Flu - NLM

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) - MedlinePlus

H1N1 Flu: Information and Guidance for Professionals - NC Division of Public Health

H1N1 Flu RSS Feed - CDC

H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) - CDC

H1N1 Novel Influenza Information (multi-language) - ECHO Minnesota

H1N1 Update (Press Releases) - NC DHHS

Influenza - DynaMed

Influenza (Flu) - NC DHHS

iPhone H1N1 Drug App - WebMD

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - World Health Organization

Tracking Swine Flu Cases Worldwide (Last update May, 2009) - New York Times

Twitter Feed - CDC

US, Other Nations Stop Counting Pandemic Flu Cases - New York Times

Revised 10/16/09

APA Style ManualErrors and Corrections for 6th ed

Today the American Psychological Association (APA) posted an announcement on its APA Style Blog about errors in the first printing (July 2009) of the 6th ed. of its Publication Manual. Apparently most of the errors were in the sample papers. APA has posted a 7-page list of corrections on its Website, along with corrected sample papers.

Please see the following:

APA Style Blog posting about errors and corrections (10/08/09)
This announcement gives instructions for finding the corrected sample papers online.

Link to corrections of the first printing (July 2009)

July 4th Holiday Hours

The Library will be CLOSED on Friday, July 3rd and Saturday July 4th. The Library will resume regular hours on July 5, 2009.

Library to Close on Saturdays

Saturday hours will be eliminated effective July 1st. Read about this and other economic impacts on the Library in this month's newsletter.

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) is reporting that cases of the human swine influenza virus have now been reported in California, Texas, Kansas, New York, and Ohio. read more...

MedSun: FDA's Medical Product Safety Network

MedSun: Shining a Light on Medical Product Safety
The Medical Product Safety Network (MedSun) is an adverse event reporting program launched in 2002 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The primary goal for MedSun is to work collaboratively with the clinical community to identify, understand, and solve problems with the use of medical devices.

The MedSun Web page provides easy public access to de-identified reports sent into the MedSun program in addition to important safety information to MedSun participants and to the national clinical community about reported problems. MedSun ensures that new safety information is rapidly communicated to the medical community thereby promoting patient safety.

Google Flu Trends

How does Google Flu Trends work?
Google believes that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity by state.

Each week, millions of users around the world search for online health information. As you might expect, there are more flu-related searches during flu season, more allergy-related searches during allergy season, and more sunburn-related searches during the summer. You can explore all of these phenomena using Google Trends.

Can search query trends provide an accurate, reliable model of real-world phenomena?

Calling all Bloggers and Writers!

Interested in exploring issues in medicine, nursing, information, research and education? Here is your opportunity! The Medical Center Library is seeking guest bloggers for the Library's Crossroads blog. Topics for posts could include:

• making evidence-based practice a reality
• spotlighting significant new articles from the literature
• using technology in health care
• life as a student or clinician
• other topics of interest

No previous blogging experience required! Guest bloggers will receive free interlibrary loan privileges or copy cards for their participation.

Interested? Questions? Contact Megan von Isenburg at megan.vonisenburg@duke.edu or (919) 660-1131.