Author Instructions

A comprehensive list of links to publishers' Websites for instructions to authors for over 3,500 journals in the health and life sciences.

Citation Verification

Provides access to resources that assist in authenticating citations.

Finding an Article or Journal - Instructional handout for finding journals and for verifying incomplete or incorrect references when using PubMed, Ovid, and CINAHL databases.

Citation Matcher - Simple data entry form used for easily locating single articles in PubMed.

Citation Linker - Data entry form used to locate articles, journals and books through the Duke Catalog using limited information.

 Copyright

This information was compiled to help you consider the issues surrounding fair use and when you should consider seeking permission from the copyright holder and how to pay the royalty fees to use his or her intellectual property. It is not intended to be official legal advice.

 Duke Scholarly Communications

The Scholarly Communications Office at Duke University Libraries has produced this site to offer copyright information around frequently asked questions and to provide advice for faculty authors about copyright management, publication contracts, and open access possibilities.

 EndNote

EndNote is citation management software that allows you to organize references, create bibliographies in customized formats, and easily incorporate citations into working manuscripts.

 Grants Information

A combination of databases, Web, and print resources with funding and contracting opportunities.

 Grey Literature

The grey literature is defined as "Information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body." This page provides sources for searching the Grey literature.

 Institutional Review Board (IRB)

The Duke University Health System's Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Clinical Investigations offers a manual of procedures and guidelines for the protection of human research subjects, downloadable forms, and information on various IRB policies and fee assessment criteria.

 Journal Abbreviations

This PubMed Journals database can be searched using the journal title, MEDLINE abbreviation, NLM ID, ISO abbreviation, or ISSN to find official abbreviations for journals, full titles for journal abbreviations, and other basic information. Links are also available to the indexed articles for the journals searched.

 Journal Citation Reports (Journal Impact Factors)

A comprehensive and unique resource tool that allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,000 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. This resource shows the most frequently cited and highest impact journals in a given field. Please note: Use of this database is restricted to Duke IP addresses.
Click here for links to several tutorials to help you use the Journals Citation Reports.

 Meetings

A compilation of calendars for academic medicine, behavioral, biomedical, scientific, and technical meetings.

 New DUMC Articles

This is a list of the most recent articles by Duke authors added to the PubMed (MEDLINE) database. It is updated every Sunday.

 NIH Public Access Policy

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released its new Public Access Policy which becomes effective April 7, 2008. This section provides information on policy details, submission instructions, lists of supporting journals, and other resources.

 Physician Directories

Find physicians in the United States using this listing of various search engines and directories.

 Publish Not Perish (tutorial)

Produced by the University of Colorado, this online publishing tutorial is freely available to anyone and designed to introduce graduate students, junior faculty, and other potential authors to the world of scholarly publishing. The tutorial offers a variety of information - from choosing a journal to submitting and revising a manuscript. Registration is required but the data is only collected for demographic purposes.

 Publishers/Vendors

Locate publishers' information by type of material, subject area, and location.

 RefWorks

This online bibliographic management program allows users to create personal databases of references and generate bibliographies in a variety of formats. Access is free for Duke users upon registration. From off-campus, you must use a VPN client or enter the Duke group code. Contact the Library Service Desk at (919) 660-1100 for the code.

 Reporting Biomedical Research

The following intiatives are aimed at improving the reporting of biomedical reserch:

• Diagnostic Accuracy Studies Checklist (STARD)
  • STARD Statement (2003)
  • STARD Checklist (2003)
• Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE)
• Qualitative Research Review Guidelines (RATS)
• Randomized Controlled Trials (CONSORT)
• Systematic Reviews (QUOROM)
  • QUORUM Statement (1999)
  • QUORUM CheckList (1999)
• Observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE)

 Research Directories

A listing of directories for national and international research centers and organizations.

 Style Manuals

A comprehensive listing of style manuals for referencing publication standards and conventions for formatting a variety of resources, including electronic sources.

 Web of Science (Citation Databases)

Through its unique and powerful combination of citation indexing and Web technology, the ISI Citation Databases allow current and retrospective searching of quality, peer-reviewed journals, providing complete bibliographic data, full-length author abstracts, and cited references. Please note: Use of this database is restricted to Duke IP addresses.