Classes

The Library provides educational opportunities in a variety of settings to meet the needs of the Duke University Medical Center faculty, staff and students. We offer Web-based tutorials and customized individual and group sessions.

 Consultation

A listing of the consultation services provided through the Duke University Medical Center Library, with email addresses and phone numbers for the appropriate contacts to schedule a group or individual session.

 Copy Cards

Information about the cost of the Duke University Medical Center Library copy card and availability of photocopying and print stations throughout the Library. MCL copy cards can be used on all photocopiers in the Library and must be used for printing in the Library.

 Database Search Requests (Mediated)

A team of professional librarians is available to provide comprehensive fee-based database searches. Online search requests can be submitted online by Duke-affiliated personnel, Duke and non-Duke students, patients, and health professionals in the area. Normally a search can be completed within an hour or two of receipt, but maximum turn around time is usually one business day. Our mailbox will be checked for search requests once a day, Monday through Friday.

 Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan

Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a delivery service for journal articles, books, audiovisuals, and other materials. If you are too busy to photocopy materials or need items not available at Duke, this service can help you. Only requests from authorized Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) faculty, staff, and students will be processed. Non-DUMC requests will not be acknowledged or returned.

 Fax Service

Staff at the Library Service Desk are available to send and receive faxed documents for you!

 LCD Monitors

Large-screen LCD monitors are now available in several locations around the Library.

 Library Accounts

Information about online accounts for accessing and requesting library materials.

 Library Newsletter

A link to the Duke University Medical Center Library's bimonthly, online newsletter: the Duke University Medical Center Library News. The current issue is available, as well as an archive of past issues and a form to subscribe to the newsletter mailing list.

 Library Toolbar

Download the Medical Center Library's toolbar for instant access to Library resources and services, straight from your browser, from any site on the Web! Have the Library's Quick Links (Clinical Tools page, E-Journals, PubMed and Databases page) available with the click of a button from any Web page. This small program works for Internet Explorer and Firefox and takes only a few seconds to install.

 Loansome Doc

Loansome Doc is a document delivery system available via PubMed, which allows you to select journal citations from a PubMed search and tag them for ordering the full-text articles. Your request will be routed by the National Library of Medicine to the Duke University Medical Center Library. The Loansome Doc service is provided by the Library for students, faculty, and staff affiliated with Duke University, Duke University Health System personnel, Duke University alumni, health care professionals not affiliated with an academic medical library, and the general public in the United States. Details about registering for this service, fees, and methods of delivery are provided.

 MLEC (Computer Classroom)

The purpose of the Medical Library Education Center (MLEC) Computer Classroom is to support Duke University Medical Center educational and training programs utilizing computer technology. Located in Room 104 on the Lower Level of the Library, the MLEC is available for formal computer-based classes, hands-on training, lectures utilizing multimedia, technology-based demonstrations, and special technology fairs or exhibits.

 MLEC Classroom Reservation Form

The MLEC Classroom is available for reservation by Duke faculty and staff and Duke University Medical Center students who wish to conduct a class utilizing computer technology and/or hands on training. From August 1st through mid-September, the MLEC may be booked no more than 2 weeks in advance of the proposed event. At other times, events may be scheduled up to 6 months in advance, but reservations are guaranteed only for the 2 months prior to the event.

 Multimedia Studio

The Multimedia Studio, created to give users a place to work on educational technology projects, consists of a Gateway workstation containing additional hardware and software beyond the average desktop computer. This studio is available to Duke University Medical Center faculty, staff, and students for DUMC-related educational projects. Policies for use of the Multimedia Studio, along with information regarding the hardware and software available, are provided.

 Order an Article or Book

DUMC faculty, staff, and students may request journal articles, books, audiovisuals and other materials through the Library's Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan service after completing an initial registration process. All subsequent visits to this site will require only a simple login (via username and password), allowing users to check the status of outstanding requests.

 Ovid Application

Application form for requesting an Ovid Personal Account. Duke faculty, graduate students, and Duke University Medical Center staff and students may apply. With a personal account, you may save search strategies for later use, order articles directly from your search, and connect from non-Duke IP addresses.

 Ovid AutoAlert

The AutoAlert (SDI) service allows you to be notified by email of recent articles added to the Ovid databases on specific topics or by specific authors. With this feature, you can create and save a search strategy in one of the Ovid databases to be automatically run against subsequent updates. The results or retrieval from your final set will be sent to your email address. Please Note: An Ovid Personal Account is required to use this service.

 Photocopying

Do it Yourself - Self-service photocopiers are located on the Entrance, Mezzanine, First Stack, and Second Stack levels.

Use Our Service - If you are too busy to photocopy materials, this service can help you.

 Put Articles on Reserve

Electronic form for submitting articles or chapters to be put on Library reserve. Reserve requests containing personal photocopies of journal articles or book chapters must be submitted in person or via mail.

 Put Books on Reserve

Electronic submission form for requesting books from our collection be placed on Library reserve. Reserve requests containing personal photocopies of journal articles or book chapters must be submitted in person or via mail.

 Reference

Offers options for receiving Reference assistance from the staff at the Medical Center Library.

 Remote Access

If you need to access information which is restricted to the Duke network, you will need to use the Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. Information restricted to the Duke network includes electronic reserves, journals, and databases, departmental IP-restricted servers, Human Resources and payroll data, and protected health information. Links to instructions are provided.

 Renew Books Online

Login to the Duke University Library System Online Catalog to renew items borrowed from any of the Duke libraries. Please note: A Duke NetID and password or Library card number and verification code will be needed for access.

 Suggest a Purchase for the Library

Access to an electronically submissible form for requesting the Medical Center Library add items to the collection. All suggestions are welcome and will be reviewed.

 Tutorials and Training

Links to available tutorials and training opportunities through the Duke University Medical Center Library.

 User Privileges

Details the availability of borrowing privileges, access to electronic resources, remote access to databases and collections, Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan for procuring journal articles and other items, reference services, and access to the ibrary's newsletter for the following patron classes: Duke University and Medical Center, Duke University Health System, other area universities, local health providers, and the general public.