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In addition to the Library's liaison services, the Library offers customized training to students, faculty and staff on a variety of topics. Below are a number of sample topics for our training sessions and consultation services.

Sessions can be held for individuals or for a group at the Library's computer classroom or in your own department. To schedule a session for yourself or for your group, please use the form below. A librarian will be in touch with you to plan your training session.

In addition to customized training, we also offer regularly scheduled classes. View Schedule and Register Now!

Frequently-Requested Topics

Library Basics

  • Tour of the Library
  • Introduction to Using the Library
    • Tips on finding full-text articles and other materials
    • Information on Interlibrary Loan and other services
  • Introduction to Clinical Tools: electronic resources to support clinical decision-making

Searching the Literature

  • How to Search PubMed: Basics
  • How to Search PubMed: Advanced
  • Customizing PubMed with My NCBI
  • Web of Science
  • CINAHL (Nursing)
  • Evidence-based medicine resources

Getting Organized for Research and Writing

  • EndNote: Introduction
  • EndNote: Advanced
  • RefWorks
  • Copyright
  • Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy
  • Tools for collaboration: Google Docs, etc.

Staying Current in an Information-rich World

  • Using RSS feeds for current awareness
  • Table of Contents services
  • Blogs, wikis and social bookmarking
  • Life after Duke: free resources to use when you graduate from Duke

Mobile Devices

  • Quality mobile-accessible tools for clinical care

Preparing for Classes

  • Blackboard and Bluedocs
  • Copyright

Your name: * required

Your email address: * required

Your phone number:

Your status: Faculty Staff Student Other

Your department:

Please describe briefly when you would like the session to be held. A librarian will follow up with you to confirm the final date and time.

How many participants do you expect to attend?
For a consultation request, you can just put "one"

What topics would you like covered during the session?
See our list of frequently-requested topics on the left. * required

Current experience level:
Advanced Somewhat Proficient Newbie

Anything else we should know?