Duke Medical Center Library & Archives Blog

Advanced PubMed Class
Posted On: Sunday, March 10, 2024 - 11:31 by Beverly Murphy

Want to search for relevant citations in the shortest amount of time?  This class will show you how to effectively use MeSH, subheadings, Boolean operators, filters, MyNCBI, & more! Wed. Mar. 27; 1-2p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

Categories: Classes

Tags: pubmed

Building Your Researcher Profile
Posted On: Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 23:52 by Beverly Murphy

Come learn how to build and manage your researcher identity using author identity tools such as ORCiD, ResearcherID, and Scopus Author Identifier. Managing your identity can help you distinguish yourself from others and maximize your research impact. Tue. Mar. 26; 5-6p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required. 

Categories: Classes

Tags: ORCID, for researchers

Searching Scopus
Posted On: Friday, March 8, 2024 - 20:15 by Beverly Murphy

Scopus, a tool for identifying research trends, key scholars in an area of study, and potential collaborators, can help you understand the impact of your own research. Your author page makes it easy to see where and how often your work is being cited. This class will show you how to discover trends in a research area, gain insight into your scholarly output, and get alerts when someone cites your work in a publication.  Fri. Mar. 22; 12-1p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

Categories: Classes, Databases

Tags: scopus

NIH Data Management & Sharing Plan Policy Office Hours
Posted On: Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 10:49 by Beverly Murphy

These online office hours are designed for individuals or small groups to receive customized help in data management planning for the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy. Thu. Mar. 21; 9-10a; ONLINE ONLY. These sessions are FREE but registration is required.

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Tags: NIH

Women in Duke Health Exhibit Revisited in March
Posted On: Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 02:16 by Beverly Murphy

In celebration of Women's History Month in March, Duke Medical Center Library & Archives revisits our online exhibit of Women in Duke Health. 

Highlighting women in multiple fields at Duke, many of which were pioneers or firsts in their disciplines, this exhibit looks at their stories and the context in which those stories took place. The primary method of inquiry for context in this exhibit was via oral histories, a unique format that allows for both.

This historical perspective is presented through individual profiles and interviews, a general…

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Categories: Exhibits

Identifying Retracted Journal Articles
Posted On: Monday, February 26, 2024 - 08:52 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.

A continuing hot topic in the news is the increasing number of scientific studies that have been discovered to be wrong and are retracted by their publishers. Indeed, Nature News reported that more than 10,000 research papers were retracted in 2023. Citing retracted articles should be avoided in scholarly publishing as it can decrease the credibility and reliability of your work.

Why is this important? Articles can be retracted for a number of reasons but typically because of either error (intentional or unintentional) or fraud (Brainard and You, 2018);…

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Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: publications

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective-Williams
Posted On: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 00:05 by Beverly Murphy

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective-Mossell
Posted On: Sunday, February 4, 2024 - 10:17 by Beverly Murphy

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective-Hinton
Posted On: Saturday, February 3, 2024 - 12:27 by Beverly Murphy

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective-Hall
Posted On: Thursday, February 1, 2024 - 22:46 by Beverly Murphy

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective-Drew
Posted On: Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 22:45 by Beverly Murphy

International Love Data Week 2024
Posted On: Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 17:22 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.

International Love Data Week (February 12-16) is a celebration of all things data held each year around Valentine’s Day. This year’s theme is “My Kind of Data” where the focus will be data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data. For more information, see the official Website where you can browse the Love Data Week events and activities happening locally and virtually around the world. There are so many online webinars on a variety of data topics to choose from!

In the spirit of Love Data Week, don’t forget that the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives and the Duke…

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Categories: Alerts

Tags: data, data sharing, data management, data management plans

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective-Curtis
Posted On: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 19:42 by Beverly Murphy

Procedural Videos Available
Posted On: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 13:22 by Sarah Cantrell

The Medical Center Library & Archives has many hidden gems, including several online collections that contain procedural videos. You'll find these videos in online sources like AccessMedicine's videos, Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy, ClinicalKey's videos, and Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination. We have put together an

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Categories: Databases

Tags: clinicalkey, bates

Black History Month: A Medical Perspective
Posted On: Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 10:53 by Beverly Murphy

This month we are featuring "Black History Month: A Medical Perspective," our online exhibit containing a chronology of medical achievements of African Americans, a section on folk medicine, and a selective bibliography.

Categories: Resource Updates

Tags: black history month