Duke Medical Center Library & Archives
August 2022 Archive

Congratulations to our third year medical students, who recently presented their research projects at the 53rd Annual Duke School of Medicine Student Research Symposium. Research posters and abstracts from these projects have joined other scholarly works, historical documents, and various institutional publications in our MEDSpace repository.

To review this year's posters, click on this link to the MedSym 2022 Collection.

We began collecting medical student research posters in 2020. To...

Tags: research

After a brief summer hiatus, we are back with more recommended readings for those of you following along with the Color Code podcast from STAT. As a reminder, this podcast is examining racial inequities in American health care, and members of our staff are offering some additional readings for each episode. Below are recommendations for episodes 5-6. For previous episodes, please see our earlier blog posts.

Episode 5: "A ‘city on fire’: How Miami shaped a disputed diagnosis used to justify deaths in police custody" investigates the history and current controversy around "excited delirium...

Tags: Color Code Podcast

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. Fri. Sept. 9; 12-1p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

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Tags: ORCID, for researchers

Learn how to use CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature) effectively including using headings, subheadings, keywords, and filters to refine search results. Thu. Aug. 31; 4-5p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

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Tags: cinahl

If you're interested in conducting a systematic review, this class will provide an overview of the components, tools, and resources that you'll need to get started. Learn how our librarians can assist in enrolling your "participants" — the literature! — into your study, as well as tools to make your screening and data abstraction easier.  Thu. Aug. 25; 12-1p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

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Tags: systematic reviews

The Duke Office of Clinical Research (DOCR) sponsors "Research Wednesdays," a series featuring important topics impacting the research community presented by subject matter experts.

Until further notice, the Research Wednesdays series will be held via WebEx ONLY: 1:00 pm – 2:00p. No registrations is required.  WebEx meeting details will be sent to the DOCR listserve the Monday prior to the session. To be added to the DOCR listserve, email...

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Tags: for researchers, research

If you plan to apply for NIH funding in the near future, this session will help you understand the new data policy requirements taking effect on January 25, 2023. Wed. Aug. 24; 12-1p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required. 

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Tags: data sharing, data management

Zotero helps you insert references into your text as well as create a reference list at the end of your paper in a variety of styles. Working together with Microsoft Word, this open program is free up to 300 MB of storage.

This class will show you the basics of getting started in Zotero including adding references to your Zotero library, creating folders, working with groups, and using it with Word to cite your sources as you write. Tue. Aug. 23; 12-1p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

Please Note: It is recommended that you...

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Tags: zotero, citation management

Scholarly communication - the interconnected system of articles, journals, indexes and databases - is not free from the structural racism that permeates academia and society at large. While many actions are needed to dismantle these oppressive structures, using inclusive language is one small step that all authors can take. Later this month, the AAMC IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Antiracism) webinar series will feature a session titled "Using Inclusive Language in Scholarly Writing." You can register for this free webinar, scheduled for August 18th 12 pm EDT, on...

Tags: journals, writing