Duke Medical Center Library & Archives
August 2024 Archive

Subscription codes for the Lexidrug app (formerly Lexicomp) expire yearly at the end of August. To continue using the app, you must add the new authorization code to your account. Go to Lexidrug and click on the Mobile App Access button. Select your platform and indicate if you are a new or existing customer (those who already have the app installed) for instructions on adding the new code to your subscription.  If you have any issues installing or updating the software, contact the Lexidrug Technical Support Dept at 1.866.397.3433 (option 3) or email them at support@lexi.com. You can also…

Categories: Alerts, Databases, Resource Updates

Tags: lexidrug, Lexicomp, mobile apps

Ready to boost your research skills? The Medical Library offers a variety of online classes tailored to healthcare professionals, researchers, and students. 

Sessions include:

• Searching Databases with Confidence: Master PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, or Scopus 
• Conducting Systematic Reviews: Learn more about conducting systematic reviews or how to assess and extract data
• Reference Management Made Easy: Get started with EndNote or Zotero. 
• Selecting Journals for Publication
• Tools for Researchers: Building Your Profile, Measuring your Impact
• Understanding Copyright
• Data Management: Sharing, Requirements, & Repositories 

Visit our class…

Categories: Classes

Tags: pubmed, zotero, endnote, cinahl, scopus, systematic reviews

We are excited to announce that our newsletter will soon have a new look and feel starting in September! 

We have migrated all subscribers of the original newsletter to the new newsletter format, so if you are already subscribed, you are all set to receive the new newsletter. If you are not a subscriber, or are new to Duke or the Medical Center Library & Archives, please sign up for the Library’s newsletter to receive important updates and stories! 

 

Categories: Resource Updates

Tags: newsletter

📚 Library Welcome Party! 🎉
Date: Monday, August 26
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Kick off the new semester and join us for a fun and informative Library Welcome Party! 

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• 🍧 Eat a Locopop: Cool down with Durham’s favorite popsicles!
• 🎨 Make a Button: Get crafty and create your own button. 
• 📚 Explore Library Resources and Spaces: Discover the best of the Library to help you be successful.
• 📱 Add Mobile Apps to Your Phone: Learn about useful apps to put the Library in your pocket.
• 🆔 Create an ORCID: Set up your unique researcher identifier.

Come meet fellow library enthusiasts, enjoy…

Categories: Events

Are you a health sciences researcher on the medical center campus? Join with other researchers and a facilitator to discuss and explore the question "What is Research Integrity?" in a structured talking circle. This new event format is designed to bring researchers across backgrounds and experience levels together to explore the intersection of research culture and research integrity. Participants will be asked to listen in the circle. All participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts, stories, and perspectives. 

What is Research Integrity? 
August 28th 3:00 - 4:30 pm  
Medical Center Library Room 212C

Registration is full, please join our waiting list

This event counts for RCR-200 credit…

Categories: Events

Tags: for researchers

Seeking quick and reliable answers to your clinical questions? Look no further than the library’s Clinical Tools page! Here you will find a handy list of links to point-of-care resources, decision-support tools, core eBooks, guidelines, and patient education information.

Some of these include:

• DynaMed, which provides evidence-based clinical information concerning diseases, drugs, and other therapies that is highly useful when making decisions about patient care.
• The ability to craft a single search for your patient’s problem/…

Categories: Databases, Explore Tools, Resource Updates

Tags: DynaMed Plus, NNT