Duke Medical Center Library & Archives Blog
Category: Resource Outages

Having Trouble Accessing our Resources?
Posted On: Friday, June 30, 2023 - 16:42 by Beverly Murphy

ZScaler, an Internet and Web gateway security tool, has been implemented across Duke Health. Users have reported barriers when accessing Library resources due to this implementation. When using your Duke computer onsite or when using the Duke Health Network, it may appear that Duke does not have access to a resource to which we subscribe.

If you are having issues getting access to our resources, please try clearing your cache first. Otherwise, please submit a ticket to us via our Report an Access Issue Form. If this is an emergent need, please call 919.660.1100 and we will attempt to respond within 24 hours.

Categories: Alerts, Resource Outages

Tags: ZScaler

Journal Changes for 2023
Posted On: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 23:50 by Beverly Murphy

At the beginning of every new year, there are often changes in journals which may include additions, platform changes and cancellations. Though there are no cancellations this year, below are some changes for 2023.

Additions
The following titles are being added to our subscriptions because they meet our criteria for inclusion based on cost, usage, journal quality, and relevance.

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
  • Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

New Platforms
The following journal titles will now be available on different platforms. Often this occurs when the professional society that publishes the…

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Categories: Resource Outages

Tags: e-journals, journals

Have You Cleared Your Cache Lately?
Posted On: Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 10:43 by Beverly Murphy

Microsoft Edge

The fastest way to clear your cache is to use the following keyboard shortcut: CTRL + F5 or follow these steps:

  1. Check “Browsing History,” “Cookies and Saved Website Data,” “Cached Data & Files,” and “Tabs I’ve set aside or recently closed”
  2. Click the Clear button

Chrome

The fastest way to clear your cache is to use the following keyboard shortcut: CTRL + SHIFT + R  on Windows or Linux or CMD + SHIFT + R on a Mac or follow these steps:

  1. Check “Browsing History,” “Cookies and Other Site Data,” and “Cached images and files.”
  2. Click the Clear Data button

Firefox

The fastest way to clear your cache is to use…

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Categories: Resource Outages

Tags: ZScaler

F1000 & Sciwheel Subscriptions Ending in June
Posted On: Thursday, June 23, 2022 - 10:58 by Beverly Murphy

The Duke University Libraries will no longer support the following resources. Access will end on June 30, 2022.

F1000 (Faculty Opinions)
Peer review service highlighting, evaluating, and rating top articles published in the biomedical sciences, based on the recommendations of faculty.

Sciwheel
If you are a user of this reference management tool, you can choose to export your files easily from Sciwheel as a .RIS file into other citation management tools, such as Zotero and EndNote. Sciwheel has created easy step-by-step…

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Categories: Alerts, Resource Outages, Resource Updates

Journal Cancellations for 2022
Posted On: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 - 16:42 by Beverly Murphy

The following journal titles will no longer be available for current access; however, access to previous years will continue.

  • Anatomical Record
  • Artificial Organs
  • Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Birth Defects Research
  • Genetic Epidemiology
  • Journal of Cellular Physiology
  • Journal of Comparative Neurology
  • Leukemia and Lymphoma
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
  • Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

In addition to the journals above, the libraries will no longer have access to the two large packages of journal titles listed below. Many of the journals previously accessible…

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Categories: Alerts, Resource Outages

Tags: e-journals, journals

New Journal Platforms Based on Cancellations
Posted On: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - 09:41 by Beverly Murphy

Due to cancellations, some journal titles will switch platforms. The following journal titles will now be available through ClinicalKey rather than ScienceDirect.

  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy 
  • Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
  • Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
  • Health Policy
  • Disease-A-Month
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Physiology & Behavior

Categories: Alerts, Resource Outages

Tags: journals, e-journals