June 2015 | Issue 359

Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives

Duke employees who are pursuing further education can tap into a wealth of resources to support their instruction.  While the institution offering the courses may provide resources, Duke employees can also use print and electronic books, journals, and databases available through the University. The Duke Libraries – Perkins & Bostock, Divinity, Law, Business, and our Medical Library – all provide online resources and most of them are easily accessible to all Duke users. (Note: Some specialized law and business resources are restricted.) 

You can borrow books from other Duke library collections, and journal articles that are available can be scanned and delivered to your desktop.  Use our Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan Services to make requests or to retrieve items not available from Duke (some fees do apply).

We have online tutorials, tipsheets and guides to help you find and use our resources.

• Pursuing a BSN degree?  We have a great Nursing Tools guide for you!
• Writing a paper?  Our Authors and Scientific Writing guides may help.
• Need to organize the articles for a paper or research project? We have a guide to Reference Management tools available, as well videos and tipsheets that teach you how to use them.

Not sure how to get started with doing research for your paper or project or using the resources? Make an appointment with one of our librarians! Call 919.660.1100 or send an email to medical-librarian@duke.edu.  You can also Ask a Librarian for help through our Website chat service. 

All of our health and medical books are now integrated into one large collection, regardless of publication date! The merged collection starts in Room 102F (old open book stacks) with call numbers A-WF and flows into Room 102C with call numbers WG-Z. Oversize books are at the end of the collection, along with our recreational reading materials in the Engel Collection.

We will now refer to these collection areas as the STACKS and have signs guiding you between the areas. Our older materials (pre-1995) will remain in off-site stacks in the Library Service Center and can be easily recalled through the online catalog and delivered to our Library.

We hope this new “integrated” collection will make it easier to find both old and new materials that you need.

Barbara Dietsch, Acquisitions Manager, Collection Services

Here are a few selected e-book titles from the R2 Digital Library that have been recently added to our collection. These reviews are excerpted from Amazon.com.

Essentials of Public Health
Bernard J. Turnock

As one of the foundational texts in the Essential Public Health series, this text is an excellent introduction to the field of public health. Written for senior-level undergraduates or graduate students in public health, health science, nursing, and other health professions, it gives special focus to public health careers and the workings of public health agencies.

Clinical Practice of Neurological & Neurosurgical Nursing
Joanne Hickey

This new edition of an award-winning classic prepares its users to deliver expert care in this most challenging nursing specialty.  It addresses neuroanatomy, assessment, diagnostic evaluation and management of the complete range of neurological disorders for which nurses provide patient care, including trauma, stoke, tumors, seizures, aneurysms, infections, and degenerative disorders.

Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials
Geoffrey R. Norman and David L. Sreiner

New for 2014, this edition includes updated information on robust estimators of the mean, the problems of multiple hypothesis testing, bootstrapping and resampling and non-parametric stats. In addition, an entirely new chapter discusses measures of incidence and prevalence, risk, morbidity and fatality rates, and more.

Fundamentals of The Physical Therapy Examination: Patient Interview And Tests & Measures
Stacie J. Fruth

This resource introduces physical therapy students to essential screening and examination techniques that form the foundation of their practice, across all body systems. Building on the foundational knowledge, it helps students develop clinical decision-making skills.

Suggestions for purchases? Complete our online Recommend a Purchase form or contact Emma Cryer Heet.  For a complete list of titles added to our print book collections within the last 3 months, check out the Library's newest print book additions or subscribe to our "New Books" feed.

Megan von Isenburg, Associate DIrector, Research & Education

We can help you plan your fall semester, journal club, or new academic year of instruction!

Research and Education Librarians are available to guest lecture within your curriculum. We offer instruction on a number of topics, including:

• Finding the best evidence
• Resources for clinical care
• Searching PubMed
• Searching CINAHL
• Working towards publication
• Using EndNote or other reference management tools

We are happy to customize sessions for your discipline and needs.  We can even bring our mobile classroom to you to facilitate active learning!

It’s never too early to plan for the summer and fall.  Get started by contacting your liaison librarian or by emailing medical-librarian@duke.edu.

Brandi Tuttle, Research and Education

Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database are now collectively known as Natural Medicines. The Library subscribes to this database to give Duke affiliated healthcare providers an authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.

Natural Medicines provides a wealth of information including:

• Clinically relevant, bottom-line-focused information and ratings via evidence-based natural ingredient monographs
• Over 90,000+ new commercial products, including product data and an evidence-based NMBER® rating system
• Interaction Checker of evidence-based interaction ratings between all drugs and 90,000+ commercial dietary supplements and natural ingredients
• Comparative Effectiveness Charts for different natural medicines for specific conditions
• Enhanced Interaction Checker and Nutrient Depletion Checker interface
• Pregnancy and Lactation Checker and Adverse Effects Checker
• Patient handouts and consumer education monographs available in English, Spanish, and French
• Additional databases including hundreds of topics on Health and Wellness and Sports Medicine

If you have questions about this database or need help finding the evidence, just Ask a Librarian!

Currently, access to the terrace garden is difficult due to the scaffolding for the building repair. We have postponed our appearance at the Farmer"s Market on Friday, but please look for us later this summer.

It's spring and the Medical Garden is in bloom! If you are not familiar with our garden, come visit our table at the Farmer's Market on June 12 from 11a-2p. You will have a chance to get some information, explore some common medicinal herbs and plants, and pick up a few samples. We hope to see you there!

Pilot Program ended on July 1, 2015.

Megan von Isenburg, Associate DIrector, Research & Education

The Medical Center Library & Archives is undergoing a pilot program to collect data about the article needs of House Staff. In this program, articles from other libraries (often referred to as interlibrary loans) will be available at no-cost to House Staff Trainees.

House Staff Trainees can request articles directly through Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan or by following the Get it at Duke link in PubMed or other databases, then clicking on “Request a copy For Duke Medicine faculty, students and staff.”

On the request form, House Staff Trainees will need to select “House Staff Trainee Pilot Program” as the answer to the question “Are you willing to pay a fee ($11) if the item is not available at Duke?

During the pilot program, the usual $11 fee per article will be subsidized by the GME office and the Medical Center Library & Archives. House Staff will not be charged. The usual copyright restrictions apply.  Individuals will be limited to 5 no-cost articles during the pilot program.

The program is expected to run April 1 – June 30 or until funds run out. Notice will be given at the close of the program.

Questions? Contact Megan von Isenburg, Liaison to GME, at megan.vonisenburg@duke.edu or 919.660.1131

Jolie Braun, Assistant Director, Medical Center Archives

Currently On Display

Surviving & Thriving: Aids, Politics, and Culture
Medical Center Library & Archives - Level 2R
On Display May 11 - June 20, 2015 

We are currently hosting "Surviving & Thriving: Aids, Politics, and Culture," a six-banner traveling exhibition. Developed and produced by the Exhibition Program at the National Library of Medicine, the display explores the rise of AIDS in the early 1980's and the evolving response to the epidemic over the last 30 years. 

The title, Surviving and Thriving, comes from a book written in 1987 by and for people with AIDS that insisted people could live with AIDS, not just die from it.

In conjunction with the NLM display, we also an exhibit case dedicated to the history of AIDS research and innovation at Duke.

Head to Toe: Medical Attire Past & Present
Medical Center Library & Archives, Levels 1
On Display February - June  23, 2015

“Head to Toe: Medical Attire Past & Present,” will be on display until June 23. Featuring clothing and accessories from the Medical Center Archives, the exhibit explores the role of apparel in the health profession, and particularly at Duke Medicine, over the past 75 years. Items include an original 1970's era Duke nursing student uniform, an early medical bag of a Duke physician, and a graduation cap of the first School of Medicine Dean, Wilburt Davison, as well as historical photographs and documents.

Coming Soon!

Remembering the 65th: Duke’s General Hospital
Medical Center Library & Archives - Level 1
On Display June 25 - September 29, 2015 

We are happy to announce that our new exhibit, “Remembering the 65th: Duke’s General Hospital,” will be on display later this month. Featuring artifacts, photographs, and documents from the Medical Center Archives collections, the exhibit tells the story of Duke Medicine’s World War II hospital unit. Items include medical instruments used by hospital staff, an aircrew flak helmet worn by a patient treated at the hospital, original artwork of the unit’s doctors and nurses, and a letter from President Ronald Reagan commending the unit.

The idea for a Duke hospital army unit was born in October 1940, the brainchild of Wilburt C. Davison, then Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine. The Army reserve unit's original core, activated in July 1942, consisted of male and female doctors and nurses who all had some connection to Duke University, creating a mix of faculty, alumni, and current or former house staff. Members of the 65th General Hospital handled a constant stream of front-line casualties from heavy bomber crews, acute diseases and emergency cases, and acted as a specialty center for neurosurgery, thoracic and plastic surgery, burns, and hand injuries. In all, the unit treated more than 17,000 patients during its time in England.

A companion digital exhibit is forthcoming. To learn more about this exhibit and the 65th General Hospital, please contact the Archives at 919.383.2653 or dumc.archives@mc.duke.edu.

Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services & Archives

More and more funding agencies have policies for sharing citations arising from their funding, AND more and more grants are focusing on team-science and collaborative projects. This has resulted in more authors writing articles that may not include the principal investigator.

You can track many biomedical publications by setting up searches in PubMed that run on a regular basis.

Tips for Searching by Grant Number

• Search for one grant number or several by using “OR” between the grant numbers 
• You can leave off the activity code (R01, P30, U01, etc.) on the grant number and just search by the institute code and serial number
• Example: R01 AR837023 can be searched as AR837023
• You can also leave off the suffix that indicates funding year
• For more precision, use the PubMed designation for a grant number
• Example: AR837023 [gr] OR GM058639 [gr]

Tips for Searching by PI and Author Names

• Use just one name in the search or put all the names of your research team in one saved search
• Remember to search by lastname and first-two-initials in PubMed, unless the author does not use a middle initial
• Example: SMITH RM 
• For more precision, use the PubMed designation for an author [au] after the name
• Example: Heart M [au] OR Ankle NG [au] OR Knee JT [au] OR Smith AA [au]

To save a search, sign into or create a My NCBI account. If you have an NIH login, use that account; otherwise, you can select a “third party” login and use your Duke NetID and password. 

Once you have created your search, select "Create Alert" and then you can request email updates and how often and when you want to receive them.

Need more help?  Ask our librarians at 919.660.1100 or medical-librarian@duke.edu.

Major reports on pressing questions about health and health care have been issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the health arm of the National Academies, since 1970.  The reports cover public health, biomedical and health research, diseases, quality and patient care, nursing, health services and many other topics. 

Reports published after 1998 are freely available online on the Institute’s Website.  You can also find these IOM reports by searching the Duke Libraries’ online catalog.   Many older as well as recent major reports can be found as print versions in the Duke libraries’ collections.

News flash: On July 1st, IOM will become the National Academy of Medicine!  The membership voted for this change at its 152nd annual meeting in April 2015.

Jolie Braun, Assistant Director, Medical Center Archives, has been elected Vice President and Programming Chair of the Society of North Carolina Archivists (SNCA).

Leila Ledbetter, Liaison to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, has co-authored two articles with Duke faulty and clinicians from the Program: 1) "Eccentric Training for Prevention of Hamstring Injuries May Depend on Intervention Compliance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," A.P. Goode, M.P. Reiman, L. Harris, L. DeLisa, A. Kauffman, D. Beltramo, C. Poole, L. Ledbetter, and A.B. Taylor, published in British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(6):349-356, March 2015. 2) "The Association Between Lumbar Spine Radiographic Features and Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis," J. Raastad, M. Reiman, R. Coeytaux, L. Ledbetter, and A.P. Goode, published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 44(5):571-85, April 2015.

Matt Shangler, Assistant Archivist, Medical Center Archives, has been elected a Member-at-Large for the Society of North Carolina Archivists.

Medical Center Library & Archives staff presented the following initiatives during the Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association in Austin, TX, May 15-20, 2015.

PJ Grier, Beverly Murphy, Deborah Breen, and Donna Flake - The Role of the Librarian in Achieving Compliance for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Core Measure 5 (Paper)

Brandi Tuttle - Expanding the Librarian's Role in an Evidence-Based Medicine Course for Physician Assistant Students (Poster)

Megan Van Noord, Virginia Carden, Emma Cryer Heet, Leila Ledbetter, Adrianne Leonardelli, Emily Mazure, Beverly Murphy, Brandi Tuttle, and Megan von Isenburg - Systematic Reviews' Impact and the Role of the Medical Librarian (Poster)

Megan von Isenburg, Emma Cryer Heet, and Patricia Thibodeau - Be iNFORMED: A Checklist for Evaluating Unknown Journals and Publishers (Poster)

Farewell to Adrianne Leonardelli
Jolie Braun, Assistant Director, Medical Center Archives

In April the Medical Center Library & Archives bid farewell to Adrianne Leonardelli, Research and Education Librarian and School of Nursing Liaison. Adrianne, who received an MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, joined the staff in 2010.

During her 5 years at the Library, she taught library orientation sessions, database searching, and other information management classes; provided in-depth information consultations and advanced systematic searches; assisted users in locating accurate and timely information; and developed online tutorials. In her liaison role, she worked closely with School of Nursing faculty and students to understand their needs and develop services for them.

When asked what she liked most about working at Duke, Adrianne answered, “I enjoyed collaborating with faculty on research projects and getting to know them on a personal level, and teaching students how to maximize the library's resources to become better searchers and consumers of the medical literature.”

Adrianne plans to pursue a career in nursing and began classes in May at the University of Virginia’s Clinical Nurse Leader Program. While interested in pediatrics and oncology, she is open to other possibilities, noting that nursing school will provide ample opportunities for discovery and exploration. Although we are sad to see Adrianne go, we wish her the best as she embarks on this exciting new career.

The Medical Center Library offers training on a variety of topics. Sign up for an upcoming class, customize your own, or schedule an appointment for a research consultation.

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