Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News June 2024 Archive

In July we celebrate Disability Pride Month. Check out these resources that we have available in our Reading Room on Level 1. All items are available for checkout. You can also place a hold for pickup via the catalog here. All summaries are taken from the publishers. 

Disability Visibility : First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century 

Edited by Alice Wong 

From Harriet McBryde Johnson's account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond- this anthology gives a glimpse…

Launched in 2018, the All of Us Research Program is an NIH longitudinal cohort study aimed at advancing precision medicine and improving human health by partnering with more than one million US participants. To provide rich opportunities for researchers in all career stages, the All of Us program is building a unique biomedical dataset of expansive health data from diverse populations, particularly those underrepresented in biomedical research.

What kind of data is available? Data from the All of Us Research Program includes electronic health records (EHRs), biospecimens, participant surveys (including social determinants of health), genomics, physical measurements, and mobile/wearable tech. There are currently 804,000+…

Tags: research, for researchers, data

Li Ma, Associate Director, Content & Discovery

As we prepare to launch our new library system, Alma, on July 10, 2024, we want to keep you informed about a few important changes that might impact your experience at the Medical Center Library & Archives.

• The Service Desk and Reading Room will close at 3p on July 5 and reopen at 8a on July 8.
• Requesting items from the Books & Media Catalog will be temporarily unavailable from July 5 to 10. During this time, access to our online journals, articles and databases will remain available.
• After Alma goes live on July 10:
  • Online journal search results will be presented in a new interface
  • The Books and Media Catalog will emphasize library-…

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All the libraries at Duke University, including the Medical Center Library & Archives, are migrating to a new library system called Alma. As part of the transition, we will be retiring our self-checkout machine beginning July 1.

If you find an item that you would like to checkout, please bring it to the Library Service Desk, located on level 2R. Our staff are eager to assist you with any borrowing questions and transactions at the desk.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we implement these changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at 919.660.1100 or mclibrary-collections@duke.…

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Lexicomp is now known as Lexidrug™! 

Lexidrug, through the UpToDate® suite of tools, is a collection of content sets and clinical tools that provide robust clinical drug information. The home screen provides you quick access to Lexidrug content via a global search or through their clinical tools. The blue clinical tool bar at the top of the database still connects you directly to individual clinical decision support tools such as Trissel's IV Compatability, Drug Identifier, Interactions, Calculators, and more. The mobile app is still available, see our Mobile Apps guide for more information!

NOTE: The…

Tags: Lexicomp, drugs, lexidrug