Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News December 2024 Archive

Duke Medical Center Library & Archives offers an institutional site license for Covidence!

What is Covidence?
Web-based software platform designed to facilitate the systematic review process. It can also be used for other reviews and evidence synthesis projects. 

What does Covidence do?
 Assists with multiple steps in the systematic review process, including:

• Importing data from citation management tools like EndNote or databases
• Screening and selecting studies
• Resolving conflicts
• Extracting study data
• Assessing study quality/risk of bias
• Exporting data to multiple file types
• Creating PRISMA flow diagrams

How do I access Covidence?…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: covidence, systematic reviews

The NIH is implementing several changes to grant applications and peer review processes in 2025. These changes will affect how grants are submitted and reviewed. For the latest updates, visit their Changes Coming For 2025 webpage.

Summary of Changes in 2025:

• Simplified Review Framework: A new, streamlined framework for the peer review of most research project grant (RPG) applications will begin with submissions due on or after January 25, 2025.
• Updated Application Forms (FORMS-I): New application forms and instructions will be required for submissions with due dates on or after January 25, 2025.
• Revised Fellowship and Training Grant…

Categories: Alerts

Tags: NIH, grants, ORCID, SciENcv

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled its new Public Access Policy, which will take effect on December 31, 2025. This policy marks a significant update from the 2008 version, which required NIH-funded research articles to be accessible on PubMed Central (PMC) within 12 months of publication. The new policy eliminates this 12-month embargo, ensuring immediate access to NIH-funded research upon publication.

Key Points of the New Policy:

• No Open Access Fees Required: Compliance with the policy does not require payment of open access fees to journals. Authors simply need to deposit their accepted manuscripts into PMC upon publication.
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Categories: Alerts

Tags: NIH Public Access Policy, NIH

Learn more about the activities and accomplishments of the Medical Center Library & Archives in our 2024 Annual Snapshot. 

We deliver collections, foster lifelong learning, capture institutional history, create connections, and promote discovery and inquiry. Our staff are our best resource and can guide you to the information you need for research, learning, and clinical care.

"On the same day Wilburt Davison, MD, was appointed as the first dean of Duke’s School of Medicine, he began planning a library that would serve as the backbone of medical education at Duke."1

Since its inception in 1927, the Duke University Medical Center Library has grown from a visionary idea to an essential educational and clinical care resource. Originally known as the Duke University Hospital Library, our name evolved along with our roles. Explore our storied history and enduring impact on the Duke community.

Read the full story.

1. First, a library: celebrating Duke University Medical…

Tags: duke history

Your 2024 Library Wrapped is here! Look back and celebrate on how you used the medical library over the past year. 

What was the most popular study space? Which journals did you read the most? What was the most circulated item?

It's all revealed in this short video!

On behalf of the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives, thank you for a wonderful year.

We’re thrilled to announce that the Library now offers access to NEJM AI, the newest monthly journal from NEJM Group. This cutting-edge publication delves into how artificial intelligence and machine learning are transforming clinical medicine. 

What You'll Find in NEJM AI 

NEJM AI bridges the gap between advancements in AI and their practical applications in healthcare. The journal’s wide-ranging content is designed to engage clinicians, researchers, and students alike. Key topics include: 

• Biomedical Informatics: Exploring data management and analytics in medicine. 
• Telemedicine & Personalized Medicine: Examining the role of AI in enhancing patient care. 
• Medical Imaging: Highlighting advancements in AI-powered diagnostics…

Categories: Resource Updates

Tags: e-journals

In 2024, Duke University launched a celebration of its centennial—a historic opportunity to recognize Duke’s extraordinary past, communicate the impact of the present and look toward the potential of Duke’s future.

Duke University was established in 1924 when James B. Duke, through the Indenture of Trust, designated a gift that transformed Trinity College into a comprehensive research university. An additional bequest of his established the Schools of Medicine and Nursing and Duke Hospital in 1925, and in 1927. Noted pediatrician Wilburt Davison of Johns Hopkins University was named Duke medical school’s first dean. Since its founding, the Duke University School of Medicine has been mission-driven in its focus to transform education, research, patient care, and community…

Categories: Events

Tags: duke history