Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News March 2025 Archive

Wednesday, April 30, 2025  |  Noon - 1:00pm  |  Online

Enhance your research capabilities by learning the most effective ways to use AI with a focus on literature searches and research queries. This hour long session will delve into the ethical considerations of using AI in research, provide guidance on creating effective prompts, and demonstrate the practical applications of two advanced AI tools, Copilot and Elicit. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your research toolkit with cutting-edge AI technology. 

Join our wonderful librarian instructors online as they help you to understand the ethical challenges associated with the use of AI tools for research, create effective prompts, and learn how to utilize two different AI tools for your research.

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Categories: Classes

We offer a variety of free online classes to help you get ahead. Taking a library class can significantly improve your research skills, helping you master advanced database searching and use tools that streamline your workflow. You'll also enhance your writing by efficiently managing citations and references, allowing you to focus more on your content. For those in clinical fields, these classes offer valuable insights into staying up-to-date with evidence-based resources, ultimately helping you locate the best clinical literature. Plus, our expert librarians are available to offer tailored support and guidance during each session. 

Here’s a glimpse of the upcoming classes you can sign up for by topic… 

📚 Publishing: We offer classes such as Understanding…

Categories: Classes

Tags: pubmed, endnote, copyright, scopus, systematic reviews

Did you know that the Medical Center Library has a garden? As the weather gets warmer, we welcome you to our visit our terrace on the north side of Seeley Mudd building facing the Duke Hospital to explore the garden. 

 
Susan Carlton Smith Cavanagh, former Assistant Curator of the Trent Collection and a botanical illustrator, was the first to suggest a medical garden for the library. In 1976, she and the Curator of the Trent Collection, G.S.T. Cavanagh, established the initial plantings on the Mudd building's northwest terrace. To the right, they are pictured in the garden circa 1978. They created an initial guide to the…

Tags: space

We have been preparing our community for the May 25, 2025 start date that would have required NIH applicants to use the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) to create and submit biosketches and Current and Pending Other Support documents. SciENcv is an online profile system for researchers involved with federal research funding. The original implementation date of May 25, 2025 has been postponed by NIH. They will issue future Guide Notices outlining the new effective date and additional implementation details will be finalized. The Medical…

Categories: Alerts

Tags: NIH, SciENcv

Spring has officially sprung, and what better way to celebrate than by sprouting new beginnings with the Medical Center Library & Archives' new Seed Library! Inspired by our Medical Garden, our goal is to help our community cultivate gardens filled with medicinal and native plants.

Located at the Service Desk on Level 2R, the Seed Library offers a variety of seeds that are completely free and ready to plant! Most of these seeds fall within the medicinal and native plant categories, making them perfect for those interested in growing a garden with health benefits and ecological value.

Seeds currently available:

• Eastern Columbine
• Cardinal Flower
• Hoary Skullcap 
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Recent federal efforts have aimed to reduce spending and costs associated with research. 

Access to high-quality published research – including results from clinical trials, laboratory studies, and detailed descriptions of research methodologies – is an essential foundation for all research programs, as well as for patient care and biomedical education.

As a central administrative service, the Medical Center Library helps cut costs for researchers and Duke as a whole. Rather than researchers purchasing individual articles for as much as $40 - $60 each, our curated collections of journals are available for the whole institution at no additional individual cost.

In 2023, our top journals were used more than 1.5 million times. If these articles were purchased…

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 2025.

Additions  
The following title is being added to our subscriptions because it meets our criteria for inclusion based on cost, usage, journal quality, and relevance.

• NEJM AI 
• ACI – Applied Clinical Informatics
• Digestive Disease Interventions
• Drug Research Drug Discovery, Development, Evaluation, Translational Medicine
• Methods of Information in Medicine

New Platforms   
The following journal titles will now be…

Categories: Resource Outages, Resource Updates

With numerous databases and thousands of journals, locating the full-text article can sometimes be a challenge! In this post, we will offer several tips and strategies for connecting you to full-text articles. 

First things first: Always access resources through the Library Website 
An important step is to make sure that you access our databases (e.g., PubMed, CINAHL) and our journals via our library website so that these resources recognize your connection to and affiliation with Duke. 

How do I access full-text articles when searching databases? 
When you connect to a database like PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science (and others!) and conduct a search to locate literature, each…

Are you looking for a full-text article or a physical book that the Medical Center Library does not own?? We have a service that will help! 

To order resources that the library does not own, you can utilize our InterLibrary Loan Service. Here are a few highlights of this service: 

• You can submit requests for full-text PDFs online
• There is no charge to Duke students, faculty, or staff 
• Includes journal articles and book chapters delivered to you as emailed PDF links
• 1 to 4 day turn-around for most requests (larger requests may take longer than 4 days to fill)

Tips for using this service…

March is Women’s History Month! Learn more about Duke history by checking out our online exhibit: Women in Duke Health.

This exhibit highlights women in multiple fields at Duke, many of which were pioneers or firsts in their disciplines. It looks at their stories and the context in which those stories took place through oral histories. We encourage you to listen to the recordings or read the transcripts of these women talking about their experiences.   
Further historical perspective is presented through individual profiles and interviews, a general timeline of events, and background interviews conducted with people who have a longtime view of Duke Medicine.

View the online exhibit…

Categories: Exhibits

Tags: women, archives, duke history

Graduation is an important and exciting time of change for many students. Sadly, one of these changes may involve losing access to many Duke resources such as library subscriptions to journals and databases.

Before You Lose Access

• Go through your saved citations and PDFs and decide which ones you want to keep. If there are any articles that you would like to get PDFs for, do this before you leave while you still have access to free full text.
• Evaluate your citation manager needs before you leave. If you are using Endnote, double-check that you have the most current version on a personal device. This access will last you for a couple years, but you will have to repurchase it at some…

Categories: Databases

Tags: citation management, reference management, open access