Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News Category: Alerts

The New NIH Data Policy is Here!
Posted On: Sunday, January 22, 2023 - 11:13 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.
The new NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy went into effect on January 25, 2023! This means that if you are submitting a NIH grant application that will produce scientific data, you now need to include a 1-2 page data management plan that describes the type and format of data you plan to collect or produce and how you will share and preserve it. At the time of the grant application, you will now need to plan for how you are going to manage and share your data. To support you with this process, we have provided a list helpful resources.
NIH Support
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Tags: NIH, data management, data management plans, data sharing

Need to Write a DMS Plan? Use DMPTool!
Posted On: Sunday, January 22, 2023 - 08:41 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.
If your research will be NIH-funded, you will need to include a data management and sharing (DMS) plan with your grant application as of January 25, 2023. You can use the NIH optional DMS Plan format page to create your plan, but why not take advantage of the free, online DMPTool managed by the California Digital Library? DMPTool provides a click-through wizard that walks you through the DMP creation process using an NIH template along with helpful guidance from both NIH and Duke.
There are several reasons why Duke researchers should use the DMPTool:
- Duke authentication through Shibboleth (choose Duke, login with NetID and password)
- …
Categories: Alerts
Tags: data management plans, data sharing, NIH

Check out a Digital Health Device!
Posted On: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - 16:36 by Brandi Tuttle
As researchers continue to include digital health devices in their research the Duke Mobile App Gateway and the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives are proud to offer access to digital health devices that can be used in research and pilot projects across Duke.
The Digital Health Device Collection enables researchers, clinicians, students and consumers to explore the capabilities and features of digital health devices to inform their research project design or purchasing decisions for their own projects. Our devices can be borrowed by researchers across Duke Health and Duke University considering digital health devices for their research or clinical…
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Tags: mobile devices, mobile apps, digital health

NIH Public Access Policy Compliance Revisited
Posted On: Monday, July 18, 2022 - 10:27 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.
Did you know that your peer-reviewed publications from NIH-funded grants must be deposited into PubMed Central (PMC) upon acceptance of publication and made available to the public in PMC within 12 months of publication? This is the requirement of the NIH Public Access Policy, which mandates that the public has access to published results of your NIH-funded research.
Here are some tips for ensuring that you are in compliance!
- As soon as your manuscript is published, ensure that it is submitted to PubMed Central. There are many options to do this, and it usually depends on the journal where your work is published. Sometimes the journal will do it for…
Categories: Alerts
Tags: NIH, NIH Public Access Policy

Sciwheel Subscription Ending
Posted On: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 - 09:25 by Sarah Cantrell (she/her/hers)
The Duke University Libraries will no longer support the Sciwheel citation management tool. Access will end on June 30, 2022.
If you are a Sciwheel user, 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 instructions on how to export your citations.
Categories: Alerts, Resource Updates
Tags: sciwheel

Transformative Agreement with Cambridge University Press
Posted On: Friday, February 25, 2022 - 22:26 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.
Authors who want to publish an article in an open access journal or publish in a standard subscription journal as an open access article, typically need to pay an "article processing charge" (APC) in order to cover the cost of publishing by the publisher. Duke University Libraries, including the Medical Center Library & Archives, now have a "Read and Publish" agreement, also known as a "transformative agreement," with Cambridge University Press(CUP) so Duke researchers can publish articles open access at no cost in specific journals covered by this agreement. In addition, users will have access to CUP's journal content. To find out what CUP journals fall under this agreement, use CUP’s…
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New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy!
Posted On: Friday, February 25, 2022 - 16:38 by Lesley Skalla, Ph.D.
In October of 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced its new Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy. Beginning in January 2023, this policy will require that all NIH researchers prospectively plan for how their scientific data and accompanying metadata will be preserved and shared by submitting a Data Management and Sharing Plan in their grant applications. This new plan goes into effect on January 25, 2023 replacing the current Data Management and Sharing Policy from 2003. The new policy continues NIH's commitment to making sure that the results and outputs of NIH funded…
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Tags: NIH, data management, data sharing

Journals for 2022: List of Cancellations & Additions
Posted On: Saturday, February 5, 2022 - 09:40 by Megan Von Isenburg
There are several changes to Duke's journal subscriptions for 2022. Library staff across Duke have been working together to renegotiate large "Big Deal" packages with publishers Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley that were up for regular renewal, with an eye toward containing excessive annual increases for journal prices. When reviewing specific journal titles, we examined several variables, including usage data, journal price, article cost-per-use, journal Impact Factor, and the number of articles by Duke researchers in the journal.
While these cancellations will mean that the journals will no longer be available for immediate access at Duke, journal articles not available through university subscriptions can be requested through our …
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Tags: journals, e-journals

Journal Additions for 2022
Posted On: Thursday, February 3, 2022 - 20:46 by Beverly Murphy
These titles have been added to our subscriptions because they meet our criteria for inclusion based on cost, usage, journal quality, and relevance.
- Acta Ophthalmologica
- Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
- Clinical Genetics
- Clinical Simulation in Nursing
- Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
- Epilepsia
- European Journal of Cancer Care
- Experimental Dermatology
- European Journal of Neurology
- European Journal of Pain
- European Urology Oncology
- EXPLORE
- Geriatrics & Gerontology International
- International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- …
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Tags: journals, e-journals

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…
MORECategories: 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

NEJM Evidence is Here
Posted On: Saturday, January 22, 2022 - 03:55 by Beverly Murphy
We are excited to announce the addition of NEJM Evidence to our collection. This new, monthly digital journal is focused on clinical study design and decision-making.
Categories: Alerts, Explore Tools, Resource Updates
Tags: e-journals

Journal Changes for 2022
Posted On: Tuesday, January 18, 2022 - 23:37 by Beverly Murphy
Several changes are coming to the to the journal collections at Duke.
Duke University libraries have been working together to renegotiate large "Big Deal" packages with Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Negotiations are still underway, but we expect that there will be journal cancellations and other changes starting in early 2022. These large "Big Deal" packages of journals function something like a cable or streaming package, where many titles are included for one annual sum and continued access is contingent on continued subscription. We are making changes to both packages and directly-subscribed titles based on data for journal usage, impact, and costs with goals to meet research needs, maximize budgets, and foster a sustainable scholarly…
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Tags: e-journals, journals

Changes to the E-Journals Page
Posted On: Saturday, December 11, 2021 - 16:02 by Beverly Murphy
Effective December 16, all links to E-journals will take you to a search for E-Journals on all subjects and disciplines and not just those for the Medical Center Library & Archives. This is similar to searching for e-journals in the library catalog which includes resources for all the libraries across Duke. During this transition, we welcome your feedback, comments and questions at mclibrary-collections@duke.edu.
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Tags: e-journals

Journal Impact Factor News
Posted On: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - 10:32 by Margaret Graton
Did you notice a jump in the Journal Citations Report Impact Factor for one of your favorite journals this year? If so, good catch!
Journal Impact Factor calculations depend on the calendar year of publication. For journals that still publish in print, Clarivate traditionally used the print publication date to determine the year of publication. However, in the past 20 years, various models of online publication (early view, advance access, accepted articles) have been introduced. Typically, these online articles are citable with a stable DOI, weeks to months before they appear in a print issue, but have not been counted in the Journal Impact Factor until their print publication date.
For 2021, Clarivate has changed the game. …
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Tags: impact factor