Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News
Check out ClinicalKey's Enhancements
Posted On: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 16:38 by Brandi Tuttle
Have you noticed the newly designed front page for ClinicalKey? There have been some massive changes to the resource beyond just a facelift. Read on for more info and tips to get the most out of this great resource!
First, in case you are unfamiliar, Elsevier’s ClinicalKey is a medical search engine that gives you access to:
- Full-text reference books (over a 1000!) and journals including top titles such as Gray’s Anatomy, Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, Braunwald’s Heart Disease, The Lancet and Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Clinical Overviews that provide succinct, easy-to-navigate summaries for quick answers
- Drug monographs
- Clinical calculators
- Practice guidelines
- Customizable patient education handouts
- Drug indications, do not…
Categories: Alerts, Databases, Resource Updates
Tags: clinicalkey, textbooks, e-books, images, calculators
Check out ClinicalKey's Enhancements
Posted On: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 16:38 by Brandi Tuttle
Have you noticed the newly designed front page for ClinicalKey? There have been some massive changes to the resource beyond just a facelift. Read on for more info and tips to get the most out of this great resource!
First, in case you are unfamiliar, Elsevier’s ClinicalKey is a medical search engine that gives you access to:
- Full-text reference books (over a 1000!) and journals including top titles such as Gray’s Anatomy, Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, Braunwald’s Heart Disease, The Lancet and Mayo Clinic Proceedings
- Clinical Overviews that provide succinct, easy-to-navigate summaries for quick answers
- Drug monographs
- Clinical calculators
- Practice guidelines
- Customizable patient education handouts
- Drug indications, do not…
Categories: Alerts, Databases, Resource Updates
Tags: clinicalkey, textbooks, e-books, images, calculators
Test Your Visual Diagnostic Skills!
Posted On: Thursday, September 16, 2021 - 16:49 by Brandi Tuttle
Ready to test your medical diagnostic skills with visual clues (photos, radiographs, EKG, pathology slide, etc)? Using Harrison's Visual Case Challenge, via AccessMedicine, this just got easier! Each challenge presents a case that includes two conditions for each patient, you can make the diagnosis solely based on the visual information provided or you can request more information on the patient before making your diagnosis. Clinical Pearls provided make sure you understand the content. Currently there are nearly 70 covering a variety of general internal medicine topics with more coming!
Here's how you can get started:
- Go to AccessMedicine (if you are off-…
Categories: Resource Updates
Case Files Collection
Posted On: Monday, August 16, 2021 - 15:00 by Steph Hendren
AccessMedicine's complete set of Case Files is now accessible via our Databases page or using the Clinical Tools Libguide.
Offering an interactive format, this comprehensive collection can be incorporated into a digital curricula to help students at all levels learn and apply basic science and clinical medicine concepts in the context of realistic patient cases. Faculty and instructors can utilize the case files to find scenarios for in-class teaching, in addition to providing Step and shelf exam study materials for medical students.
… MORECategories: Explore Tools, Resource Updates
What Review is Right for You?
Posted On: Monday, May 24, 2021 - 00:00 by Sarah Cantrell (she/her/hers)
Many researchers say they want to conduct a systematic review, only to be dismayed by the amount of time, effort, skill, and teamwork required to pull off that feat. Even with time and a good team, the research question might not be best suited to systematic review methodology.
There are actually many other review methodologies that researchers can choose depending on their research question. We've put together a guide to make the distinctions between review types easier to understand and to help guide you in selecting the best methodology for your research question. Our guide includes links to helpful resources, including the newly updated …
MORECategories: Resource Updates
Tags: systematic reviews
Share Your Student Experiences with Us!
Posted On: Monday, May 3, 2021 - 08:09 by Rebecca Williams
Calling all students!
As we approach the end of the academic year, we invite you to share your experiences and perspectives for preservation in the Duke Medical Center Archives. We want to collect documentation of students’ experiences before this history is lost to memory.
We have a short form that asks some reflective questions about your experiences as a health professional student during a worldwide pandemic. It also provides a place for you to upload photographs, videos, or audio recordings that document your year.
These questions are designed to be flexible and are all optional. Your answers will go directly to the Archives and not to school administrators or faculty. You may also choose…
MORETags: archives, duke history, COVID-19
Share Your Student Experiences with Us!
Posted On: Monday, May 3, 2021 - 08:09 by Rebecca Williams
Calling all students!
As we approach the end of the academic year, we invite you to share your experiences and perspectives for preservation in the Duke Medical Center Archives. We want to collect documentation of students’ experiences before this history is lost to memory.
We have a short form that asks some reflective questions about your experiences as a health professional student during a worldwide pandemic. It also provides a place for you to upload photographs, videos, or audio recordings that document your year.
These questions are designed to be flexible and are all optional. Your answers will go directly to the Archives and not to school administrators or faculty. You may also choose…
MORETags: archives, duke history, COVID-19
Share Your Student Experiences with Us!
Posted On: Monday, May 3, 2021 - 08:09 by Rebecca Williams
Calling all students!
As we approach the end of the academic year, we invite you to share your experiences and perspectives for preservation in the Duke Medical Center Archives. We want to collect documentation of students’ experiences before this history is lost to memory.
We have a short form that asks some reflective questions about your experiences as a health professional student during a worldwide pandemic. It also provides a place for you to upload photographs, videos, or audio recordings that document your year.
These questions are designed to be flexible and are all optional. Your answers will go directly to the Archives and not to school administrators or faculty. You may also choose…
MORETags: archives, duke history, COVID-19
American Heart Association E-Books (ACLS, BLS, PALS)
Posted On: Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 17:29 by Beverly Murphy
The Medical Center iIbrary & Archives offers electronic access to ACLS, BLS and PALS which are licensed for six simultaneous users.
Note: Please be sure to log out when you are done so others can get access.
The provider manuals are linked from our Clinical Tools page, the Online Catalog, and listed below for your convenience.
MORECategories: Alerts, Explore Tools, Resource Updates
American Heart Association E-Books (ACLS, BLS, PALS)
Posted On: Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 17:29 by Beverly Murphy
The Medical Center iIbrary & Archives offers electronic access to ACLS, BLS and PALS which are licensed for six simultaneous users.
Note: Please be sure to log out when you are done so others can get access.
The provider manuals are linked from our Clinical Tools page, the Online Catalog, and listed below for your convenience.
MORECategories: Alerts, Explore Tools, Resource Updates
American Heart Association E-Books (ACLS, BLS, PALS)
Posted On: Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 17:29 by Beverly Murphy
The Medical Center iIbrary & Archives offers electronic access to ACLS, BLS and PALS which are licensed for six simultaneous users.
Note: Please be sure to log out when you are done so others can get access.
The provider manuals are linked from our Clinical Tools page, the Online Catalog, and listed below for your convenience.
MORECategories: Alerts, Explore Tools, Resource Updates
American Heart Association E-Books (ACLS, BLS, PALS)
Posted On: Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 17:29 by Beverly Murphy
The Medical Center iIbrary & Archives offers electronic access to ACLS, BLS and PALS which are licensed for six simultaneous users.
Note: Please be sure to log out when you are done so others can get access.
The provider manuals are linked from our Clinical Tools page, the Online Catalog, and listed below for your convenience.
MORECategories: Alerts, Explore Tools, Resource Updates
Clinical Mobile Apps
Posted On: Monday, January 25, 2021 - 09:17 by Sarah Cantrell (she/her/hers)
In a world where the Medical Library now lives in your hand with many Duke-provided mobile apps, let's make sure you know that:
- The Lexicomp app requires a subscription code (provided via Duke's institutional license). This code changes yearly. Make sure you go to Lexicomp, click on the Mobile App Access button, and follow their instructions to update your subscription code.
- If you are a new to Duke, you may need to let your existing UpToDate subscription lapse prior to setting up your account through the Duke.
- You can get CME/CE earned from UpToDate and DynaMed. These will fulfill MOC CME requirements of some ABMS Member Boards including the ABIM.
- The Library offers the Johns Hopkins ABX…
Categories: Explore Tools
Tags: mobile apps
A Year in Review: 2020 Additions to the Duke University Medical Center Archives
Posted On: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 14:42 by Rebecca Williams
The Duke University Medical Center Archives (DUMCA) actively collects the official records of the DUMC and DUHS departments and divisions, including a variety of materials that provide evidence of business, interests, and activities through the years. In doing so, the DUMCA serves as the institutional memory of the DUMC and DUHS by collecting, preserving, and making accessible materials that provide evidence of day to operations. Guided by our collection development policy, we strive to document the intellectual, administrative, social, cultural, and visual history of the DUMC and DUHS in order to provide evidence of past actions and contribute to an understanding of the structure and history of the DUMC and DUHS. See below for a listing of materials added to the DUMCA. The types of… MORE
Stay Up-to-date with Read by QXMD or Researcher!
Posted On: Friday, October 16, 2020 - 09:05 by Sarah Cantrell (she/her/hers)
Feel like you are missing important articles? Struggling to stay up-to-date with your favorite journals? Want easier access to the full text articles on your mobile phone? Tools like Read by QxMD or Researcher allow you to create personalized feeds of the research that matters to you. They're mobile-friendly, free, and set up is easy!
First, create an account at Read by QxMD (https://read.qxmd.com/) or Researcher (https://www.researcher-app.com/). You can also search in the Google Play or Apple App stores to download the apps.
- For Read by QxMD, make sure…
Categories: Explore Tools
Tags: mobile apps