Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News

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Categories: Alerts, Databases

Bad grammar might distract readers from an otherwise good paper or make your work more difficult to read and comprehend. On the other hand, good writing may make an otherwise bad paper appear better than it is. 

Here are some explanations for a few common mistakes in scientific writing: 

• Incorrectly writing units or incorrectly using hyphens
• Use hyphens with adjectives. My camera has a 24-mm lens, but the lens is 24 mm. 
• Remember to put a space between the number and unit if there isn't a hyphen.
• The not-so-simple instructions were not so helpful. 
• Here's more from Grammar Girl about…

Tags: grammar, scientific writing, writing, writing support

Bad grammar might distract readers from an otherwise good paper or make your work more difficult to read and comprehend. On the other hand, good writing may make an otherwise bad paper appear better than it is. 

Here are some explanations for a few common mistakes in scientific writing: 

• Incorrectly writing units or incorrectly using hyphens
• Use hyphens with adjectives. My camera has a 24-mm lens, but the lens is 24 mm. 
• Remember to put a space between the number and unit if there isn't a hyphen.
• The not-so-simple instructions were not so helpful. 
• Here's more from Grammar Girl about…

Tags: grammar, scientific writing, writing, writing support

Bad grammar might distract readers from an otherwise good paper or make your work more difficult to read and comprehend. On the other hand, good writing may make an otherwise bad paper appear better than it is. 

Here are some explanations for a few common mistakes in scientific writing: 

• Incorrectly writing units or incorrectly using hyphens
• Use hyphens with adjectives. My camera has a 24-mm lens, but the lens is 24 mm. 
• Remember to put a space between the number and unit if there isn't a hyphen.
• The not-so-simple instructions were not so helpful. 
• Here's more from Grammar Girl about…

Tags: grammar, scientific writing, writing, writing support

Bad grammar might distract readers from an otherwise good paper or make your work more difficult to read and comprehend. On the other hand, good writing may make an otherwise bad paper appear better than it is. 

Here are some explanations for a few common mistakes in scientific writing: 

• Incorrectly writing units or incorrectly using hyphens
• Use hyphens with adjectives. My camera has a 24-mm lens, but the lens is 24 mm. 
• Remember to put a space between the number and unit if there isn't a hyphen.
• The not-so-simple instructions were not so helpful. 
• Here's more from Grammar Girl about…

Tags: grammar, scientific writing, writing, writing support

If you need an article not available in our e-journals or catalog, try Unpaywall for an open access version. First, install the Unpaywall browser extension for Chrome or Firefox. Then when viewing an article, click the green tab for open access that automatically appears on the right side of the browser when an open access version is available. 

Unpaywall finds open access content through a variety of sources, including PubMed Central, the Directory of…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: open access

ClinicalKey is an online search tool for e-books, journals, Procedures Consult, First Consult, surgical Vitals and other clinical information. ClinicalKey provides access to more than 1,000 e-books in medicine and surgery and evidence-based content to help nurses find answers to clinical questions at the point of care.

Over time, the content of ClinicalKey changes. Books and journals are added and removed from the database. Here are two easy ways to keep up with changes to ClinicalKey content:

• Check the ClinicalKey Content Updates Website
• …

Categories: Databases

Tags: clinicalkey, e-books, e-journals

ClinicalKey is an online search tool for e-books, journals, Procedures Consult, First Consult, surgical Vitals and other clinical information. ClinicalKey provides access to more than 1,000 e-books in medicine and surgery and evidence-based content to help nurses find answers to clinical questions at the point of care.

Over time, the content of ClinicalKey changes. Books and journals are added and removed from the database. Here are two easy ways to keep up with changes to ClinicalKey content:

• Check the ClinicalKey Content Updates Website
• …

Categories: Databases

Tags: clinicalkey, e-books, e-journals

ClinicalKey is an online search tool for e-books, journals, Procedures Consult, First Consult, surgical Vitals and other clinical information. ClinicalKey provides access to more than 1,000 e-books in medicine and surgery and evidence-based content to help nurses find answers to clinical questions at the point of care.

Over time, the content of ClinicalKey changes. Books and journals are added and removed from the database. Here are two easy ways to keep up with changes to ClinicalKey content:

• Check the ClinicalKey Content Updates Website
• …

Categories: Databases

Tags: clinicalkey, e-books, e-journals

Effective April 25th, our e-journals platform switched over to the current EBSCO platform, which is the same as what we use for our metasearch engine, SmartSearch.

To navigate this new page:

• Type in the name of the journal or a significant word from the journal title (does not have to be case sensitive). The system will pick up all journal titles with that word as part of the title. Note: The word may also appear or be mapped to other fields in the record (eg. journal description, publisher information, etc). The former alphabetical (A-Z)…

Categories: Alerts

Tags: e-journals, journals

Effective April 25th, our e-journals platform switched over to the current EBSCO platform, which is the same as what we use for our metasearch engine, SmartSearch.

To navigate this new page:

• Type in the name of the journal or a significant word from the journal title (does not have to be case sensitive). The system will pick up all journal titles with that word as part of the title. Note: The word may also appear or be mapped to other fields in the record (eg. journal description, publisher information, etc). The former alphabetical (A-Z)…

Categories: Alerts

Tags: e-journals, journals

Ever get nervous about formatting citations? Here’s an overview of a few common issues when citing journal articles in often-used styles (APA, AMA, and Chicago)

In most cases, you can easily export citation information from databases like PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, etc. into a reference management system like EndNote. However, you have to be careful about how that data is entered to ensure that your final citations are correct.

APA Style

When citing a journal article, use the following basic format:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: citation management, endnote, reference management, citations, APA

Ever get nervous about formatting citations? Here’s an overview of a few common issues when citing journal articles in often-used styles (APA, AMA, and Chicago)

In most cases, you can easily export citation information from databases like PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, etc. into a reference management system like EndNote. However, you have to be careful about how that data is entered to ensure that your final citations are correct.

APA Style

When citing a journal article, use the following basic format:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: citation management, endnote, reference management, citations, APA

Ever get nervous about formatting citations? Here’s an overview of a few common issues when citing journal articles in often-used styles (APA, AMA, and Chicago)

In most cases, you can easily export citation information from databases like PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, etc. into a reference management system like EndNote. However, you have to be careful about how that data is entered to ensure that your final citations are correct.

APA Style

When citing a journal article, use the following basic format:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: citation management, endnote, reference management, citations, APA

Ever get nervous about formatting citations? Here’s an overview of a few common issues when citing journal articles in often-used styles (APA, AMA, and Chicago)

In most cases, you can easily export citation information from databases like PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, etc. into a reference management system like EndNote. However, you have to be careful about how that data is entered to ensure that your final citations are correct.

APA Style

When citing a journal article, use the following basic format:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical…

Categories: Explore Tools

Tags: citation management, endnote, reference management, citations, APA