Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month or Latinx Heritage Month. The theme of this year’s celebrations at Duke is “Our Roots, Our Future.” As custodians of institutional history, we particularly want to highlight the contributions of the Latinx community throughout the history of Duke Health. We invite you to check out some of the resources below from our Archives collections to learn more this month!

Alejandro Barbagelata Oral History Interview  
Dr.…

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Tags: archives, hispanic heritage month

From September 15 through October 15, we recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month and the many contributions of those whose ancestors came from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Spain. 

As leaders, researchers, caregivers, educators, and community health advocates, our Hispanic and Latinx colleagues at Duke Health continue to drive innovation and change the narrative of the healthcare landscape as we know it. Through their rich contributions, we are able to provide more culturally competent patient care, inspire a new generation of health leaders, and embrace a more just environment for everyone to thrive. We are grateful for the compassionate care and commitment to our mission that our Hispanic and Latinx team…

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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides shareable resources to raise awareness about suicide prevention. These include infographics, social media messages, and educational videos. Key topics covered include recognizing warning signs, taking action to help someone in crisis, and spreading information about the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The resources are available in both English and Spanish, and are intended to help communities spread knowledge about how to prevent suicide and support those at risk. 

Help raise awareness about suicide prevention by sharing informational materials based on the latest research. Everyone can play a role to help save lives. Share science. Share hope. #shareNIMH

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Tags: mental health

Join the Duke Initiative for Science & Society in welcoming Richard Sever, Assistant Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and co-founder of the preprint server bioRxiv, to Duke University on October 3rd at 3 pm in Gross Hall 107. Richard will discuss the impact of preprint servers like bioRxiv and medRxiv on accelerating science communication. Learn how these platforms, which separate the dissemination of research from the traditional evaluation process, played a pivotal role during the pandemic by facilitating the rapid sharing of critical discoveries. Explore the evolving landscape of scientific publishing and its move towards a more open and inclusive ecosystem. Don't miss this insightful discussion on the future of science communication!

RSVP…

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Tags: open science

Are you planning a systematic review?  Data extraction can be the most time-consuming steps of a review, but you can set up your team to be more successful by devising your data extraction strategy at the start of your project.

There are two resources available to you and your team to learn more about the data extraction process and help you plan your project and your protocol.

Covidence, a systematic review software tool that Duke subscribes to, has released an eBook titled "A Practical Guide: Data Extraction for Intervention Systematic Reviews." You can use this link to download your FREE copy.

This tool-…

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Tags: systematic reviews, data

Subscription codes for the Lexidrug app (formerly Lexicomp) expire yearly at the end of August. To continue using the app, you must add the new authorization code to your account. Go to Lexidrug and click on the Mobile App Access button. Select your platform and indicate if you are a new or existing customer (those who already have the app installed) for instructions on adding the new code to your subscription.  If you have any issues installing or updating the software, contact the Lexidrug Technical Support Dept at 1.866.397.3433 (option 3) or email them at support@lexi.com. You can also…

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Tags: lexidrug, Lexicomp, mobile apps

Ready to boost your research skills? The Medical Library offers a variety of online classes tailored to healthcare professionals, researchers, and students. 

Sessions include:

• Searching Databases with Confidence: Master PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, or Scopus 
• Conducting Systematic Reviews: Learn more about conducting systematic reviews or how to assess and extract data
• Reference Management Made Easy: Get started with EndNote or Zotero. 
• Selecting Journals for Publication
• Tools for Researchers: Building Your Profile, Measuring your Impact
• Understanding Copyright
• Data Management: Sharing, Requirements, & Repositories 

Visit our class…

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Tags: pubmed, zotero, endnote, cinahl, scopus, systematic reviews

We are excited to announce that our newsletter will soon have a new look and feel starting in September! 

We have migrated all subscribers of the original newsletter to the new newsletter format, so if you are already subscribed, you are all set to receive the new newsletter. If you are not a subscriber, or are new to Duke or the Medical Center Library & Archives, please sign up for the Library’s newsletter to receive important updates and stories! 

 

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📚 Library Welcome Party! 🎉
Date: Monday, August 26
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Kick off the new semester and join us for a fun and informative Library Welcome Party! 

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• 🍧 Eat a Locopop: Cool down with Durham’s favorite popsicles!
• 🎨 Make a Button: Get crafty and create your own button. 
• 📚 Explore Library Resources and Spaces: Discover the best of the Library to help you be successful.
• 📱 Add Mobile Apps to Your Phone: Learn about useful apps to put the Library in your pocket.
• 🆔 Create an ORCID: Set up your unique researcher identifier.

Come meet fellow library enthusiasts, enjoy…

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Are you a health sciences researcher on the medical center campus? Join with other researchers and a facilitator to discuss and explore the question "What is Research Integrity?" in a structured talking circle. This new event format is designed to bring researchers across backgrounds and experience levels together to explore the intersection of research culture and research integrity. Participants will be asked to listen in the circle. All participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts, stories, and perspectives. 

What is Research Integrity? 
August 28th 3:00 - 4:30 pm  
Medical Center Library Room 212C

Registration is full, please join our waiting list

This event counts for RCR-200 credit…

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Seeking quick and reliable answers to your clinical questions? Look no further than the library’s Clinical Tools page! Here you will find a handy list of links to point-of-care resources, decision-support tools, core eBooks, guidelines, and patient education information.

Some of these include:

• DynaMed, which provides evidence-based clinical information concerning diseases, drugs, and other therapies that is highly useful when making decisions about patient care.
• The ability to craft a single search for your patient’s problem/…

Categories: Databases, Explore Tools, Resource Updates

Tags: DynaMed Plus, NNT

Join us for an evening of art, conversation, and refreshments as we celebrate the opening of the “Untold Stories Exhibition.” This exhibit showcases portrait photography and audio interviews co-created by Duke clinicians Dr. Jeffrey Lee, resident physician in internal medicine-psychiatry, Katherine Henderson, chaplain, Elissa Nickolopoulas, social worker, Michelle Tang, medical student, along with patients from the Duke Outpatient Clinic. 

Reception Details:

• Thursday August 1st, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
• Medical Center Library, Seeley G. Mudd Building, Level 3
• Refreshments provided

This photography exhibit draws from The Stories Project, which is funded by the Trent Foundation and Duke Signature Care with faculty mentorship from Drs. John Ike and Jane…

Categories: Events, Exhibits

Agents of Change: Portraits of Activism in the History of Duke Health is an oral history project documenting the work of activists and "change agents" throughout Duke Health’s history. This year-long project team was organized as part of the Bass Connections program and one of four teams connected to the Duke Centennial. Our team was led by Dr. Jeff Baker, Director of the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and History and Rebecca Williams, Archives Librarian. Jonathan Pyka, Sara Spicer, and Lucy Zheng were the graduate team members. Gemma Holland, Ava Meigs,…

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Tags: archives, duke history

This follow-up class to "Systematic Reviews: Practical Steps for Getting Started" provides greater details for quality assessment and data collection to help you in your tasks for successful project completion and publication. Participants will learn about risk of bias (RoB), clyritical appraisal, data extraction in evidence synthesis, and more. Thu. Aug. 22; 3-4p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.

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Tags: systematic reviews

We have recently implemented a new library system, and there are some changes that might affect your experience using our library resources as a result. 

One of these changes is our e-journals interface. With the new system, our e-journals interface looks significantly different. All of the content you are used to seeing remains available in this new interface, and you are still able to search for e-journals from our library website. 

There are a few known issues with this new interface, and you can find those known issues here. 

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we implement these changes and enhance our services. If you…

Categories: Alerts, Resource Updates

Tags: e-journals