Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony were held earlier this month. While some Duke alumni were part of the celebrations, the connection between movies and Duke Health is probably not an expected one. One of our most popular past blog posts is When Hollywood came to Duke: The Filming of Brainstorm at the Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine & Environmental Physiology. We encourage you to revisit that post to learn more about the filming of Natalie Wood’s last film and view photographs of her in Duke’s hyperbaric chamber.

After learning about that film’s connection to…

Categories: Archives & Collections

What role does your department play in supporting the library’s mission, and how does your team bring that mission to life for patrons?

Medical Center Archives actively collects the official records of the School of Medicine, Nursing, and all of Duke Health. This includes a variety of materials that tell the story of our institution’s activities, business, and interests…

Categories: Archives & Collections

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: Resources & Tools

This Friday is Match Day 2026!   
Tune in for updates and a video recap from the SOM newsroom. 

@dukeschoolofmedicine 

#MatchDay2026

A new collection in MEDSpace highlights student and trainee scholarship from across the Duke School of Medicine. 

This collection brings together poster presentations and other scholarly work spanning a wide range of clinical topics and research areas. It offers a glimpse into the depth and variety of work being produced by students and trainees across Duke SOM programs. 

MEDSpace, the Medical Center Archives’ digital repository, provides access to Duke Medicine publications, images, and historical materials, making it easier to discover and share this work.

Explore the collection!

Categories: Exhibits

Thanks to you Duke University School of Medicine’s research has advanced to the semifinals of STAT Madness 2026, and now it’s crunch time. To stay in the bracket-style tournament, we need your votes — every single one keeps us in the game.

The national “March Madness–style” competition celebrates the year’s most innovative biomedical research. Duke SOM has two groundbreaking discoveries competing and needs your vote to advance round to round. 

• Duke vs. Tufts University: A newly identified gut sense is a lightning-fast pathway where molecules in the gut bacteria signal the brain within seconds to regulate appetite. 
• Duke vs. Michigan Medicine: Duke's AI model is shooting 84%…

Web of Science (WoS), produced by Clarivate, indexes more than 79 million records across the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. Its databases also include citation types such as datasets, patents, conference proceedings, and books, with coverage dating back to 1900. Web of Science can be used for comprehensive literature searches, citation tracking, and evaluating research impact.

You can access Web of Science and find additional database searching tips through the Medical Center Library.

The Web of Science Training team recently created a video for medical students (and others!) demonstrating how to quickly identify high-impact and…

Categories: Resources & Tools

The Duke Research Data Repository (RDR) has a fresh new look! The RDR—run by Duke University Libraries—recently completed its migration to the TIND RDM platform, bringing smoother deposit workflows and new tools for managing and sharing research data. The RDR is a fully open access general data repository and is not appropriate for sensitive or restricted data such as personally identifiable or personal data health information.

Whether you’ve deposited data before or are considering it for the first time, this upgrade is worth a look. Check out:

• A feature overview and depositor tips in the CDVS blog post from Sophia Lafferty Hess
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Categories: Resources & Tools

Spring has officially sprung, and what better way to celebrate than by sprouting new beginnings with the Medical Center Library & Archives' Spring Seed Library! Inspired by our …

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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

Did you know there is a lactation room available in the Medical Center Library? This dedicated space provides a clean, secure, and user-friendly environment for nursing parents who need to pump or nurse during their time on campus. The room is equipped with comfortable seating, electrical outlets, and privacy features; users must bring their own pumps. This initiative aligns with the library’s commitment to supporting the health and well-being of the Duke community.

The lactation room is 104B Seeley Mudd building. This is Level 1 of the library, located near the computer classroom. 

To register for lactation room use, follow these steps:

1. Set up your DukeCard ID for access: Submit the access…

Categories: Alerts

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On February 25, 2026, the NIH released NOT-OD-26-046 announcing a new simplified and streamlined Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) format. The updated format is intended to reduce applicant burden and support more consistent compliance monitoring. Beginning May 25, 2026, applicants will be required to use this new, shorter, standardized format.

The revised DMSP focuses on a concise set of required elements:

• Three yes/no questions addressing whether the scientific data underlying peer-reviewed publications and other findings resulting from grant will be shared, whether it will be shared by required timelines, and whether it will remain available for…

Categories: Alerts

Have you received an unexpected email inviting you to publish in a journal? Or perhaps you’ve been asked to peer review for a publication you’ve never heard of. You’re not alone. Many researchers are regularly contacted by unfamiliar publishers—and while some invitations are legitimate, others may not be worth your time or your reputation.

With the continued rise of open access publishing and the “pay to publish” model, it’s more important than ever to evaluate journals before engaging with them. Open access can increase the visibility of your work, but it has also fueled the growth of predatory journals—publications that charge authors without providing meaningful editorial oversight or peer review (…

Categories: Resources & Tools

A new collection is now available in MEDSpace highlighting scholarship from the Department of Radiology’s inaugural Radiology Research Day, held January 29, 2026.

Radiology Research Day was developed by Dr. Jon Martin to showcase research conducted by residents and students within the Department of Radiology. After learning about MEDSpace through the 2025 Medical Center Library survey, Dr. Martin partnered with the Medical Center Library & Archives to create a dedicated collection preserving presentations from this event. Contact Dr. Eun Langman for additional…

Categories: Archives & Collections

Clean out your closet for a cause. Donate gently used sneakers in the Level 2 lobby. Shoes are reused or recycled, and proceeds help fund teens’ international travel, including a member of our Environmental Services team’s son.