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DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER LIBRARY NEWSLETTER #249 MARCH 1996 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR LIBRARY HOURS I don’t know how many times I’ve been asked when our entire collection Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 Midnight of journals will be available online! New technologies for connectivity Saturday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm are already in place -- fiber optics, ISDN, Internet, support for remote Sunday 12:00 noon - 12:00 Midnight connections via SLIP/PPP, and the Medical Center’s Common Services Network. Challenges libraries face include copyright restrictions, the over- whelming task of scanning documents (most likely done by commercial PHONE NUMBERS vendors), storing large amounts of data, and purchasing more powerful computers. User expectations are growing. I do know that as an initial A-to-Z Information Express 660-1135 step, after having tested the full-text New England Journal of Medicine, Acquisitions 660-1115 we plan to subscribe to the OVID Core Biomedical Collection of 15 Administration 660-1150 journals, updated monthly, from 1993 onward. Cited references will have Cataloging 660-1120 Circulation 660-1100 links to MEDLINE and full-text documents when available. Initially, Collection Development 660-1122 Medical Center Library users of this Collection will view the text only. History of Medicine 660-1144 We plan to purchase Web client/server and Z39.50 software to support Interlibrary Loan 660-1135 full-text graphics and provide a standard method for accessing a variety Learning Resources 660-1160 of electronic resources. In the future, we will review new full-text MLEC 660-1190 collections as they become available. Reference Services 660-1111 Journals 660-1110 The journals included in the Core Biomedical Collection are: Systems 660-1195 American Journal of Medicine American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology IN THIS ISSUE American Journal of Surgery Message from the Director......................1 Annals of Internal Medicine DRA Highlights..................................... 2 Reference Gems..................................... 2 Archives of General Psychiatry Information Explosion!...........................3 British Medical Journal History of Medicine-Wilson Collection... 3 Canadian Medical Association Journal Getting Connected to the Internet............4 Circulation DUMC Web Activities........................... 5 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internet Insights..................................... 5 Spotlighted Software..............................6 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume) New Journal Subscriptions..................... 6 Journal of Clinical Investigation MLEC Classroom Reservation Form...... 6 The Lancet Want to Learn More about the Internet?..6 New England Journal of Medicine Recent Books by DUMC Authors...........7 OVID Search Hint................................. 8 Pediatrics Staff News.............................................8 Science Library Educational Offerings................ 9 Susan Feinglos DRA HIGHLIGHTS Remote access to Newspaper Index: Trying to find the name of the new prescription cream For access outside the Library, dial-in to 681-4900 and recently approved by the FDA for reducing wrinkles? use the following modem parameters: full duplex; no (Renova, approved Jan. 1996) Want to know who’s the parity; 8 databits and 1 stopbit. Type “library” at the oldest known living person? (Jeanne Calment of France, “command” prompt and again at the “username” prompt. aged 121!) Or just wondering what’s being reported about You will then be asked to supply your Duke ID number Duke University in the national press? You need (library barcode number, student ID number, or em- Newspaper Index! ployee ID number), since access to this database is restricted to persons affiliated with the Triangle Research Library Newspaper Index provides references to articles from 27 Network (TRLN) institutions. If you are not affiliated with regional and national newspapers in the United States, any of these institutions, you will only be able to access the including the Afro-American, Atlanta Constitution, library catalog. You may also access DRA directly: telnet Barron’s National Business and Financial Weekly, Los to 152.3.7.2 and type “library” at the “username” prompt. Angeles Times, New York Times (and its Book Review sec- tion), USA TODAY, and the Washington Post. Coverage At the Duke Library Services menu, choose #4 General begins with 1989 material, with the exception of the Wall Indexes and Databases. Then choose #9 Newspaper Street Journal, which is included from 1990 forward. Index. (Earlier references, covering the years 1985-88, are avail- able on a CD-ROM version of the database in the reference For additional information on searching Newspaper area of Perkins Library). Index or other databases, contact Reference Services at 660- 1111 or send email to [email protected]. Newspaper Index uses the National Information Standards Organization’s Z39.50 Common Command Language, the Anne Powers same set of commands used in the keyword mode of the original DRA online catalog search interface. The data- REFERENCE GEMS base can be searched by keyword only. Keywords include dates and words in authors’ names, article titles, abstracts, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a one- subject headings, and journal names. The full display volume collection of comprehensively indexed tables on format includes the bibliographic citation, indexing terms, social, political, and economic topics from various sources. and a brief abstract of the article. Published annually since 1878, this long-running summary of statistics includes data from both government and pri- The following example demonstrates some of the basic vate sources. Although emphasis is primarily given to search and display commands: national data, many of the tables present data for regions, fi duke university [to find records containing the individual states, and some metropolitan areas and cities. phrase “duke university”] One main function of the Abstract is to serve as a guide to other statistical publications and sources. fi s1 and research? [to find records from set 1 that also contain any word starting with the stem “research.” Each section of the Abstract is preceded by explanatory This will retrieve research, researchers, researching, text. The appendices include sources of statistics alpha- etc.] betically arranged by subject. Use the keyword index to quickly locate tables relevant to your topic. The Medical di [to display records in the last search statement, with Center Library keeps the current five years of the Abstract citations and subject headings] at all times. di s1 fu 1-5 [to display the first five records from the Hattie Vines first set, in full format] sto [to stop searching and exit the database] Has Your Name or Address Changed? Name and address changes or any comments regarding For help using search commands and moving through the our newsletter may be sent to our email address at database, type he and then press <enter> at the search [email protected]. This mailbox will be checked prompt. daily, Monday-Friday. 2 INFORMATION EXPLOSION! Services A-to-Z Information Express The Medical Center Library has a variety of information Loansome DOC Fact Sheet bulletins available for distribution at no cost. These hand- Computerized Searching in the Medical Center Library outs provide more detailed discussion of several specific Reference Services Available Electronically reference tools, special services, and resources for various Systems Providing Access to MEDLINE and Other Data- disciplines. Included are the following titles: bases General If you are interested in obtaining any of these handouts, Library Guide please stop by the Information Desk at the Library or call General Information 660-1111. Most of the database handouts are available Duke Medical Center Library Facts & Figures: 1994/95 via dumclib, and many of the others are accessible via the Medical Library Education Center (MLEC) Reference Services homepage at http://www.mc.duke.edu/ mclibrary/ref/handouts/index.html. These handouts may Databases be freely reproduced. DUMCLIB Access Instructions OVID Databases MEDLINE, Cancerlit, and Health HISTORY OF MEDICINE MEDLINE Field Guide RUBY L. WILSON COLLECTION Current Contents Search Current Contents Search Field Guide The History of Medicine Collections have recently acquired PsycINFO thirty nursing titles of historical interest to add to the Ruby PsycINFO Field Guide L. Wilson Collection. The volumes cover a wide and Nursing and Allied Health Field Guide varied range of material including nurses and nursing in Saving (Downloading) Documents the Civil War or Vietnam, district nursing in the British At Library Workstations Isles, the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky, nursing Remote Users in the Yukon, as well as biographies of a number of fig- SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) ures prominent in the profession: Clara Barton; Sister AMA-FREIDA Dora; Elizabeth Fry; and Clara Maass. Some of the books Innovacq Remote Access Instructions are current publications while others are considered some- what rare. Internet Internet Books The Ruby L. Wilson Collection was established in 1984 to Connection Options honor Dr. Ruby Wilson upon completion of her term as Internet Acronyms Dean of the School of Nursing and to form a permanent Untangling the World Wide Web remembrance to the benefit of nursing at Duke Univer- Web Browsers sity. Each of the volumes bears a bookplate in recognition