Posts by: Catherine Shreve

Of champions & libraries

On April 8, 2010 By

What else can we say this week except: DUKE RULES!

How does the library relate to (or compete with) that? Well, ummm…here are some facts to peruse as you transition from celebration to research focus:

The University Archives has a collection of coaches’ films–men’s basketball films date from 1947 to 1996. And here’s [...]

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Just say “Ni!”

On October 13, 2009 By

Do midterms and research papers have you crying out “Run away! Run away!?” Take a study break and just say “ni!” to them for awhile with Duke Libraries Monty Python resources. You’ll find videos, books, audio, and music in our catalog.

Why? Because, those zany blokes are celebrating their 40th anniversary [...]

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What is beta anyway?

On July 30, 2008 By

You might have noticed that our new catalog interface says (beta) on the tab. Now if we were Douglas Adams we could be referring to the fish pictured here:

But no, in this galaxy, we are referring to something not quite as beautiful and complete–a pilot version of the [...]

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Connotea — another look

On May 13, 2008 By

In Ted’s recent comments on connotea, he said he enjoyed it, but found that connotea was not such a great citation manager; it doesn’t always gather the metadata needed. On the connotea site, it explains that it is “specially designed for scientists and clinicians,” so it gathers bibliographic data better for some sites than [...]

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Live @ the RefDesk

On February 12, 2008 By

Today in Perkins we are testing some software for keeping Reference statistics. Why? It’s helpful to plan for staffing–how many questions, from which kinds of patrons, what types of questions (from staplerology to ‘jumpstart my thesis’).

But what I really want to get at is the human element. There is talk of the future irrelevance [...]

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IRB approval for research using interviews

On July 17, 2007 By

Sarah Wallace has some interesting comments on the process of getting IRB approval for using (interviewing) human subjects for her Ukraine project. Here’s an excerpt:

All week, I’ve been working hard on my application for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of my project in Ukraine. …Procedures for protecting the rights and welfare of human [...]

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Staying Alert in Ukraine

On June 22, 2007 By

 From our Duke researcher in Ukraine, Sarah Wallace:

 

“I recently discovered a great feature of Google called Google Alerts. The program allows you to closely monitor specific topics in the news without having to [...]

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Notes from Україна: a Blue Devil’s Ukrainian experience

On May 23, 2007 By

Follow Duke’s Sarah Wallace, a senior, as she blogs on her Public Policy/Global Health research project in Ukraine. We will be posting excerpts throughout the summer; the feed to the full blog is on the side.Here’s a brief intro to her learning experience:

This will be my first summer away [...]

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Summertime–ask us!

On May 7, 2007 By

Suddenly Perkins and Bostock are so…quiet…and relatively empty. It’s an abrupt change from last week’s intense activity. Now, don’t get me wrong, we Reference librarians have plenty of projects, conferences, and catchup work to do over the summer. But I kinda miss the frantic end-of-semester questions, the exhilaration of nailing that last citation for the [...]

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