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ALERTS!

By On April 13, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Alerts!, Cool tools, Database Tip, Noteworthy Resources, Uncategorized

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. As they are released, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices.  Stay tuned!

Ab Imperio Quarterly

“Ab Imperio Quarterly is an international humanities and social sciences peer-reviewed journal dedicated to studies in new imperial [...]

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Alerts!

By On November 23, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Alerts!, Database Tip, Duke researchers, Noteworthy Resources, Research Help

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. Weekly, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices.  Stay tuned!

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB)

“Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics (NIB) provides a forum for exploring current issues in bioethics through the publication and analysis [...]

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Alerts!

By On September 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Alerts!, Cool tools, Database Tip, Duke researchers, Featured Database, Noteworthy Resources, Tips for students

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. Weekly, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices.  Stay tuned!

- Audiobooks from Recorded Books Incorporated via NC Live

Duke Libraries will be offering a great selection of downloadable audiobooks later this month, according [...]

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Downloadable e-Books

By On August 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Database Tip, e-Books, Noteworthy Resources

Wondering how to access all that lovely, lovely e-Book content in EBSCO eBooks? Here are a few easy (but not obvious) steps to get what you need:

1.   Create an Account on EBSCO eBooks and Sign In:

­Click on  in the upper right corner. Click on 

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Alerts!

By On June 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Alerts!, Database Tip, Noteworthy Resources, Research Help

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. Weekly, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices.  Stay tuned!

- Changes to OCLC’s FirstSearch:

Though these databases may be available from other sources, beginning June 30th, 2011 FirstSearch from [...]

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Learning to love the “QuickSearch” tab

By On June 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Cool tools, Noteworthy Resources, Research Help

Here is a great way to use the QuickSearch tab found on the front page of Duke Libraries webpage. Because searches in that tab search a lot – journal databases, the catalog (books), and more, it is a great place to start. In particular, it is a great way to follow [...]

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Alerts!

By On June 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Alerts!, Featured Database, Noteworthy Resources, Research Help

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. Weekly, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices.  Stay tuned!

Northern Ireland. A Divided Community 1921-1972
Contact person:  Margaret Brill
” Northern Ireland: A [...]

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Zotero + WordPress = Zotpress

By On June 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Cool tools, Duke researchers, Noteworthy Resources, Tips for students, Uncategorized

This in just yesterday from Zotero’s blog: “A new third-party plugin called Zotpress is now available. It runs on WordPress, the open source platform widely used for personal, professional and course websites and blogs. Zotpress was created by community member Katie Seaborn, and [...]

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Alerts!

By On May 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Alerts!, Cool tools, Database Tip, Duke researchers, Noteworthy Resources

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. Weekly, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices.  Stay tuned!

Database Upgrade -

On Wednesday, 1 June 2011, IEEE will implement an upgrade to the IEEE Xplore [...]

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Alerts!

By On May 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Alerts!, Featured Database, Noteworthy Resources, Research Help

This post is brought to you by Alerts! – a special section of Library Hacks. Weekly, you can look forward to new database announcements, updates, and (rare) outage notices. Stay tuned!

Wiley Online Library outage

On Saturday May 21st,  access may be interrupted to Wiley Online Library due to essential site maintenance.  The interruption will [...]

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