Labels

Label Types

Duke Initiatives: 

Duke initiatives include the labels previously appearing in Scholars@Duke as "Mentorship Availability" as well as a list of current Duke Provost Office Programs and Initiatives. Only items in the Provost Programs and Initiatives List can be added. Begin typing your Duke initiative and choose it from the list when it appears. If a recognized Duke program or initiative is missing from the list, contact elements@duke.edu to request an addition to the list. Some Duke initiatives labels may be added by the Provost Office on behalf of participating members.

Global Scholarship: 

Global Scholarship allows researchers to indicate expertise, scholarship, or teaching experience in any continent, country, US State, territory, or other widely recognized region. Begin typing the region and choose the corresponding type of experience within that region, e.g. Iceland - Scholarship or Iceland - Teaching. To add multiple experience types or multiple regions, save the first label and begin the process again to add an additional label. The labels will appear in the Global Scholarship section of Scholars@Duke with a corresponding flag for that region when available.

Keywords: 

Keywords currently used by other Duke researchers are available to choose from a type-ahead list. If you see an appropriate keyword when you begin typing, choose it from the list. Choosing common keywords can help with finding and matching researchers with like expertise across Duke. However, if you don't find your keyword when you begin typing and the search results in "No matches," simply click "Add" to add a new keyword.

Adding or Updating a Label

Each of the three label types are managed in Elements. Please see the Elements User guide for instructions on adding labels to your profile. Changes in Elements will sync with your public Scholars@Duke profile approximately every 10 minutes.

Searching for Keywords

Keywords may be broader than the particular term for which you are searching. If you cannot find the term, try these strategies:

• Ensure that you don’t have misspellings or extra spaces in front of the search term. For example, the search will not find “ infection” with an extra space at the beginning.
• Decompose the term into its individual concepts and search for those. That is, your term might be listed as a related subject heading.
• Decide on words and/or phrases to describe the concepts. Consider all words/phrases that might be used to describe the concepts of your topic and search for those. These include synonyms, variations in spelling (US vs. UK), word endings (singular, plural), variant terminology (electrocardiograms, electrocardiography), and related terms (cataract extraction, intraocular lens implantation). The following are examples of equivalent subject headings: pregnant/pregnancy, screening/testing, women/woman/female.
• Broaden or narrow your search concepts. For example, you may use “staphylococcus aureus” or “staphylococcal skin infections.”

To enable viewers to find your work using more specific or customized terms, add them to the Overview paragraph.