Building a better library

The good news is that the Knowledge & Library Service Reading Room (opposite the main library) is going to be refurbished. Users of this room will know that it has long been in need of some care and attention.




The bad news is that this means temporary loss of access and some general disruption.

Please bear with us - we promise it will be quick and worth while.

Building starts on the 11th but we will be clearing the room from the 10th. The rest of the Library will be open and working as usual throughout.

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New books available in May 2009

Here is the link to the May New Books list.

Some biggies this month - the new editions of Hochberg's Rheumatology and Keighley & Williams' Surgery of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, both 2-volume monsters, and Hoffman's Hematology, all key texts in their fields.

General medics will benefit from new editions of Netter's internal medicine & the Oxford Handbook of clinical specialties, and we now stock Davidson's Essentials of Medicine, a handy digest of Davidson's Principles & Practice of Medicine textbook.

Fraud and Misconduct in Biomedical Research edited by Frank Wells & Michael Farthing helps to raise awareness of unethical research practice.

This is just a selection - view details of all our May purchases by checking the full list or click Newhamcat on the Trust network to see what else we have to offer.

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KLS at Adult Learner's Week Open Day

Many thanks to all of you who visited the Knowledge and Library Service stand at Adult Learner’s Week Open Day on Thursday 14th May in the Lecture Theatre where we answered in excess of 120 enquiries.

The big screen demonstrations of Anatomy.tv were much appreciated as our ‘skeleton’ flexed his muscles, twirled and blew kisses to the audience.

A leaflet on setting up your learning plan on BMJ Learning was available – do have a look at the wide range of modules that are available. We are happy to advise on this resource as it has such a potentially wide audience.

Electronic resources often require an NHS Athens username and password to gain full access. You can self-register for this or come along to see us for advice on any aspect of NHS e-learning packages.

We reminded staff that our book collection is ‘Not all Doctors and Nurses’ with productivity and efficiency books on display – search NewhamCat (the library catalogue) for our full collection.

It was lovely to meet so many HCA’s drawn to the stand by the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants and now received regularly in the Library.

ALL Newham NHS staff are welcome to use the Knowledge and Library Service
Our opening hours are:
8.30am – 7.00pm Monday & Tuesday
8.30am – 5.00pm Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

New books added April 2009

We have just published the latest New Books List. In the field of medical education several PasTest titles have been added and we now cover most of their catalogue, including the 2nd editions of our own Adam Feather's EMQs for Medical Students.

Occupational therapists will be interested in the arrival of the 11th edition of Willard & Spackman's Occupation therapy while Boog's Palliative care: a practical guide for the health professional: finding meaning and purpose in life and death will provide support for those working in the sensitive area of palliative medicine.

We now have the rather pricey Irwin & Rippe's Intensive care medicine, & we have also purchased Health services marketing: a practitioner's guide by R Thomas, a vital handbook in today's competitive arena!

There were over 70 new titles added this month, so check the list for details of other items, and go to our network catalogue Newhamcat to see what else is available.

Do contact us with any queries or suggestions you may have about our stock.

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Worth looking at...

As previously posted the new NHS Evidence portal went live on Thursday 30th April.

You can find it at www.evidence.nhs.uk and we recommend you give it a try.

So what will you find there? Drawn from the site:

• A fast, comprehensive search function for clinical and non-clinical information
• Access to a resource collating information on new drugs to support commissioners
• A new NHS Evidence portal homepage
• Links to resources previously part of the National Library for Health.

The search tool offers you the means to carry out the kind of search you might do on a well known search engine but against a selection of high quality resources. You can enter one or more words, use "quotes marks" to search for a phrase and should get lightning fast results in return. There is a good help page.

Once you have some results there a special filters to help you narrow your search down. Or you can just add another search term in the box above your results.

The results are relevance ranked by default to promote high quality evidence and guidance to the top of the page. You should find good results in the first ten hits.

You won't find journal articles in NHS Evidence (apart from where they are included in one of the old Specialist Libraries - now known as the Specialist Collections). If you want to search the journals the system is unchanged with the A-Z MyJournals for browsing or Health Care Databases Advanced Search to carry out literature reviews. The National Library for Health website remains available for the time being (in a fetching new shade of blue).

We will be offering more information on getting the best out of NHS Evidence in the near future. In the mean time if you get confused, stuck or excited about the changes - please get in touch.

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Change in Evidence

We are expecting a new arrival...

30th April will see the arrival of a new website offering a high quality, evidence oriented, search experience.

There will be some changes to the current National Library For Health website but these should be largely cosmetic to start with.

We will keep you informed on developments!

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Anatomy learning with Anatomy.TV

A number of years ago we had access to the Anatomy.tv resource via the now defunct National electronic Library for Health site (more on upcoming changes to it's replacement in a future post).

As an interim measure we were able to lend CD Rom based versions of the same (still available via NewhamCat) but these proved rather unwieldy and take up was low.

We are pleased to announce that access to Anatomy.tv has been restored and it includes even more resources. You can access it from anywhere using your Athens username.

For those encountering it for the first time Anatomy.tv is a fantastic website that offers 3D anatomical images by region or system that you can rotate, zoom and alter the level of detail on (nerves, muscles, just skeletal etc). There are also MRI images, MCQs and quizzes and specialist modules for Sports & Therapy and Surgery.

We have been able to access the resources on site at NUHT but do let us know if you have experience any issues.

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