Saved Searches - Lost in the move

Any major move always seems to result in a few breakages and at least one or two things getting lost. Yesterday I updated you all on the big move from Dialog to Search 2.0.


The bad news is that it will not be possible to automatically copy across any saved searches you might have in Dialog. The good news is that you have two months to rescue any saved searches before they disappear for ever.


Essentially the process is one of printing out and then entering them again in the new interface - think of it as a learning experience. Instructions have been prepared by the good folk in the NLH Service Team. Give it a go and give us a call if you get stuck 0207 363 8016.

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NLH Search 2.0 - what? when? why?

For some time now the National Library for Health home page has been sporting a big red button announcing the impending arrival of Search 2.0. You may also have spotted an advert in one of your regular weekly reads.


So what does this mean in practice? Many of you will be regular searchers of our healthcare literature databases (Medline, EMBASE, BNI, CINAHL, DH Data and PsycINFO) via the Dialog interface. Search 2.0 is going to replace both the Dialog interface and some of the other options currently used on www.library.nhs.uk . The Search 2.0 interface will be NHS specific and integrate with all the electronic resources purchased for you both nationally and locally. It should mean fewer changes to interfaces in the future and an improved experience as we exercise increased control over development.

In the first instance there are likely to be a few teething problems. Search 2.0 is due to be made available on the 1st of April. The good news is that we will have a two month overlap period where the old dialog interface will remain in place.

The Knowledge & Library Service team are working hard on getting their own skills up to scratch on the new interface and will be offering a programme of training as soon as possible. We will also be creating training guides and cheat sheets. Inspired by our colleagues at the FADE Library up in Liverpool we will be bringing you highlights from the training guides over the next few days.

Electronic Journals - Update - more for managers

Hot on the heels of our previous message about electronic journals comes a further announcement.



An additional collection called EBSCO Health Business Elite will be available from 1 April. As you might expect given the title this will cover health management topics. You can access the full title list online with some 500 journals included.

One title that stands out is the Harvard Business Review which we know people appreciated when we had access to it in the past. The weekly publications Hospital Doctor, Doctor and GP are also all included so we will have a way to track down older articles from these publications that people often wanted. There are a lot of titles from across the Atlantic for those seeking a wider view and the collection includes finance and HR titles.

All of the information about access in the previous post remains applicable. More to follow I am sure.

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Electronic journals - gains and losses

The tangled mess of cables illustrating this entry reflects the slight complexity of the situation regarding electronic journals. As librarians you can be confident that our cables are much tidier than these and we will be doing our best to ensure that the changes to your electronic journals are as free from complication as possible.

With effect from 1st of April you will have access to the following (using your Athens username - register from any NHS computer):

All the journal titles published by BMJ Publishing Group so

SPECIALIST titles
Heart
Gut
Thorax
Journal of Clinical Pathology
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of Medical Genetics
Postgraduate Medical Journal
Quality and Safety in Health Care
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
British Journal of Ophthalmology
British Journal of Sports Medicine
Emergency Medicine Journal
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

EVIDENCE BASED titles
Evidence -Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Mental Health
Evidence-Based Nursing

PUBLIC HEALTH titles
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Injury Prevention
Tobacco Control

All the titles from the American Medical Association series

JAMA
Archives of Dermatology
Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery
Archives of General Psychiatry
Archives of Internal Medicine
Archives of Neurology
Archives of Opthalmology
Archives of Otolaryngology
Archives of Pediatrics
Archives of Surgery

Some 559 titles in the CINAHL full text collection. Going into these in detail is probably beyond your current needs but the curious can access this full listing (be aware that this includes all titles included in CINAHL - check the full text column for coverage). CINAHL covers nursing and allied health literature so this should be an improvement on our current electronic holdings in these areas.

We are also going to be using a system called a Link Resolver to enable us to include more of the articles now made available on the Internet (more on this at a later date).

So what are we losing? At the time of writing this is not entirely clear. NHS London has in the past clubbed together to improve the selection available. We are hopeful that this will happen again. More detail will be published as soon as we have it.

So how will this all work in practice? Hopefully - other than not finding quite the same titles you should find your experience unchanged. All the available titles will continue to be listed on MyJournals (remember to login with Athens to see everything). You will still find links to the articles direct from your results when you search Medline or other literature databases. If you get stuck just contact us.

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Change ahead - hours first

Lots of changes in store for the Knowledge & Library Service at Newham.

I'll be writing a series of updates about these changes over the next fortnight or so. Watch this space.

First up is a change of staffing. I am glad to report that Jane (our Assistant Librarian) is moving on to an exciting new job in pastures lush and verdant (well - Northamptonshire) in a few weeks. Please feel free to drop in and wish her well. The less happy side of her success is that we will be left with reduced staffing till such time as a new recruit can be found.

The team at Newham is a small one so we will have to temporarily reduce the opening hours. With effect from 31st March opening hours will be 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. The Cyber room remains available at all times for those with a swipe badge. In practice we may be open slightly longer on either Monday or Tuesday each week but if you want to be sure to find us you will need to call during the new core hours.

Please contact me with any issues arising.

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New books added to stock February 2008

The list of titles added to the library this month is now available.

Remember, this is just a selection of our full collection - to search the full catalogue visit NewhamCat, which is accessible from any Newham University Hospital NHS Trust or Newham PCT networked computer.

Books added to stock this month include:

The new edition of Campbell's operative orthopaedics. The second edition of A practical approach to transesophageal echocardiography by Perrino and Reeves. The seventh edition of Grossman's cardiac catheterization, angiography and intervention by Baim.

Several titles in education and training including Effective interprofessional education: development, delivery and evaluation by Freeth et al, the OSCE and clinical skills handbook by Hurley and Your teaching style: a practical guide to understanding, developing and improving by Mohanna, Chambers and Wall.

A new edition of the Oxford textbook of old age psychiatry by Jacoby et al, the Clinical nursing skills workbook by Nicol, and the sixth edition of Communication in nursing by Balzer Riley.

We welcome suggestions of titles to purchase, please get in touch with us: library@newhamhealth.nhs.uk

This month's library is the Rathmines Library in Dublin

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