We recently added some new ebooks. Checking NewhamCat I was suprised to find we now have nearly 750 books in electronic form. These range from the brand new NCEPOD report on Sickle Cell (Sickle: A Sickle Crisis?) published in the last couple of days to most of the major Department of Health documents since they started putting them on the Internet. We have a number of Oxford Handbooks / Textbooks and a wide range of mental health and nursing / midwifery related titles.
The best way to find our ebooks is to search NewhamCat - all ebooks are marked as such and have a link direct to the item itself (Athens login sometimes required). You can also search the majority of our book type ebooks (ie not the DH ones) via the National Library for Health (Athens login definitely required here).
We can add pretty much anything web based to NewhamCat so feel free to point out things we have missed or that you feel would be useful for others.
Friday, 23 May 2008
The ebook option
Friday, 9 May 2008
Your choice of new books
A recurring feature of this blog are the lists of new books available in the library.
Due to the budgetary cycle there are relatively few new items to add in April. Accordingly there will be no new books list this month.
The good news is that we are ready and waiting for your requests for the items you need to support patient care, personal development and research. Feel free to drop in to discuss your needs, call or send me an email.
You can use NewhamCat to check what we already have in your area(provided you are on a NUHT or NPCT computer).
All requests will be given due consideration. While some might have to be rejected we will be happy to explain why and can generally borrow any item you might need from another library. I am particularly interested to hear from people who feel we do not support their needs. The first step to getting that fixed is getting in touch.
Wednesday, 7 May 2008
DTB - Drugs on your desktop
We are happy to report that Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin is once more available to all healthcare staff in Newham.
From their site "DTB's aim is to provide informed and unbiased information on medical conditions, medicines and other treatments to enable people to make informed choices."
You can access the full text of DTB back to 1994 using your Athens username and password.