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
Monday, 18 May 2009
KLS at Adult Learner's Week Open Day
Monday, 11 May 2009
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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Friday, 1 May 2009
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.
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.