Christmas opening and on to 2010

Wishing all our colleagues a very merry Christmas and happy new year!

There will be slightly reduced hours with no late opening for the two weeks either side of Christmas. The Knowledge Hub and Cyber Room are available 24 hours as usual.

Mon 21st - Wed 23rd Dec: OPEN 8:30am-5pm

Thu 24th - Mon 28th Dec: CLOSED

Tue 29th -Thu 31st Dec: OPEN 8:30am-5pm

Fri 1st Jan 2010: CLOSED

Mon 4th Jan 2010: Back to normal! 8:30am-7pm Mon-Tue and 8:30am-5pm Wed-Fri

Latest book purchases

The November list of our latest book purchases has just been published.

This month we added several new titles on CBT, including Kinsella's Cognitive behavioural therapy for mental health workers: a beginner's guide, and in neurology we have the new edition of Brain's diseases of the nervous system, and also Evidence-based neurology by Candelise.

End of life carers will find the two titles Speaking of dying: a practical guide to using counselling skills in palliative care and Why is it so difficult to die of great help in communicating with and understanding their patients.

And for those seeking funding for education or research, the 2010 edition of the Grants Register is available in our Quick reference section, while Hickson's Research handbook for health professionals is a new title in our extensive research section.

There are many more new items in the list, and you can search for our other titles on NewhamCat, our library catalogue. Do let us know if there is a book which you think we should have and, if it is appropriate, we will purchase it.

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UpToDate - online now...

We are pleased to announce that UpToDate is now available to all Newham University Hospital NHS Trust Staff.

UpToDate is a tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly. It has a helpful straightforward search facility and offers topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, recent evidence and specific recommendations for patient care.

Access is provided via the Intranet and not via the main UpToDate website. The simplest way to gain access is to click on NewhamCat and then look for the UpToDate logo.

Please report any access difficulties to us so that we can look into them.

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