New Books in June

Here is the New Books List for June 2012.

Anaesthetics specialists will be delighted to find the 2nd edition of Core Topics in Cardiac Anesthesia among our latest acquisitions.

The new edition of The Maudsley prescribing guidelines in psychiatry is now available for all who need to prescribe or discuss psychiatric medication.

We have also purchased a couple of Neurology books, including 

Childhood epilepsy : management from diagnosis to remission.

Explore our full stock on NewhamCat

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Finding the evidence: using the healthcare databases

Let us help you navigate the redesigned NHS Evidence Healthcare Databases. Learn to search healthcare databases systematically and save yourself time when looking for access to full text journal articles on your topic of interest.

Thursday 9th August 11 - 12.30pm

Monday 20th August 9.30 - 11am

The session will teach you to:

-Plan your search strategy
-Understand how to carry out a subject search
-Combine search terms
-Apply date or other limits to the search
-View, save or print results
-Access any available full text

Contact the Library on x8016 to book your place.

We can also organise a session at a time to suit you or your group.

There are similar training opportunities available at
Whipps Cross University Hospital.

Contact library.whippsx@bartshealth.nhs.uk

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Critical Appraisal

Do you want to be able to assess the relevance of a research paper? These sessions will show you what to look for when conducting a Critical Appraisal.
 

Quantitative Critical Appraisal 

Tuesday 7th August 2 - 4pm

Qualitative Critical Appraisal 

Monday 13th August 9.30 - 11.30am

You can enroll for either or for both sessions. There will be a 10 minute break during each session.

The common aims of the sessions are:
- Understanding the principles of quantitative/qualitative critical appraisal
- Awareness of critical appraisal tools
- practice appraising a research paper

The practice element for each session involves reading through a research paper (supplied in advance) so you will need to book for each session. Contact the library on x8016.


We can also organize a session at a time to suit your group.

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Quick Demos

These are quick introductions to some of the resources available to you. You can drop by the Cyber Room anytime during the hour that the sessions run.

E-journal access is about finding out if you have full text for a given reference and getting access to it from work or from home. 

Friday 3rd August 9 -10am

Tuesday 28th August 11 - 12pm 


UpToDate / Cochrane / Best Practice provides a quick introdution to three resources you might find useful in your professional practice.

Friday 17th August 2-3pm

There is no need to book for these sessions just stop by the Cyber Room

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