Finding the evidence

Join one of these sessions to learn how to search healthcare databases systematically for the most current evidence. Save yourself time when looking for journal articles on your topic of interest.

Monday 5 November 2012

2.30-4pm

Friday 7 December 2012

10-11.30am

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

Book on ESR or contact the Library on x8016 or at library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk

We can also organize 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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Making the most of Athens and the Library

Find the information you need when you need it. Join this session and find out how to gain access to professional academic resources from work or at home. Come around and discover what the Library can do for you.

Tuesday 30th October 2012

9.30 - 11am

This event will be held in the Cyber Room. There are similar sessions available at Whipps Cross University Hospital. Contact library.whippsx@bartshealth.nhs.uk.

We can also organize a session at a time that suits your group.

Book on ESR or contact the Library on x8016 or library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk

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Accessing E-journals

This is a quick introduction to help you find out if you have full text for a given reference and how to gain access to it from work or at home. You can drop by the Cyber Room anytime within the hour and leave whenever you are ready. There is no booking required.

Monday 22 October 2012

12 - 1pm

We can also organize 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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Searching the Healthcare Databases (HDAS)

Support your professional practice by learning how to search the Healthcare Databases for journal articles on your topic of interest. Join this session and save yourself time.

Wednesday 24th October 2012

2-3pm

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

Book your place on ESR or contact the library on x8016 or library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk

We can also organize 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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New Books list for September

The New Books List for September is now ready and includes some E-Books such as Designing and commissioning services for adults with asthma: a good practice guide. Titles on Haematology include Dacie and Lewis practical haematology and Williams manual of hematology.

The newest editions of Last's anatomy: regional and applied by C S Sinnatamby and Marks' basic medical biochemistry: a clinical approach by M Lieberman are also available. Gynaecologists will be interested in Ambulatory gynaecology: a new concept in the treatment of women and the latest edition of Obstetrics and gynaecology.

Explore our collection on NewhamCat and feel free to recommend books for us to add to our stock. If all you need is a novel, drop by and browse our Newham General Reads shelves.

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The Power to Google

Do you wish to improve your Google searching skills, learn more about what Google porvides and how you can use it in your workplace or at home? Then join us on

Tuesday 16 October, 12 - 1.30pm

This session will show you how to 

-  use search techniques to solve real, everyday problems

-  use Google features to focus your searches 

-  use hints and tips to generate better quality results

-  dispel popular Google myths

Book on ESR or Contact the Library on x8016 or library.newham@bartshealth.nhs.uk. There are also similar training opportunities available at Whipps Cross University Hospital. Contact library.whippsx@:bartshealth.nhs.uk

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

Come around and learn about the things you never knew Google could do

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