Having Problems Finding the Information You Need?

The Library's 1 hour training sessions on searching the healthcare databases for journal articles are now running regularly.

You will need an NHS Athens username and password to access the databases. To obtain these self-register at http://www.library.nhs.uk/
If you have already registered but cannot remember your details please contact the Library.

Course Title

Finding the Evidence:

Searching the Healthcare Databases

Monday 20 Oct 5.15pm

Thursday 30 Oct 2.30pm

Wednesday 5 Nov 11.00am

Monday 10 Nov 5.15pm

Friday 21 Nov 2.00pm

Thursday 27 Nov 1.00pm

Tuesday 2 Dec 5.15pm

Tuesday 9 Dec 10.00am

Thursday 18 Dec 8.30am

The session covers the following: keyword and subject searching, applying search limits, saving and printing your search results and accessing the full text of available articles.

Book on ESR (search for 258 KLS or by course title) or contact the Library on 8016 for advice.

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Bang Up To Date

We currently have a trial in place for Up To Date (please note - link only functional at work).

For those not in the know (drawn from their site):

"UpToDate is an evidence based, peer reviewed information resource..." "Our faculty writes topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, the latest evidence, and specific recommendations for patient care."

Please give it a whirl and provide feedback to us on how useful you find this resource.

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Five a day

A regular piece of feedback to the library has been that people would like to be able to borrow more books.

In the past we had a limit of four items on loan from us at any one time. Over the past few years we have increased the size of our collection considerably. Regular users will have noticed the effect of this as the area of shelving devoted to books has slowly grown. NewhamCat has also had an impact in helping people find, reserve and manage their loans.

We are happy therefore to announce that the new upper limit is five.

PS The picture is (of course) the Superfive-a-daybanana.

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Newest book arrivals!

The August New Books list has now been published, showing our latest arrivals during the past few weeks.

This month we have been building on our Medical Education collection with a collection of items supplied by the London Deanery. We have several ASME titles in the Understanding Medical Education Series , eg Simulation in Medical Education & Teaching and Leading Small Groups, and books by Della Fish in collaboration with Linda De Cossart & Colin Coles, including Developing the Wise Doctor & Medical Education: Developing a Curriculum for Practice.

Paediatricians will appreciate the new editions of Duffy's Essentials of Paediatric Urology & Waterston's Paediatrics : A Core Text on Child Health, while psychiatrists will find access to new e-books (electronic online books) useful, eg The MRCPsych Study Manual, Hughes' Outline of Modern Psychiatry & Freeman's Handbook of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies. These e-books are available via your NHS Athens log-in.

All new and existing stock items are listed on NewhamCat, our on-line catalogue available on Newham UHT & Newham PCT networks.

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NewhamCat is one... contribute and win!

NewhamCat is one today!

In the past year it has issued some nine and a half thousand books, seen us add a thousand books / 300+ ebooks, gained cover images in search results and generally been a boon to all concerned.

To celebrate this anniversary we are launching a new feature. NewhamCat'sEye is your opportunity to write a brief review of any item you can find on NewhamCat.

Just one paragraph describing why you found the book useful (or why you didn't) is all we are after. You might want to explain why colleagues might want to read it or how it changed your practice or just highlight a key concept.

We will add the best ones to NewhamCat so you can see what others think. The first 25 accepted reviews will win one of our eco friendly reusable shopping bags (or a library mug).

To give you the idea see the NewhamCat record for "Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions" - you can choose to have your name on your contribution or leave it anonymous if you prefer.

Submit your entry to the usual address.

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Back to the future - more time now at the KLS

We are happy to announce a return to full opening hours for the library.

With effect from 1 September 2008 our opening hours are going back to:

Monday and Tuesday 8:30am to 7pm

Wednesday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm

Thank you for bearing with us while we got back up to full strength.

The Cyber Room remains available 24 hours a day - every day - to all staff with a swipe badge.

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New Books July 2008

The library's list of New Books purchased in July 2008 is now available. Books are listed alphabetically under Subject - scroll down to find your area of interest.

See details of these and other resources in our online catalogue at NewhamCat, linked from any Newham University Hospital NHS Trust or Newham PCT networked computer.

We have acquired the most recent editions of several titles including Bailey and Love's short practice of surgery, Cardiac nursing : a comprehensive guide by Hatchett & Thompson, Polgar's Introduction to research in the health sciences, & Balen's Infertility in practice. Check the list for other new editions.

In response to demand, we have made several purchases in the area of Management, notably the Good to Great titles by J. Collins, Thought leadership : moving hearts and minds by R. Ryde & Journey to lean : making operational change stick by J. Drew et al. We also now have hard copies of the Improvement Leader's Guides from the NHS Innovation and Improvement.

Several books have recently been published on the NHS as it reached its 60th anniversary. We have selected Building a world-class NHS by I. Smith & The NHS after 60 : for patients or profits? as of particular interest.

We continue to add nationally available NHS E-books (i.e. books available electronically online) to NewhamCat so that you can locate them easily, eg Isaacs' Evidence-based pediatric infectious diseases. You will see this screen when you first click an e-book link. Make sure you have your Athens log-in details to progress to the full text.

Feel free to contact us if you need advice or help.

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