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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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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Finding the evidence: searching the healthcare databases

Do you need to know how to search healthcare databases for journal articles to support your work or study? Join us and invest 90 minutes of your time learning how to find journal articles on your topic of interest.

Monday 17th September 2012
11 - 12.30pm

The session will teach you 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

 Contact the library at library@newhamhealth.nhs.uk or on x8016 or book your place on ESR.

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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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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Finding the Evidence: using the healthcare databases

Work, study and life is often a juggling act but knowing how to search the healthcare databases can help save you time by enabling you to find journal articles on your topic of interest.

Why not join us for a one hour hands-on session?

Friday 18 November 14.00
Monday 21 November 17.15
Tuesday 29 November 14.00
Wednesday 07 December 10.00
Monday 12 December 14.00
Tuesday 20 December 14.00

By the end of a session you will be able 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 for a session on ESR or contact the library on x8016 for advice.

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Quick Introductions

Quick Introductions enable you to drop by the Cyber Room anytime during the hour that the sessions run for a quick introduction to some of the resources available to you.

E-journals access is about finding out if you have full text for a given referenece and getting access to it from work or from home.
Monday 5 December 14.00-15.00

UpToDate / TRIP / NHS Evidence provide a quick introdution to three resources you might find useful in your professional practice
Thursday 15 December 09.00-10.00

No need to book for these sessions just drop into the Cyber Room

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Finding the Evidence: searching the Healthcare databases

Our November dates for learning how to search the Heathcare databases are:


Thursday 10 November 10.00-11.00
Friday 18 November 14.00-15.00
Monday 21 November 17.15-18.15
Tuesday 29 November 14.00-15.00

Register for a place on ESR or contact the Library on x8016 for advice.

By the end of the session participants will be able to:
- Plan their search stretegy
- Understand how to carry out both keyword and subject searches
-Combine search terms
-Apply limits to their search
-View, save and print their results
Access any available full text

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Quick Introductions

Our Quick Introduction sessions enable you to drop by the Cyber Room (Education Centre, first floor) for an informal 5 minute introduction to some of the resources available to you.


You don't need to book - just drop by anytime during the hour that the sessions run for.

Accessing E-journals
is about accessing the full text for particular journal titles or if you have a reference and want the full article.

Wednesday 26 October 9.00-10.00
Monday 7 November 14.00-15.00
Wednesday 23 November 9.00-10.00

UpToDate / TRIP database / NHS Evidence is an introduction to three resources you might find useful in your professional practice.

Wednesday 16 November 9.00-10.00
Monday 28 November 10.00-11.00

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Quick Introductions

We're holding some drop-in sessions this month to demonstrate a few resources that can help you in your professional practice.

There's no need to book for these sessions - just drop by the CYBER ROOM anytime during the hour and leave when you're ready.

E-Journal Access
Getting to fulltext from a journal reference:
Wednesday 07 September 12.20-13.30
Tuesday 22 September 08.45-09.45

Up-To-Date / TRIP database / NHS Evidence
Quick introductions to EBM resources:
Thursday 08 September 09.00-10.00
Tuesday 27 September 14.00-15.00

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Training Dates: July / August 2011

Support your professional practice by learning how to search the Healthcare Databases for journal articles.

Join us for a 1 hour hands-on session and learn how to:
- Plan your search strategy
- Carry out a subject search
- Combine search terms
- Apply limits to your search
- View, save or print your results
- Access any available full text

July / August dates:
Tues 5 July - 14.00
Wed 13 July - 10.00
Mon 18 July - 17.15
Thurs 28 July - 10.30
Fri 5 Aug - 14.00
Tue 9 Aug - 14.00
Wed 24 Aug - 10.00

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

Book on ESR or call x8016 for advice.

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Adult Learners Week 14 - 20 May 2011

Adult Learners Week is with us once again.
We have live resource demonstrations, free gifts and a Prize Draw Quiz.


This year the Knowledge and Library Service is focssing on:
The NewhamCat portal - how it helps you
NHS Evidence changes - how they affect you
Your information questions

Take part in our PRIZE DRAW QUIZ with a chance to win one of our popular 1GB USB sticks, thermal mugs or one of 5 USB hubs.

Drop in to one of our Resource Demonstrations 12.30 - 1.30
Tuesday 17 May
Wednesday 18 May
Thursday 19 May
Cyber Room, 1st Floor, Education Centre

FREE GIFTS are available while stocks last.

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NHS Evidence changes go live

The NHS Evidence sites have a new look to go with changes to content and functionality.

To access electronic Journals or search the databases (Medline, CINAHL etc) you now need to click Journals and Databases. You can always access them via NewhamCat or the old http://www.library.nhs.uk/ link will continue to redirect you. Please note NHS Evidence has a separate login system that does not work with NHS Athens. Generally if you always look for where it says Athens Login you should be alright.

New on NHS Evidence are NICE Pathways and A-Z Topics.

NICE Pathways offers a visual approach to NICE Guidance not dissimilar to the (no longer available) Map of Medicine. They describe themselves as "a network of NICE information. For example, the diet pathway links up with the physical activity pathway; the COPD pathway links up with the smoking pathway. Over time, all of NICE's guidance, quality standards and related tools will be added to this network of information. For the first time you do not need to understand how NICE classifies different types of guidance to view everything NICE has said on a particular topic."

A - Z Topics offer a concertina style presentation to offer rapid access to materials in NHS Evidence. There are sections on medicines, patient information, guidance and a general introduction (currently drawn from Clinical Knowledge Summaries).

There will be new versions of the KLS leaflets on accessing electronic resources with the revised look soon. You can always contact us with any questions related to NHS Evidence or finding information.

Sneak peak at the new NHS Evidence

A new version of the NHS Evidence site is just around the corner.

Take a look at some of the new features

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Quick Introductions

Would your group or team like a quick introduction to any of the following resources:


NHS Evidence (20 minutes)

By the end of the session participants will be able to:
-Know when to use NHS Evidence
-Access the Specialist collections
-Be aware of QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention)
-Search for topics of interest
-Add filters to a search


Accessing E-Journals (20 minutes)

By the end of the session participants will be able to:
-Register for an NHS Athens login
-Search or browse for journal titles
-Link through to any available full text


TRIP database (15 minutes)

By the end of the session participants will be able to:
-Know when to use TRIP
-Do a search
-Filter results


For any of our Quick Introductions, please contact the library to arrange a time convenient to you.

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Training - December 2010

Finding the Evidence: searching the healthcare databases
Invest one hour of your time learning how to search for journal references / full text articles specific to your area of interest

Dates for December:
Thursday 2 December 09.30-10.30
Monday 6 December 17.15-18.15
Wednesday 15 December 10.00-11.00

Book on ESR or contact the Library on x8016 for advice


Information Advice Session
For quick information needs enquiries we are holding our drop in session:
Monday 13 December
Call into the Cyber Room anytime between 14.00 and 16.00

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Do you value the Specialist Libraries / Collections?

The recent launch of NHS Evidence is part of a wider set of changes to the knowledge and library environment in the NHS. The old National Library for Health included what were then called the Specialist Libraries bringing together high quality evidence on a specialty or topic area and publishing regular updates. You can sign up to receive these via email using our Knowledge Alerts service.

The Specialist Libraries have been renamed Specialist Collections but currently remain largely unchanged. They are now being reviewed by NHS Evidence to decide what form they will take in future (or whether they need to continue at all). We would encourage you to have your say via this survey. It will take around 5 minutes to complete and closes very soon (17th July).

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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.

The search tool offers you the means to carry out the kind of search you might do on a well known search engine but against a selection of high quality resources. You can enter one or more words, use "quotes marks" to search for a phrase and should get lightning fast results in return. There is a good help page.

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.

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Change in Evidence

We are expecting a new arrival...

30th April will see the arrival of a new website offering a high quality, evidence oriented, search experience.

There will be some changes to the current National Library For Health website but these should be largely cosmetic to start with.

We will keep you informed on developments!

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