New Quality Quest Training Sessions and Information Clinic

New times and dates in May and June2007 are available for Quality Quest training sessions providing hands-on training in specific resources including:

• Cochrane Library
• PubMed
• Library Induction
• Finding e-Journals
• Literature Searching for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
• Literature searching for Junior Doctors

However it may be that you need book an appointment at the Information Clinic.

Are you new to the NHS, and need some help navigating where to find the best evidence?

Are you experienced at searching for information, but are having trouble with a particular question?

Do you know the basics, but want to learn how to refine your search?

Information Clinic is a one-to-one session where you and a Librarian work together to find the answer to your question. These sessions are entirely tailored to your needs, and are arranged at a time and date to suit you - it may even be possible for the Librarian to come to you, rather than you coming to the library.

Contact Isla Kuhn, Reader Services Librarian, to discuss how we can help, and to arrange an Information Clinic appointment.Phone: (01223) 336750 or email library@medschl.cam.ac.uk

May Bank Holidays

On both May Bank Holidays - Monday 7th May and Monday 28th May - the opening hours of the Medical Library will be 9.00am - 6.00pm.

BMJ Clinical Evidence now available!

"One of the world's most authoritative medical resources for informing treatment decisions and improving patient care."

The Medical Library is delighted to announce that access to BMJ Clinical Evidence is now available.

You can access this resource either via MyATHENS http://auth.athensams.net/my/ (log in with NHS ATHENS) or direct from http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ (remember to log in with NHS ATHENS).

If you are using computers in the Medical Library or any other University of Cambridge computers, no password is required!

A userguide is available - http://www.clinicalevidence.com/downloads/ce_user_guide.pdf.
Please contact the Medical Library if you need any help.

New Books for the Medical Library

Have a browse through the latest books to arrive in the library at: http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/acquisitions.htm (updated 22-2-2007)

Easter Weekend closure

The Medical Library will be closed for the duration of the Easter Bank Holiday weeekend: from Friday 6th Arpil till Monday 9th April, inclusive.

The Library will re-open at 8am on Tuesday 10th April 2007.

New Books for the Medical Library

Have a browse through the latest books to arrive in the library at: http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/acquisitions.htm (updated 22-2-2007)

New Books for the Medical Library

Have a browse through the latest books to arrive in the library at: http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/acquisitions.htm

Support for literature searching - how the library can help!

Got an ATHENS password, but don't know how to use it?

Tried searching for journal articles in the past, but would like some help?

The Medical Library can help!

Training and support is available in many forms:
- if you perfer to "teach yourself" find the guide to help you at: http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/qualityquest.html;

- if you would like a one-to-one session, then Information Clinics are for you: personal, tailored support that focuses on YOUR needs - contact Isla in the Library to discuss your needs;

- if you and some colleagues like to learn together, we're happy to have a group session - perhaps booking into one of the timetabled sessions (check http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/trainingdates.html for details) or we are happy to schedule a session at a time and date that suits you.

Contact us to discuss your needs or to book a session - phone (01223) 336750 or email library@medschl.cam.ac.uk

New Books for the Medical Library

Click here for details of the books which have arrived in the library in the past couple of weeks.
Click on the link for more information about the books.....

Humanities Literature - 1
Social Sciences - 2
Anatomy - 2
Pharmacology - 2
Government Publications; Medical Profession & Ethics - 2
Public Health - 2
Medicine, General - 2
Orthopaedics - 1
Chest Medicine - 1
Cardiology - 2
Gastroenterology - 1
Urology & nephrology - 1
Neurology - 3
Psychiatry - 2
Surgery- 1
Anaesthesia -1
Dermatology -1
Nursing - 2

Inter-Library Loan (ILL) charges to NHS users of the Medical Library

The Medical Library regrets that it is no longer able to sustain its current pricing structure for Inter-Library Loans supplied to NHS staff and external members of the library. This decision follows a cut in the funding we receive from the NHS.

The Medical Library will charge the full unsubsidised rate for all ILL requests received from 1 February 2007 onwards that are requested by NHS staff. The basic rate for a photocopy will rise from £3.00 to £6.00. Charges for requests made by University and MRC library users will remain unchanged. Full details of charges are available at http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/documentsupply.htm

We obviously regret the need for this and other cost-cutting measures we are introducing at the present time. At the same time, we are continuing to seek ways of improving our service in a cost-effective manner, and in this respect are about to trial a new electronic document delivery process which, if successful, will significantly reduce the time required to supply a standard article request. We hope that this will help to offset the negative effects of our new ILL charges.

If you are on an NHS departmental account and have any questions, please contact Ann Mallows (Univ. ext. 63905).

If you have any comments or questions in general, please direct them to Peter Morgan, Medical Librarian at library@medschl.cam.ac.uk

PubMed and NHS ATHENS

Do you use PubMed?

Do you have an NHS ATHENS registration?

Then searching just got a lot easier!

By using the version of PubMed available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?myncbishare=nhsjournals you will be able to see instantly which of your search results are available in full test by using your NHS ATHENS registration.
While the first PubMed screen looks no different from normal, the screen which displays your results includes an extra tab: "NHS England Full Text".
When you click in to read the abstract of an article, look for the NHS logo - this tells you the article is available in full text using your NHS ATHENS username and password.

If you would like any help or support in using PubMed and/or your NHS ATHENS registration, please contact Isla at the Medical Library: email library@medschl.cam.ac.uk or phone (01223) 336750.

New Books for the Medical Library

Details of Medical Library latest book acquisitions are available at http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/newbooks/2006December.pdf .
This month, we have a wide range of new titles in the following subject areas:

• Anaesthesia - 1
• Anatomy - 2
• Biochemistry - 2
• Biology - 2
• Cardiology - 4
• Chest Medicine - 7
• Clinical Pathology - 1
• Dentistry - 3
• Dermatology - 2
• Ear, Nose, Throat - 1
• Endocrinology - 3
• Gastroenterology - 2
• Geriatrics - 1
• Government Publications - 20
• Gynaecology - 1
• History of Medicine - 1
• Infectious Diseases - 2
• Medicine, General - 18
• Metabolic Diseases - 2
• Microbiology - 4
• Neurology - 6
• Nursing Profession - 8
• Obstetrics - 5
• Opthalmology - 1
• Orthopaedics - 8
• Pathology, Oncology - 9
• Paediatrics - 6
• Pharmacology - 12
• Physiology - 2
• Psychiatry - 14
• Psychology - 2
• Public Health - 13
• Radiology - 4
• Social Sciences - 2
• Surgery - 18
• Urology - 6

Change in Library Opening Hours

The Medical Library regrets that it is no longer able to sustain its current opening hours. This decision follows a cut in the funding we receive from the NHS.

As of Monday 8th January 2007 and until further notice, the Library's opening hours will be:

• Monday - Friday: 8.00am - 10.00pm
  
• Saturday: 9.00am - 5.00pm
  
• Sunday: closed

e-Journals available to NHS ATHENS users

There are 1,689 full text titles on November's title list, an increase of 13 titles on the last update.

Check whether the joural you need is available using your NHS ATHENS username and password by logging on to MyATHENS - and browse either ProQuest or OVID for the full range of e-journals available via NHS ATHENS.

Journals gained:

• Family Therapy,
• Journal of Services Research,
• Nature Reviews-Cancer,
• Nature Reviews -Immunology,
• Year in Allergy,
• Year in Anesthesia and Critical Care,
• Year in Dyslipidaemia,
• Year in Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
• Year in Heart Failure,
• Year in Hypertension,
• Year in Interventional Cardiology,
• Year in Osteoporosis,
• Year in Post - Menopausal Health,
• Year in Renal Medicine,
• Year in Respiratory Medicine,
• Year in Therapeutics.

Journals lost:

• Geriatrics,
• Modern Medicine,
• Pediatrics,
• Physician's Management

New Quality Quest Training Sessions and Information Clinic

New times and dates in December, January and February 2007 are available for Quality Quest training sessions providing hands-on training in specific resources including:

• Cochrane Library
  
• PubMed
  
• Library Induction
  
• Finding e-Journals
  
• Literature Searching for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
  

However it may be that you need book an appointment at the Information Clinic.

• are you new to the NHS, and need some help navigating where to find the best evidence?
  
• are you experienced at searching for information, but are having trouble with a particular question?
  
• do you know the basics, but want to learn how to refine your search?

Information Clinic is a one-to-one session where you and a Librarian work together to find the answer to your question. These sessions are entirely tailored to your needs, and are arranged at a time and date to suit you - it may even be possible for the Librarian to come to you, rather than you coming to the library.

Contact Isla Kuhn, Reader Services Librarian, to discuss how we can help, and to arrange an Information Clinic appointment.
Phone: (01223) 336750 or email library@medschl.cam.ac.uk

New Journals available in the Library

Aging, neuropsychology, and cognition v.12 no 1 2005 March-
Artificial cells, blood substitutes and biotechnology v.33 no 1 2005-
Breathe v.1 no 2 2004 Dec –
Brain pathology v.16 no. 1 (2006 Jan)-
British journal of cardiac nursing 2006 v.1 no 5 May –
Clinical ethics v.1 no 1 2006 March-
Current opinion in HIV and AIDs 2006 v.1 no 1 Jan-
Expert opinion in pharmacotherapy v.6 no 9 2005-
Expert opinion on investigational drugs v.15 no 1 2006 Jan –
Gastrointestinal nursing v. 4 no. 7 (2006 Sept)-
International journal of medical robotics +computer assisted learning v.1 no 1 2004 –
International journal of pediatric obesity v.1.no.2 (2006)-
International journal of surgery v.3 no 1 2005- (Change of title from Journal of surgery)
Journal of cardiovascular medicine 2006 v.7 no 4 April-
Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing v. 10 no 2 2005-
Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism 2006 v.2 no 10 October-
Nature clinical practice. Nephrology 2006 v.2 no 10 October-
Nature clinical practice. Neurology. 2006 v2 no 10 October –
Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology. 2006 v.2 no 10 October-

Library closed between Christmas and New Year

The Medical Library will close at 1pm on Friday 22nd December 2006
The Library will re-open at 8am on Tuesday 2nd January 2007.

Merry Christmas to all our Readers, and best wishes for 2007.