Online access to “The Big Four”

We now have online access to New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, BMJ and The Lancet. You can access these, as well as all our electronic journals from our library homepage using your Trust Athens login.
Please speak with a member of staff for more information.

iPads for loan from the ERC Library

Due to popular demand we have added a third iPad to our collection. If you would like to borrow an iPad for a week speak with a member of staff for more information.

New books!

We have just received a new shipment of medical books and DVDs.  Titles include Oxford Case Histories in Cardiology, Nursing care of Older People, Core Clinical Cases: Psychiatry, Clinical Skills for Healthcare Assistants, Practical Evidence-based Physiotherapy, as well as many others books specifically for medical students.  They are all on display in the library and ready for loan.

New additions to Oxford Handbook ebook collection

We are pleased to announce additions to our Oxford Handbook ebook collection. You will now have access to 91 titles including The Oxford Textbook of Medicine, Emergencies in Critical Care, Oxford Handbook of Medical Statistics and Oxford Textbook of Heart Failure.  You can access these from our Library catalogue using your Trust Athens Login.

Book sale

We are holding a used library book sale on the 1st of March.  All books will be on display in the Library for a 2 week period and will be sold on a first come first served basis.  Why not come along and grab yourself a bargain!

Royal Marsden Manual Online

You can now access the Royal Marsden Manual via the Trust intranet without needing to log in.
To find the Manual, look for the ‘Guidelines’ link on the left side of the intranet home page.  You can also access the Manual outside the Trust using your Athens login.

Top 10 Health & Wellbeing books

To celebrate National Libraries Day which is on the 4th Februay, we thought we’d share with you the top 10 Health & Wellbeing books borrowed since the collection began in October 2010.  Issue figures are in brackets. 

1. Getting things done: how to achieve stress free productivity.  David Allen (30)
2. Women who think too much.  How to break free of overthinking and reclaim your life.  Susan Nolen-Hoeksema (29)
3. Overcoming obsessive compulsive disorder.  David Veale, Rob Wilson. (21)
4. Sewing for dummies.  Janice Saunders Maresh. (19)
5. How to stop worrying.  Frank Tallis (17)
6. Jamie’s ministry of food.  Jamie Oliver (17)
7. Running made easy.  Susie Whalley, Lisa Jackson (17)
8. The most amazing places to visit in Britain.  Readers Digest (17)
9. Peak District: Northern and Western Moors.  Roly Smith (15)
10. Cool Camping England.  Jonathan Knight (15)

You can view a full list of titles available by clicking here  including our new Health & Wellbeing DVD collection.

Too busy too get to the library?

We are happy to visit you at your place of work or attend one of your team meetings to find out more about your information needs and to keep you informed with the following:

· Accessing the latest e-resources
· How to effectively search health resources to find the latest evidence
· Journals relating to your own specialist area
· The variety of ways that you can keep up-to-date
· Services available to you such as literature searches, document supply and research support

To book a visit or to find out more, please call Stephen Woods on 291 5780.

 

Literature search training and services

One to one literature search training is provided by professionally qualified librarians and is available to all staff and students based at UHSM and MMHSCT.  Sessions usually last one hour and take place at the ERC Library or in your place of work if required. Book a session from our webpage, or speak with a member of staff for more information.

We also provide a literature search service if you wish us to perform the search for you.  You can fill out a literature request form online from our homepage or in the library.

Christmas opening times

The ERC Library will be closed from Monday 26th to 30th December. We will re-open Tuesday 3rd January 2012. The last day to submit inter-library loan requests will be Friday 16th December. You will still be able to access the Multimedia Room outside of Library opening hours. You will need your UHSM ID badge to enter the ERC and to swipe into the multimedia room. The out of hours entrance is the next door along from the Library main entrance in the atrium. To return books during this period you can use the book drop box located outside the library entrance.

We would like to wish everyone a very happy holiday season.

Would you like to borrow an iPad for a week?

An iPad in a clinical setting provides instant mobile access to current information. The iPad will make it easy to collaborate with colleagues remotely and access important information wherever your work takes you without having to look for a workstation. Check drug interactions, medical images, access medical databases, access ebooks and ejournals (Athens password required), show patients illustrations/pictures and information, use online training packages. Carrying an iPad gives you the Internet and its wealth of resources and information at your fingertips.

Please contact the library for more information.

Health & Wellbeing DVDs

We are please to announce that we have again been successful in bidding for external funding to develop our Health & Wellbeing collection.  We have purchased nearly 100 DVDs to help you keep fit, healthy and happy!  Please click here to see a full list of titles available.  DVDs can be borrowed by all staff free of charge for our normal loan period of three weeks.   All titles are also on our catalogue and on loan DVDs can be reserved online.

Literature searching training and services

One to one literature search training is provided by professionally qualified librarians and is available to all staff and students based at UHSM as well as MMHSCT staff.  Sessions usually last one hour and take place at the ERC Library or at your place of work if required.

You can book a one to one training session from our webpage, or speak with a member of staff for more information.

We also provide a Literature Search service if you wish for us to perform the search for you. You can fill out a literature search form online or in the library.

Too busy too get to the library?

We are happy to visit you at your place of work or attend one of your team meetings to find out more about your information needs and to keep you informed with the following:

· Accessing the latest e-resources
· How to effectively search health resources to find the latest evidence
· Accessing journals relating to your own specialist area
· The range of ways that you can keep up-to-date
· Services available to you such as literature searches, document supply and research support

To book a visit or to find out more, please call Stephen Woods on 291 5780.

Forthcoming training

Critical appraisal – an introduction
We are running two Critical Appraisal sessions over the forthcoming months. All staff are welcome.
17th October, 1:30 pm – 3.30 pm
11th November, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Seminar room 4 in the ERC.

Bitesize training sessions for personal assistants, secretaries, admin and clerical staff – Session two: “Searching For A Book or Journal Online”
18th October, 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
19th October 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: ERC Library.

Library Resources and Literature Searching Skills for Management
We are running two literature searching skills training sessions specifically designed for anyone working in management.
26th October 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
27th October 2:00 pm -   3:30 pm
Location: ERC Library.