Health Library News

New training timetable through until March 2008 is now available. Bookings can be made online or by contacting the Health Library. If the time is unsuitable, why not contact the training team on 01782 556583 to enquire about departmental or one to one training.

MyJournals (TDNet) provides an A-Z list of journals available electronically to NHS staff. The list can be used to set table of content alerts as they become available. Adding alerts through MyJournals will also add the journal title to My Favourite Journals (accessible via NHS Athens login via the National Library for Health ). This list will allow you to quickly browse all the issues of your favourite journals from one page. The service will shortly be available where by you can select the RSS icon or 'add to MyLibrary' to add the table of content feed direct to My Update section of My Library . Please contact the library for further information of accessing electronic journals or keeping up to date using RSS feeds.

The National Library for Health's Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) provide evidence based summaries and patient information on selected conditions. The following topics have recently been converted from the Prodigy format: Aphthous ulcer Conjunctivitis — allergic Cough — acute with chest signs in children Gout Immunizations — pneumococcal

New changes to the search interface for the National Library for Health (NLH), have now resulted in new search hubs being developed. By selecting the group title for Evidence Based Reviews or Guidance you will now find it easier to search more resources at once. Further developments on linking health information and searching the NLH will continue through to April next year.

Many thanks to all those that participated in the copyright survey by the Copyright Licensing Agency as part of their review of joint facilities. Contact the Health Library, if you have any queries regarding either the academic or NHS copyright licenses.