Health Library News

As part of the ongoing improvements, the National Library for Health (NLH) has reorganised and improved the search capacity on the health related RSS feed directory . The directory can now be used to search for latest news articles posted within the last 90 days, or for RSS feeds to receive news updates on your areas of interest. The RSS directory is available free to all. Simply view the feed, then cut and paste into an RSS reader e.g. Bloglines or Google reader . If you hold an NHS Athens account, then by logging into the NLH website, you can update the feeds directly into My Updates or My Links sections of My Library to receive regular current awareness updates. For further information on current awareness, RSS feeds and NLH changes please contact the Health Library.

From the 8th January, there have been some changes to e-journals subscriptions available through Science Direct. Discrepancies in the Library A-Z journal listings may exist temporarily - automatic updating will occur only once the first issue of the journal has been published. New additions to the list include titles such as: Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Journal of the American College of Surgeons Journal of Tissue Viability Psychiatry Surgery (Oxford) The American Journal of Cardiology The Foundation Years Titles no longer available include: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology American Journal of Hypertension AORN Cardiovascular Research Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Journal of the American College of Radiology Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Seminars in Radiation Oncology Articles may still be obtained through the inter-library loan service. Pl...

Due to restructuring of the National Library for Health website, no service will be available Monday 14th January between approximately 5-6.30pm. Full service is hoped to be restored later on that evening. The website is currently undergoing a number of staged changes running through to April of this year, with several such maintainence sessions planned. Library held training sessions will be revised in April once all changes have been implemented. Please contact Susan Smith ( s.w.smith@lib.keele.ac.uk ) for further information on the proposed changes.

Wiserwiki ( http://www.wiserwiki.com ) is a new medical wiki provided by the publishing giants Elsevier . The original content is based on “ Textbook of Primary Care Medicine ” (3rd Edition) by John Noble. To promote credibility and maintain standards, the wiki content can only be edited by a board of certified professionals. Site users can engage in topic discussion, provide comment and suggestions. Full details of the wiki operation is detailed in Frequently Asked Question, located under the ‘ Section ’ link.