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Message from NHS Evidence regarding NHS access to Zetoc: “NHS Evidence access to Zetoc will stop on the 31 March 2012 due to a change in the terms and conditions for access to Zetoc which the NHS cannot comply with. NHS Athens users will lose access to Zetoc from 1 April 2012 onwards .   A message to this effect will be placed beside the ZETOC link at https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/nhs-evidence-content/journals-and-databases . We apologise for this unanticipated loss in service due to factors beyond our control. NHS Evidence are continuing to explore all possible options for future access to Zetoc.”

Message from NHS Evidence regarding the availability of the Zetoc service: “We are writing to notify you of a change in circumstances which may affect the provision of the Zetoc service to the NHS with effect from the 15th of November. Zetoc is a JISC-funded service and as such has to be compliant with JISC terms and conditions. MIMAS, the organisation which hosts Zetoc, will launch a new Zetoc platform on the 15th of November which will be configured to facilitate access to Zetoc through the JISC-supported UK Access Management Federation. The Zetoc platform will no longer be configured for use with OpenAthens.   Negotiations have been ongoing for a number of months between NHS Evidence and relevant parties to try to enable continued access to Zetoc through OpenAthens, however the NHS has been informed that they would have to join the UK Access Management Federation to continue to access Zetoc. This is not something that NHS Evidence feel that they are in a position to do on behalf...

The National Core Content has now extended the subscription to Zetoc: Table of Contents alert service until July 2010. This service is operated by the British Library. It will email a list of article titles available in the latest issue of a journal and is particularly useful for titles with poor or no websites and foreign titles. There is also a handy tool for check citations. Zetoc can also be accessed using Keele Athens login. To find out more about current awareness techniques, please book on to one of the library run courses .

Zetoc table of contents and citation checker package is currently down until further notice. The problem is affecting all Mimas resources and is currently under investigation. This disrupts access both to Keele and NHS Athens users.

The new look A-Z NHS journals list is now up and running. Visit here to view online access to your favourite journals or see which titles viewed in the Library. New improvements include the facility to browse titles by A-Z and an all new citation checker. Remember to change any table of contents alerts across to RSS updates via My Updates or using the Zetoc alert service before 31st December.

From 31st December, TDnet (MyJournals) will be replaced by the new NLH A-Z list. Please ensure that all journal table of content (TOC) alerts created via TDnet have been transfered across to Zetoc Alerts service or re-created using RSS feeds . The Zetoc service is available to both NHS and Keele Athens account holders. Please contact Susan by emailing s.w.smith@lib.keele.ac.uk or on (01782) 556581 for further information or assistance.

From 28th Nov 2008, the NHS A-Z journal list will be transferring from TDnet (MyJournals) across to the new NHS in-house service . There will be a month overlap between the two platforms, before the new A-Z list takes over the current web address (1st January 2009), so there should be no need to alter any saved book marks. Please be aware that this means the loss of the current table of contents (TOC) service provided by TDnet and linking of favourite journals in the National Library for Health's My Library pages. The British Library owned Zetoc service has been purchased as an interim measure, but will require the manual creation of new alerts. Visit the Zetoc support service for further information on creating TOC alerts. The current Zetoc licence will only valid until 31st July 2009. Zetoc alert service is also available to all Keele Athens users. For alternate methods of keeping up to date with your favourite journals or news services, please contact the Health Library or...

The British Library table of content service ZETOC is now available to NHS and Keele employees and students via their institutional Athens logins. The database can be use to subscribe to the latest table of contents from approximately 20,000 current journals, covering a wide range of subjects including science, technology, medicine, business and law, as well as a number of non-English titles from around the world. Many of the table of contents may not be directly available from the publisher's own website. The database can also be used as a citation checker, with over 20 million journals and conference records from 1993 to date. Full information on the use of ZETOC is available via the online handbook . To learn further techniques on how to keep up to date with the latest information in your field, why not book on the Health Library Current Awareness course! Please check the Health Library website for further information.