Health Library News

Over the festive period, Ovid who manage NHS access to the Medline database on Search 2.0, take the opportunity to update and re-build the database. This may cause some periodical disruption to access. Current slow operation and timing out issues have been reported to the appropriate people, and is currently under investigation. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause in the mean time. Edit 6th January: Although the major issues have now been resolved, some intermittent problems may occur throughout January and no new articles will be added to the database during this time. PubMed remains unaffected. Alternative access to the full database is available via the Keele Ebsco access , which can be accessed through computers in the Health Library IT Suite.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 187 is now available and can now be viewed here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

This is a reminder that due to rising costs, from 1st January 2009, inter-library requests will be increasing to £2.00 each. There will also be an additional £2.00 charge per each loan renewal. This price increase is necessary due to the continued rise in inter-library request costs. This is the first increase in charges since the current £1 charge was introduced over a decade ago. The Health Library will continue to heavily subsidise the full cost of each request.

Changing jobs – now you can take your NHS Athens account with you! The transferable Athens account allows you to maintain search histories, RSS feeds and alerts. It also means there is only one NHS Athens login to remember. This is one of the many changes new operational changes to NHS Athens. Other improvements include the ability to log in using your email address instead of your username, making it easier still to remember access. For first time Athens users registering for a new account, instant access is now available by either registering on an NHS computer using your most frequently used email account, or registering at home using an NHS email account for job verification purposes. For further information, why not visit the National Library for Health FAQ sheet , or contact the Health Library or your local Athens administrator .

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.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 185 is now available and can now be viewed here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

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.

Restricted library opening hours will be operating from Monday 22nd December with normal opening to be resumed on Monday 5th January. Monday 22nd 08.30 - 17.00 Tuesday 23rd 08.30 - 17.00 Wednesday 24th 09.00 - 12.45 Thursday 25th CLOSED Friday 26th CLOSED Saturday 27th CLOSED Sunday 28th CLOSED Monday 29th 09.00 - 16.30 Tuesday 30th 09.00 - 16.30 Wednesday 31st 09.00 - 16.30 Thursday 1st CLOSED Friday 2nd 09.00 - 16.30 Saturday 3rd 10.00 - 16.45 Sunday 4th 13.00 - 17.00 Monday 5th 08.30 - 21.45

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 185 is now available and can now be viewed here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

Feeling the need to improve your information literacy skills for 2009?  Then why not make it a New Year resolution to book onto one of the library based courses. Brush up on your literature search techniques on Ebsco, Search 2.0 and Cochrane database or find out the best places to look for information on the internet.  Courses are also available to help you evaluate the information your find, manage citations with Reference Mananger or create update alerts with our current awareness course. Visit our training pages for the latest dates and online booking facility.  Remember you can also contact the library to arrange one to one training or receive support from our Outreach service .

The Ian Smith Drug Reference Library bulletin focusing on substance misuse is now available to view by clicking here . This issue cover the latest government documents and reviews from the Cochrane Collaboration.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 183 is now available for viewing here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

The Commissioner is a current awareness newsletter produced by North West Primary Care Librarians Group to support practice based commissioning. The latest issue (volume 3, issue 11)is now available from the Fade Library blog . All news items are available as text articles (blog entries) or as a 6 min audio summary (podcast).

The monthly Health E-news produced by the Halton & St Helens Health Improvement Library Service, the Primary Care Library, and St Helens Health Partnership is now available by clicking here . The update contains information which relates to the six key areas of the Department of Health’s White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier .

The latest issue of the Ian Smith Drug Reference Library update news letter is now available by clicking here . The update covers the latest articles on alcohol and the effectiveness of treatment produced by the Cochrane Collaboration, Department of Health as well articles from top peer reviewed journals like Alcohol, Behaviour Research and Therapy and Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. Alcohol policy UK news produced by Ranzetta Consulting, public health specialists in alcohol is now also available . Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is holding the conference Alcohol: Everyone's Problem, Alcohol Treatment in Primary Care Wednesday 10th December 2008 in Bury. Full details available here .

A new Vascular Specialist Library has now been added to the National Library for Health. It is being officially launched today to co-incide with the Vascular Society's Annual General Meeting in Bournemouth 12th - 14th November 2008. A launch editorial is available via the homepage . The first newsletter with the latest systematic reviews, guidelines, conferences and research is available online . Currently updates are only available via RSS format from this website. Please take your time to feedback on this resource and how it could be improved.

Please be advised that on Wednesday 5th November 2008 between 07:00am and 10:00am there will be essential network maintenance on the National Library for Health’s Search 2.0 databases. During the maintenance window there will be a loss of service on the saved searches feature. For this reason, please do not use Search 2.0's saved searches facility between the hours specified. Please contact the library if you experience any further problems with the service.

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...

From November 1st, local authority social care staff in selected regions, including the West Midlands, are eligible to access electronic resources via NHS Athens accounts. Access to the Core Content collection which includes high quality journals and databases is currently operating on a 10 month trial basis. In the past, access has been restricted only to only NHS staff, however, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Skills for Care have successfully argued that those working in government-funded social care organisations should be given equality of access. For further information and online registration please visit the Social Care Online website .

Please click here to access the latest current awareness bulletin provide by National Primary Care Research & Development Centre. This bulletin highlights key articles in areas such as access to care, health inequalities, need and demand for care, patient and public involvement, primary secondary care interface, quality of care, research and development and self management.