Easter Vacation Loans & Opening Hours at RHH

Easter Vacation Loans are now available at the RHH and other University Library Sites meaning that you can have the item you need over the Easter Vacation!

For more details on this please see the following web page .

There will also be some changes to the opening hours of the RHH Library over the vacation period.  The vacation opening hours are as follow:

Thursday 28 March: 9-5 (All services close at 5pm)
Friday 29 March - Monday 1 April: Closed

Normal opening hours will resume on Tuesday 2 April at 9am.

If you require study space during this time, the Information Commons will be open 24 hours on a self-service only basis.  Access to the Information Commons is restricted to members of the University only, please note that NHS members and external members of the University Library do not have access to the Information Commons (details available here).

Changes in StarPlus

We are working in the background to improve our library systems.

You can now place a reservation within StarPlus, from the 'Request' tab.

However, to see the total number of copies available of a particular book, you need to click on the 'Details' tab and then the 'This item in classic Star' link on the right hand side. This is a temporary measure until we upgrade further in the next few months.

StarPlus Upgrade - Thursday 7th March

Work to integrate account information and renewals and reservations into StarPlus will take place on Thursday 7th March starting at 10.30am. This may last for several hours and there will be some disruption to the service.

It is recommended that you save your eShelf contents to Endnote or another reference service as a precaution. Alternatively you may choose to e-mail your eShelf contents to yourself. 

Every effort will be made to ensure that disruption to services is kept to a minimum.

New resources in the RHH & NGH

We have added some new items to the Library’s collection.  Click on the cover and go straight to the Library record in StarPlus.

Beauchamp, T. L - Principles of biomedical ethics - 7th ed. - New York: Oxford University Press, 2013

Collier, J. A. B. - Oxford handbook of clinical specialties - Oxford: oxford University Press

Lockhart, P.B (ed.) - Oral medicine and medically complex patients - 6th ed. - Ames, Iowa: Wiley Blackwell, 2013





For a full list of new books, ordered by site, visit the library catalogue.

Need help with referencing?

Citing your sources correctly is an essential academic skill, but it can often be quite daunting.  The library has lots of help and advice on how to avoid plagiarism, and how to reference correctly.  Check out the Information Skills Resource for tutorials of the referencing style for your department.

There are a number of referencing management programmes that can help you to organise and format your references.

The Library supports the use of Endnote Web.  Endnote Web allows you to import references from online databases such as Web of Knowledge and Scopus, access them from any computer, and add them to your word documents as you write.   Endnote Web is free for all University of Sheffield students - find out more on the Information Skills Resource.

An alternative Reference managent software is Mendeley.  This is a free web-based programme that offers similar features to Endnote Web.  Have a look at the video tutorials available on their website.

10 of the Best: 8# Healthtalk Online

This month on ’10 of the Best’ we’re looking at one of our favourite patient information sites – the award winning, healthtalk online. 

Working closely with the Health Experiences Research Group at Oxford University, healthtalk online  provides support for over 60 medical conditions by engaging with real patient experiences. With videos, audio clips and interviews, over 2,000 patient stories are presented, from the first symptoms through to diagnosis, treatment and long-term care.
                                                                               
Here's a couple of examples from healthtalk online's section on Parkinson's disease;

            

Together these stories provide a fantastic resource for patients, carers or anyone wanting to find out more about the reality of living with a particular condition. However it can also be an invaluable resource for students and medical practitioners. As well as patient stories the site provides information on some of the latest medical research and health care trends. If you click through to the condition you’re interested in there are also extra pages full of links to other reliable resources including books and online publications. So take a look! 

(You can also check out some other top patient information sites by following our links in the right hand column...)

New Look Resource Lists

In semester 2 we are changing the look of myResource Lists, the service that allows you to select your course readings online. 

You can still access the service via the Library tab in MUSE, from your MOLE2 courses or from the Library website, but it will look different.

The Library is updating the service, making it even easier for you to find the resources you need. The transition is underway and we welcome your feedback during this period, so please tell us what you think.

We will be launching the new look service fully in September 2013, but in the meantime if you have any queries or problems, please contact readlist@sheffield.ac.uk

Check out a video on using the new-look service here.