Borrowing and opening hours over the Easter vacation

Borrowing and requesting items over the Easter vacation
Over the Easter vacation your books will continue to be renewed by us.  From Monday 31 March, if a book is requested by someone else we will send you an email to let you know and to ask that you return the book by 28th April.  Requested books will not be renewed beyond this date.

You can still request books over the Easter vacation, however the person who has the book out on loan over the vacation will not have to return it until Monday 28 April.


Opening hours over the Easter vacation
The University Library will have revised opening hours over the Easter Vacation.

Health Sciences Library - Royal Hallamshire Hospital will be open as follows:
Thursday 17 April: 09:00-17:00 (Staffed 09:00 - 17:00)
Friday 18 April: Closed
Saturday 19 April: 14:00-18:00 (Self-service only)
Sunday 20 April: Closed
Monday 21 April: Closed

Health Sciences Library - Northern General Hospital will close at 17:00 on Thursday 17 April and reopen on Tuesday 22 April at 09:00.

The Information Commons will be open 24/7 with staffed hours as follows:
Thursday 17 April: Staffed 09:00-17:00
Friday 18 April: Staffed 09:00-17:00
Saturday 19 April: Staffed 12:00-18:00
Sunday 20 April: Self-service only
Monday 21 April: Staffed 09:00-17:00
Please note some services may not be available during the Easter vacation.

Western Bank Library opening hours over Easter vacation can be found here.
St George's Library opening hours over the Easter vacation can be found here.

For more information, visit the Library News

Spotlight on.... the Trip Database

Trip is a free search engine used to find clinical evidence and  research in the fields of medicine, dentistry and health.

Used by health professionals and members of the public alike the interface is easy to use and incorporates some useful tools, such as a PICO search option where you can easily apply your PICO analysis to generate your search results, and the still developing 'Trip Rapid Review' search option which allows you to analyse multiple research articles at once.

From the simple and advanced search options it's also easy to find a whole range of different types of material. Using the tabs along the top of your search results you can limit your search to resources such as clinical evidence, images, videos, educational tools or patient information sites. The options on the right-hand side of your search results also allows you to further limit the clinical evidence results to resource types such as systematic reviews, case reports or guidelines etc. 

With results including evidence from pubmed, the cochrane database and NICE the quality of the search results seems to be high but remember to always use your own judgement and appraise the evidence for yourself. 

http://www.tripdatabase.com/ 

Open Access Made Easy

Making your research open access has never been easier now that the link between myPublications and White Rose Research Online is live. White Rose Research Online is Sheffield's open access institutional repository, and all staff are welcome to deposit an author version of their peer-reviewed articles, plus any other research outputs, including conference proceedings, posters, monographs and more. 

Please watch our short video to see how simple it is to deposit your research in WRRO.


As ever, the Library's open access team are happy to provide more tailored information to departments, research centres, and research groups across the University, regardless of funding sources or levels. Please contact us at OAEnquiries@sheffield.ac.uk if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a meeting. If you would like more information on WRRO, please email eprints@whiterose.ac.uk.

February new items and editions

New editions and new items for the Health Sciences Library in February.

New items for the Health Sciences Library:

Schwarz, S.H.  (2010). Visual Perception: a clinical orientation,   4th ed. [electronic resource].




Coward, K., & Wells, D. (2013) Textbook of clinical embryology [electronic resource].
Also available in hard copy.




Carton, J.  (2012). Oxford Handbook of clinical pathology.  [electronic resource].
Also available in hard copy.




Ramrakha, P., & Hill, J.  (2012). Oxford Handbook of cardiology. 2nd ed. [electronic resource].
Also available in hard copy.




Wilkins, R. (ed.) (2011). Oxford handbook of medical sciences.  (2nd ed.) [electronic resource].
Also available as a hard copy.




Marwick, K.  (2013).  Psychiatry.  4th ed. [electronic resource]
Also available as a hard copy.

New editions for the Health Sciences Library:

Chambers, E., Brown, E.A., & Germain, M.  (2010).  Supportive care for the renal patient.  2nd ed.  [electronic resource].
Also available in hard copy.



Read, A.F. (2011). New clinical genetics.  2nd ed.





Hampton, J.R. (2013).  The ECG made easy.  8th ed. [electronic resource].
Also available in hard copy.





Hollins, C. (2013). Levison's textbook for dental nurses.  11th ed. [electronic resource].
Also available in hard copy.





Clarke, R.  (2013). Diseases of the ear, nose and throat.  11th ed.






Schneider, Z., & Whitehead, D. (2013).  Nursing and midwifery research: methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice.  4th ed.





Holland, A.L., & Nelson, R. (2014). Counselling in communication disorders: a wellness perspective. 2nd ed.




Norwitz, E.R. (2013). Obstetrics and gynaecology at a glance.  4th ed.




Lo-Biondo-Wood, G. (2013). Nursing research: methods and critical appraisal for evidence based practice. 8th ed.





Allgood, M.R. (ed.). (2013). Nursing theory: utilization & application.  5th ed.





Jackson, E.  (2013).  Medical law: text, cases and materials.  3rd ed.




Preston, C.L. (ed.) (2014).  Stockley's drug interactions pocket companion 2014. 

To fine or not to fine...

Have you ever requested a library book? Was the item returned late?

 

Come along and give us your views;

 

Information Commons Level 1, Room 126 Wednesday 26 February
12:00 - 13:00
 

At this session, Lynn Sykes, Head of Customer Services, will be talking to our students about the pros and cons of fining or blocking customers that do not return requested books on time. Her presentation will last about 15 minutes and then we will ask you to decide which of 3 available options you prefer.

If you are unable to attend, please complete our online survey at http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/libnews/request

 

7 Steps to Producing a Literature Review

Are you planning a literature review? Remember we have an online tutorial to guide you through the process!

7 Steps to Producing a Literature Review

 

 

 

 

You can also use our Information Skills Resource for advice on referencing, database searching, using Endnote and much more.

 

 

The University of Sheffield Research Data Management Survey

The University is undertaking a survey of research data management practices within its research community.  If you undertake research in any faculty at the University of Sheffield, the Research Data Management Service Delivery Group would like to gather feedback on how you manage your research data.

For the purpose of this survey, research data refers to any type of data created, collected, or generated in a digital or non-digital form that is analysed to produce original research results.

The questionnaire is designed to:

• Assist in the understanding the types of research data held by researchers
• discover the influences and barriers to managing research data
• establish what advice and support you require
• identify current levels of research data management practice in faculties

We will use the information you provide to:

• inform the RDM user requirements gathering
• assess what research data we are seeking to manage
• deliver tools, infrastructure, and policies to facilitate good research data management practice at The University of Sheffield

The survey should take you about 10 to 15 minutes to complete and it can be completed anonymously. If you would like further information on research data management or would be willing to participate in a follow-up interview, then please enter your name and email address at the start of the survey.

This survey is conducted by the University Research Data Management Service Delivery Group, which is exploring issues around a research data management infrastructure (technical and human) to support the research data lifecycle, acknowledging and responding to different practices across subject disciplines.

Take the survey