Orthoptics Literature Searching Workshop

Hi hope you found the workshop on Wednesday useful. Here's a quick recap of some key points...

StarPlus

A good starting point for any literature search. Remember, use University Collections to find books and journal titles. For online journal articles use the Articles and More tab. If you're looking for a particular journal article make sure you check both our print and electronic holdings.

Always sign in before you start by clicking the University Members link and use the e-shelf to save what you find.

Google Scholar

Link up to the Library catalogue before you start searching so you can check what the Library

Achieve More: Health Challenge

The Health Challenge kicks off this week and the Library is here to support you throughout your project.

Group Study Space

Book group study rooms by using 'My Rooms & Resources' (myR&R) in MUSE. There are lots of group rooms available, both at the IC and the Health Sciences Library. You can also book laptops and creative media equipment. 

Details of all Library sites and opening times are available here . 

Library Resources

StarPlus: You can find all the Library's resources, print and electronic, from our Library catalogue, StarPlus. Search the 'University Collections' tab for books, journals, maps, images and more. You can also use the 'Articles and More' tab to search for journal articles

New! Evaluating information and critical thinking tutorial

Are all sources of information equal? Can you believe everything you read on Wikipedia?  Are there cases where Twitter would tell you more than a textbook?

Learning to think critically about what you read, and how to choose the most appropriate information sources for your needs are some of the most important skills you'll learn at University.

We've created an new tutorial to help you ask the right questions about any information you find, to help ensure that your work is based on the best evidence available.

https://librarydevelopment.group.shef.ac.uk/shef-only/info_skills/critical_thinking.html

My Books - Books Chosen by You!

You said you wanted more books, and we listened!

The library has secured £50,000 to spend on extra copies and new titles for our students.
The scheme starts at 9am on Monday 2nd February.

From this time, any registered student can:

• order extra copies by logging into StarPlus and clicking on the ‘MY BOOKS – BOOKS CHOSEN BY YOU” button in the ‘Get It’ tab.

• order new titles by completing an online form which will go live at the start time, and can be accessed from www.sheffield.ac.uk/mybooks .

The money may go quickly, and we’ll keep you up-to-date with the expenditure.

We will buy the e-version of the title if available, so that as many students as possible can access the resource. For multi-edition titles; we will buy the latest available edition.

Pop-Up Library

We will be holding three pop-up library sessions over the next two weeks. They will be held on B-Floor Concourse (outside the lecture theatres) on the following dates:

Friday 12 December 10-11
Friday 12 December 12-1
Wednesday 17 December 12-1

Keep an eye out for our banner, next to the desk!

See you there!

Global Data - new database trial

We currently have trial access to the database Global Data - Power and Medical modules.

You can use Global Data to view information on the healthcare industry, including statistics and market intelligence reports, with trends and analysis forecasting. You can also find specific company information and news including business descriptions, history, key contacts and location.

Connect to the database from the library web page below. Follow the quick links on the right side of the page to choose the Global Data Medical Module

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/trialglobal

The feedback form is available from the web page above or click here

Trial access is available until 12th December. You may be prompted to log into MUSE if you are not already logged in. 

MBChB Phase 1 SSC Critical Analysis Library Practical

Firstly, we hope that you enjoyed the library practical sessions last Tuesday and Wednesday.  Here's a reminder of what we went through in the sessions.

The Library Practical

Finding the adverts

Find the adverts from MUSE - My services - StarPlus-
MyResource Lists - Seatrch 'Me

We started the session by navigating to the adverts that have been chosen for this module.  In order to do this, you will need to log into MUSE and select StarPlus - The Library Catalogue from the 'My services' menu.

Once you are on the StarPlus landing page, go to the box at the bottom of the page called 'Reading Lists' and follow the link for 'MyResource Lists'.  In the 'Search Reading Lists' box type MED111, follow the search result for 'MED111 - Critical Analysis - Drug Advertisements'

Once you have found your advert from the list, click on the 'View web link' icon, your selected advert will open in PDF format.

Looking at the references in the drug adverts.

Most of the adverts have some references included which aim to support the claims made within the advert.