Tomorrow I'm off to Helsinki with the Health Sciences Librarian to present at the very prestigious EAHIL Medical Librarians Conference ;-) . I'd just like to say that the rumour insinuating that our main priority during this holiday (oops I mean conference) is to party in the midnight sun is absolute nonsense. To prove this point we will be blogging, live from the conference centre and reporting back on all the latest information resources for medicine.
Keep checking for posts. There may be freebies on offer :-)
Vic
Monday, 23 June 2008
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Final year students: library accounts
Library procedures for final year students:
Please ensure that all Library items are returned, and outstanding
charges paid, by the end of serviced hours on Saturday 14 June.
In accordance with the University's debt management policy, if you do
not clear your debts you will not be eligible to either attend a Degree
Congregation or receive your degree certificate. It is therefore
important you make sure that your account is clear before you leave the
University.
If you have any queries about your Library account please ask staff at
any Library site.
Good luck for your finals
Maggie
Health Sciences Library Services Manager
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Revising for exams?
Looking for somewhere quiet to study? The Library at RHH has a quiet study room that you may find useful. It is located right at the end of the IT corridor (past the NHS IT Room). If you choose to work in this room please respect the silence code, ie no talking, whispering, laptops or iPods. If you are using this room and find that someone is disturbing you please tell the library staff as we just love the opportunity to screech shhhhhh at people ;-)
Good luck in your exams.
Vic
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Are you doing research? Want to use the British Library?
Did you know that the University Library runs a free minibus service to the British Library at Boston Spa? Find out more at: http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/illbus.html
or phone 0114 22 2 7245 or email lib-dsu@sheffield.ac.uk
Monday, 21 April 2008
Ten of the best: 3 myResource Lists
Ten of the best: 3 Star Resource Lists
Your course readings can be accessed via Star Resource Lists. These may include links to electronic resources such as full text journals and websites in addition to items in the Library.
Access
There are three ways to access the Resource Lists:
Search tips
To view all the lists for your department select from the drop down list on the Welcome page and click go. You can also use the search box in the header bar and from here you can search by keyword, module name or lecturer.
You will need to be logged into MUSE to view the lists with fulltext links.
If you want to print all or part of your list click on the printer icon and a printable version will load.
If you cannot find the list you are looking for please ask at the Library Enquiry Desk and we will investigate.
Frances
For further help and advice please contact me f.ludlow@sheffield.ac.uk
Your course readings can be accessed via Star Resource Lists. These may include links to electronic resources such as full text journals and websites in addition to items in the Library.
Access
There are three ways to access the Resource Lists:
- Via the useful links listed at the right of this blog
- Via Minerva. Click onto your appropriate Online Handbook and then click onto the Recommended Reading List. This will take you directly into the Resource List.
- Via the library catalogue (Star). Clicking on the Star Resource Lists button will take you into the Resource List welcome page.
Search tips
To view all the lists for your department select from the drop down list on the Welcome page and click go. You can also use the search box in the header bar and from here you can search by keyword, module name or lecturer.
You will need to be logged into MUSE to view the lists with fulltext links.
If you want to print all or part of your list click on the printer icon and a printable version will load.
If you cannot find the list you are looking for please ask at the Library Enquiry Desk and we will investigate.
Frances
For further help and advice please contact me f.ludlow@sheffield.ac.uk
Clinical medicine eBook
Hi
There is currently a problem with access to the e version of Kumar and Clarke's Clinical Medicine. This is a combination of technical problems and problems with negotiations with the publisher. Our techie people are on the case of this and I'm hoping it will be resolved soon. In the meantime there are multiple copies of this texbook in both of the Health Sciences Libraries at WB 102 (K) and in the Information Commons at 616 (K). I'll post a note when access is restored.
Vic
There is currently a problem with access to the e version of Kumar and Clarke's Clinical Medicine. This is a combination of technical problems and problems with negotiations with the publisher. Our techie people are on the case of this and I'm hoping it will be resolved soon. In the meantime there are multiple copies of this texbook in both of the Health Sciences Libraries at WB 102 (K) and in the Information Commons at 616 (K). I'll post a note when access is restored.
Vic
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Evidence based medicine: a soft option?
Evidence based medicine: a soft option?
On Saturday I went along to Weston Park Museum to visit the Medical Students’ Teddy Bear Hospital.
Green Teddy visits Radiology!
As a medical librarian I was keen to find out if clinical decisions in the teddy bear hospital were being made according to the best evidence!
Take Green Teddy for example, brought in by my 6 year old daughter Annabel who was concerned that his obstinate refusal to go in the washing machine set him at high risk for contracting an infection. Fortunately a thorough consultation was undertaken by Dr Hannah who quickly spotted that poor old Green Ted was also suffering from what appeared to be the early signs of alopecia. She was rightly concerned that washing Green Ted might aggravate his alopecia and that this was perhaps a contraindication in his care.
I spoke to Teddy Hospital organisers, final year medical students, Abi Jones and Emily Lees to find out how their decision making was influenced and if they would use the research available from the Health Sciences Library to influence their decisions!
As Abi quickly pointed out, the evidence base for treating soft toys is very limited and is largely based on the judgement and experience of the teddy bear doctors!
However I was assured that clinical guidelines, systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials would be used to influence their decision making, whenever they were available.
The library might not always be able to help with soft toy medicine but it is here to support evidence based practice in the clinical setting. We can guide you through the hierarchy of evidence to support your clinical practice. Here are some resources that you might use …
The National Library of Guidelines is the index to retrieve all clinical guidelines
www.library.nhs.uk/guidelinesfinder/
The Cochrane Library indexes all systematic reviews
www.thecochranelibrary.co.uk
Ovid Medline is the key resource for searching for randomized controlled trials (retrieving just rcts from Medline can be done using the publication type limit)
Connect via MUSE-Library-Databases
Thank you Abi, Emily and all involved, for organising the Teddy Bear Hospital. My children and their friends had a fantastic time. As for Green Teddy … we have settled on a gentle hand wash :-)
Dr Abi and Dr Emily with a 'patient'
On Saturday I went along to Weston Park Museum to visit the Medical Students’ Teddy Bear Hospital.
Green Teddy visits Radiology!
As a medical librarian I was keen to find out if clinical decisions in the teddy bear hospital were being made according to the best evidence!
Take Green Teddy for example, brought in by my 6 year old daughter Annabel who was concerned that his obstinate refusal to go in the washing machine set him at high risk for contracting an infection. Fortunately a thorough consultation was undertaken by Dr Hannah who quickly spotted that poor old Green Ted was also suffering from what appeared to be the early signs of alopecia. She was rightly concerned that washing Green Ted might aggravate his alopecia and that this was perhaps a contraindication in his care.
I spoke to Teddy Hospital organisers, final year medical students, Abi Jones and Emily Lees to find out how their decision making was influenced and if they would use the research available from the Health Sciences Library to influence their decisions!
As Abi quickly pointed out, the evidence base for treating soft toys is very limited and is largely based on the judgement and experience of the teddy bear doctors!
However I was assured that clinical guidelines, systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials would be used to influence their decision making, whenever they were available.
The library might not always be able to help with soft toy medicine but it is here to support evidence based practice in the clinical setting. We can guide you through the hierarchy of evidence to support your clinical practice. Here are some resources that you might use …
The National Library of Guidelines is the index to retrieve all clinical guidelines
www.library.nhs.uk/guidelinesfinder/
The Cochrane Library indexes all systematic reviews
www.thecochranelibrary.co.uk
Ovid Medline is the key resource for searching for randomized controlled trials (retrieving just rcts from Medline can be done using the publication type limit)
Connect via MUSE-Library-Databases
Thank you Abi, Emily and all involved, for organising the Teddy Bear Hospital. My children and their friends had a fantastic time. As for Green Teddy … we have settled on a gentle hand wash :-)
Dr Abi and Dr Emily with a 'patient'
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