...and DON'T FORGET

The physical library will be closed
17th - 21st August

for the refurbishment

HOWEVER

your library service will be still available including study spaces in F17, computers in F04 / 5 and librarians to support your needs!
Printing and photocopying will also be available

SUMMER TIME AND THE READING IS EASY ...

Save your pennies at the airport and come and select from our fiction collection

Tell your friends in the Trust because all staff members can join the library.

ENJOY EXTREME READING

TRAINING FOR SEPTEMBER

Starting a new course? Maybe you need to sign up for one of our courses?

Friday 04 September 2009 - Using PubMed Effectively 9.30 -12am
Monday 07 September 2009 - Bite Size Option : Internet for Beginners 12 – 1pm
Wednesday 16 September 2009 - BITE SIZED OPTION Finding Journal Articles 8.30 – 9.30am
Friday 25 September 2009 - BITE SIZED OPTION Literature Searching 9 – 10am
Wednesday 30 September 2009 - IN DEPTH Literature Searching 9 - 12

Full access to JAMA and Archives

You can now access JAMA and Archives right back to Volume 1 Issue 1!

The journals included are:

Archives of Dermatology

Archives of General Psychiatry

Archives of Internal Medicine

Archives of Neurology

Archives of Ophthalmology

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Archives of Surgery

And, of course, JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, which you can now read from 1883 onwards!

Click on this link to access JAMA and the Archives. You will need an Athens username and password. Contact the library for information on how to register for Athens.

The book loans allowance has changed

You can now borrow up to 6 standard loan (three-week) books.

You can still borrow 2 one-week loan books, but you will only be allowed to borrow a further 4 standard loans, as the maximum limit is 6.

However, fiction is counted separately: you can now borrow 4 fiction books.

Happy reading!

JULY 2009

The Great British Summer strikes again!

Keeping up to date - the easy way!

A good way of keeping up to date is by using RSS feeds, which means that you're alerted as soon as a website has added new information. There are various ways to receive these feeds, but the easiest way is by setting up a Google Reader account. To do this, go to http://www.google.com/reader and click on 'Create an account'. Once your account is set up, you can start adding feeds to it.

Here's one for you to try! Go to http://www.bmj.com/ and look for the RSS icon. (It's in the middle of the page, under 'Tools'.) Click on this icon and you'll get a choice of 4 different feeds. Select the RSS feed for 'Latest Articles'.

When you click on the RSS icon, a scary-looking window will appear. Don't worry! Just right-click in the address field and copy the new address.

Now go to your Google Reader account. Click on 'Add a Subscription' and paste the address into the box.

You'll then see the feed at the bottom of your list of subscriptions, like so:

You can add your new feed to an existing folder, or make a new folder, by clicking on 'Feed Settings'.

Why not give it a try? The RSS Directory is a good place to find feeds. Click on http://www.library.nhs.uk/rss/default.aspx and you can search for feeds in your chosen topic.

If you have any problems finding or adding RSS feeds, contact the library and we'll be happy to help.