December 2014

Christmas is always fun in the library!  

But on a more serious note, it is a good place to come for some quiet time to think, write or read.  We are open between Christmas and New Year.

The library newsletter is sent out four times a year to current members of the library and anyone else who would like to keep up to date with the latest developments in healthcare.

We publish posts whenever we have news, so it's worth checking our blog from time to time

Christmas and New Year Opening Times

Christmas Opening Times

http://www.themarysue.com/12-christmas-trees-made-out-of-books/

Wednesday 24th 8am - 2pm

CLOSED 25th & 26th 

Monday 29th – Wed 31st  9am – 5pm

CLOSED 1st January 2015

Friday 2nd Jan 9am – 4.30pm

Remember: 

' 0161 419 4690 

?library.enquiries@stockport.nhs.uk 

Top Reader for this financial year so far

We are very proud to announce that our top reader since the beginning of the financial year, is a midwifery assistant.  This is a good reminder that any employee of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust can use the library.  So what has she been using?  Here is a very small selection of the books she has borrowed.

Sorry gentlemen, the top readers are still women, although 2 men are ranked in the top

Library training sessions until the summer

Introduction to literature searching

Thurs 22nd January 2015              9.30am – 11.30am

Tues 17th March 2015                  2.30pm – 4.30pm

Wed 13th May 2015                     3pm - 5pm

Mon 20th July 2015                     9.30am – 11.30am

In Depth: Literature Searching

Tues 10th February 2015              2pm – 5pm

Thurs 12th March 2015                 9.30am – 12.30pm

 Mon 27th April 2015                   1.30pm – 4.30pm

Wed 20th May 2015                     9am – 12pm

Tues 16th June 2015                    2pm – 5pm

Thurs 30th July 2015                    9.30am – 12.30pm

The Cochrane Library - an evidence based resource

Fri 27th February 2015                 9.30am – 12.30pm

Thurs  7th May 2015                     1.30pm – 4.30pm   F04

Thurs 9th July 2015                      9.30am – 12.30pm

Using PubMed Effectively

Thurs 5th February 2015               2pm – 4.30pm

Tues 2nd June 2015                     9.30am – 12pm

Writing patient information leaflets

Wed 7th January 2015                 9.30am – 12pm ** 

**This will be the last training session on Writing patient information leaflets

Coaching books

To support people on coaching course we have a number of new coaching books which can be found at 000 which means they are the first items on the book shelves.  Here are some of the titles: 

Our library catalogue is available on the Intranet before login under My Applications.  You can borrow up to 8 ordinary books.  To join the library, just bring along your Stockport NHS Foundation Trust badge and fill out the relevant form.

Journal collection

Good News!!
We have been able to continue our current collection of journals, in the majority of cases until the end of December 2015.  There is a collection of high quality journals e.g. Spine, Stroke, Circulation which are due for renewal in March which will need to be considered carefully.

Remember that if journals are not well used, they will be cancelled.

You have access to the following collections

which includes the Journal of advanced nursing, BJOG, British journal of surgery and JAGS

which includes BMJ, Annals of the rheumatic diseases and Archives of disease in childhood


MEDLINE®Complete  which includes full text access to Diabetes, Journal of nuclear medicine and Annals in internal medicine


Health Business Elite which includes full text access to Harvard business review, Modern healthcare and Journal of healthcare management.


You have the following individual titles
* Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine (online)   
* JAMA (physical)    * NEJM  (physical)  *  Nursing times (physical)  
* Practising Midwife  (online)   * HSJ (physical)   * Chest (online)
* JLO (online)  * British journal of healthcare assistants (physical)    
* Bone and Joint Surgery (online)

Most will need an Athens authentication.  
Use our Journals A-Z to find all our titles and to logon

Evidence Based Resources for 2015

Up until now, we have been very lucky to have had 2 evidence based resources: Dynamed and UpToDate.  Both offer excellent quality information with different features of great use.

Sadly, the time has come when we can only afford one.  We have trialed alternatives such as ClinicalKey (which offers journals and e-books as part of the deal) and Clinical Evidence.  We have asked your opinion on the resources and why you would favour one above another.

Thank you for taking the time to complete several questionnaires.  You have chosen UpToDate because of its depth and breadth of information. You will no longer have access to Dynamed after 31st March 2015 but enjoy it whilst you can.  Both resources are available with Athens authentication by clicking here.