MAY 2009

"April showers bring forth May flowers..."

1670 J.Ray English Proverbs 41

MAY'S SPECIAL OFFER

If you attend any of our training sessions listed below this month, you will be given a GMHeLP bag to carry your increased knowledge in. So why not take advantage of this special offer and attend the course you have been meaning to do.

Did you know...? There is a finding the evidence course on Monday 11th at 1.30 - 4.30 which looks at evidence based sources such as the Cochrane Library, Dynamed and UpToDate. Other courses available throughout May

Just ring us on 419 4690 and book your place. This offer applies to NHS Stockport staff too. Courses are free.

Our Library has FICTION - it's a FACT

29 people enrolled at the Library on Improving Working Lives and borrowed a fiction book, thus entitling them to one of our rather nice GMHeLP bags.

So with your summer holidays coming up, don't forget to come in and take a look at our collection. We also have management books and some IT help books. We're not just medical. We are for all staff and students of both Stockport Trusts. Let your colleagues know that they can join too.

But what is GMHeLP. It stands for Greater Manchester Health Libraries Project and allows you to join any other NHS health library in the Greater Manchester area. Work in Stockport but live in Tameside, you might find it useful to join Tameside Hospital library as well as Stepping Hill. Interested in cancer ... you can join Christie Hospital library. Leaflets and book marks available in the Library.

CHANGING LIBRARY

We are excited to announce that over the next few months there will be changes to the layout to the library. It may mean that the library will have to close for a few days so check the Knowledge Zone for any updates once we get into June
The changes will include

• a sliding door entrance ( ... does this mean it will be warm in the winter?)
• a repositioned and reconditioned counter giving more friendly access
• a comfy sitting area near the fiction books
• new carpeting

and a generally lighter brighter feel to the place

NHS EVIDENCE

Use Google for your professional practice? STOP NOW and take a look at NHS Evidence @ www.evidence.nhs.uk


The search is in many ways similar to those of well-known internet search engines (like Google you can use "inverted commas" for a phrase) You enter terms in the search box, and results are returned which contain all the search terms. A feature of NHS Evidence is the use of search 'navigators' which appear on the left of the results page with your initial search results. Use these 'navigators' to rapidly filter and refine your search results.

Let us know what you think!!

SWINE FLU

Your first priority is to ensure you have seen your Trust policies and procedures but you can read further information from many sites. These include

• Department of Health @ www.dh.gov.uk
• UpToDate (Hospital based machines only)
• Dynamed @ http://cks.library.nhs.uk/dynamed

and for something slightly different

• BMJ Group's professional networking website doc2doc @ http://doc2doc.bmj.com/