Training dates for December

December can be an expensive month, so why not do something that's free for a change? Come to a library training session!

Using PubMed effectively
Tuesday 8th December 1.30 - 4pm

Bite sized option: Accessing fulltext journal articles
Friday 11th December 12-1pm

Bite sized option: Literature searching
Thursday 17th December 9-10am

Ring 0161 419 4690 or e-mail library.enquiries@stockport.nhs.uk to book a place.

Quertle: the biomedical search tool

BioMed Central, the world's largest open access publisher, has teamed up with Quertle LLC to add over 60,000 published articles to Quertle, the online biomedical search tool. Instead of simple keyword searching, this search engine uses a combination of linguistic methods to produce more relevant results. As well as searching fulltext documents from BioMed Central, it also searches PubMed, with other fulltext sources to be added in the near future. Quertle was created by biomedical scientists and chemists, to address the needs of researchers working with this technical literature.

You can try out the search engine here: http://www.quertle.info/

free influenza resources from Karger

The Karger publishing house has launched a free service called 'in focus collections', providing an overview of resources from Karger on a specific topic. Influenza (and its causative viruses) has been selected as the first topic . In focus - influenza is a selection of original research articles, book chapters and reviews. Online access to these resources will be free until March 2010, when a new topic will become available.

The in focus collections can be accessed at http://www.karger.com/in_focus

DVLA update

There have been a number of changes to the medical advice for driving. The following will link you to some usedul guides.

At a glance Guide to the current Medical Standards Of Fitness to Drive (2009 updating information)

http://www.primary-diagnostic.co.uk/pd/EMes/dlit/2411091/index.asp

e-brochure for DVLA Drivers medical Group
http://www.nhs247.com/nhspurchasing/brochome.asp?OrgCode=1730

2007 Department of Transport information http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drs/fitnesstodrive/

Christmas holiday dates

Christmas will be soon with us so I thought I'd let you know about our Christmas opening times.

Thursday 24 Dec: Close 1pm
Friday 25 Dec: Closed
Monday 28 Dec: Closed

Tuesday 29 Dec: 10:00-16:00
Wednesday 30 Dec: 10:00-16:00
Thursday 31 Dec: 10:00-16:00
Friday 1 Jan: Closed
Monday 4 Jan: Back to Normal

My Evidence

Create your own space on NHS Evidence (http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/) using My Evidence making accessing evidence even easier. By registering on My Evidence you can:

• Receive regular updates about new information in your field of interest that has been published and which can be accessed through NHS Evidence.


• Receive news feeds automatically alerting you to new information in your field of interest.


• Save the results of a search you have made.


• Save a piece of information you have found as a result of your search.

To register for My Evidence go to www.evidence.nhs.uk and click 'to register'.

Futher information on NHS Evidence can be found at this link

Medical Journals ranked best in field

• The following Wiley-Blackwell journals are now ranked #1 in their ISI Impact Factor category and YOU(Stockport NHS readers) have full text access to them:
  CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians Impact Factor – 74.575
• Reviews in Medical Virology Impact Factor – 7.130
• Addiction Impact Factor – 4.244
• International Journal of Andrology Impact Factor – 4.021
• Head and Neck Impact Factor – 2.603
• Medical Education Impact Factor – 2.181
• Birth Impact Factor – 2.836

Why not sign up for Electronic Tables of Content to your favourite journals? An easy way to keep up to date. Contact the Library on 0161 419 5809

NOVEMBER 2009

One by one, starlings

fan into November skies.

Frozen wire sags.


Haiku by Kamal Parmar