Free access to the American Journal of Community Psychology

The publisher Springer is offering unlimited access to the six most recent volumes of the American Journal of Community Psychology until 28th February 2010.

This journal offers quantitative and qualitative research on community psychological interventions.

View fulltext articles published from 2007 onwards by clicking on this link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/0091-0562

New specialist collection launched

NHS Evidence has launched a new specialist collection called Quality and Productivity.

It gathers examples of best practice for delivering high quality care whilst making efficiency savings. The evidence is organised around care pathways such as staying healthy, maternity and newborn, children, acute care, planned care, mental health, long-term conditions, end-of-life care and support services. The aim of this specialist collection is to provoke ideas and discussions for making changes locally to increase quality and productivity within the NHS.

You can view the resource here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/qualityandproductivity/

Journals for 2010

We have been able to maintain our journal collection for this year but that can not be guaranteed for 2011. Journals which are not used are likely to be dropped from the collection so please ensure that you do access those journals you really need.

We buy the Wiley medical collection which has seen some journals lost and some gained:

Gained to our collection are

• The American journal on addictions
• Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology
• Congestive heart failure
• Drug and alcohol review
• Infancy
• Journal of clinical hypertension
• Journal of neuroimaging
• Nutrition reviews
• Preventive cardiology
• World views on evidence-based nursing

If you would like to receive the table of contents when these journals are published just let us know

Lost from our collection are

• Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics
• Cephalalgia
• Current Directions in Psychological Science
• Journal of Applied Social Psychology
• Personal Relationships
• Perspectives on Psychological Science
• Psychological Science
• Psychological Science in the Public Interest

We have also gained online access to the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

JANUARY TRAINING SESSIONS

New Year's resolution for the new decade ~ I will find out how to use the evidence base effectively!
Come to a library training session for FREE!

Bite sized option: Internet for Beginners Tuesday 5th January 1-2pm

Bite sized option: Literature searching Wednesday 13th January 1-2pm

Bite sized option: Accessing fulltext journal articles Monday 18th January 4-5pm

Evidence based resources: The Cochrane Library and more Friday 22nd January 9-12pm

In Depth Literature searching Monday 25th January 2010 1.30 - 4.30pm

Bite sized option: Athens, it's all Greek to me Thursday 28th January 2010 2-3pm

Annual Evidence Updates for January

There is one Annual Evidence Update scheduled for January: Patient and Carer Involvement in Chronic Disease (NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care). It will be published on the 18th January.

The second Annual Evidence Update on 'Patient and carer involvement in chronic disease' collects together the best current knowledge on self care in chronic disease management. Key resources from a small sample of chronic conditions, together with the End of Life Care setting are placed within the general theme of user involvement in health services.

You will be able to view the update from the 18th January by clicking here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/palliative/

Our book return box has arrived!

The Library now has a book return box so that you can return your books when the library is closed. It's situated in the Internet Cafe next to the restaurant. The box will be emptied every working day.

The Internet Cafe is accessible when the restaurant is open, but you will need a code for the keypad when the restaurant is closed. Contact the library for further details.

DECEMBER 2009

Season's greetings to all our readers!

Very best wishes from the library team

Annual Evidence Updates for December

There are four Annual Evidence Updates (AEUs) scheduled for December.

On the 7th, NHS Evidence – gastroenterology and liver diseases will be publishing its first Evidence Update on alcoholic liver diseases. You can access it here from the 7th onwards: http://www.library.nhs.uk/gastroliver/

On the same date, NHS Evidence - kidney diseases and male urogenital disorders will present its annual update on Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD) in Renal Transplant Patients. It will be accessible here: http://www.library.nhs.uk/kidney/

On the 14th, NHS Evidence - genetic conditions will be publishing an AEU on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. You can access it here after the 14th: http://www.library.nhs.uk/geneticconditions/

On the same day, NHS Evidence - trauma and orthopaedics in conjunction with NHS Evidence - Musculoskeletal will produce an AEU on Spinal Diseases. The update will be available at http://www.library.nhs.uk/trauma_orthopaedics/

Annual Evidence Updates provide overviews of the most relevant guidelines, systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials published in the past year, along with expert commentaries. So if any of these updates are in your area of interest, you've got an early Christmas present!

BMJ Podcasts

The easiest and most effective way to keep up to date with the latest medical news, reviews and comment from across the BMJ Group is to listen to the weekly BMJ Group podcasts.
Downloadable from both bmj.com and iTunes, the weekly BMJ Group podcasts take between 15 - 20 minutes to listen to in full. Presented by BMJ editors, the weekly podcasts feature a roundup of the week's news, plus interviews and comment.

Click here to see a list of podcasts available