June 2008

Caption Competition!

Click on the 'comments' link to leave a caption.

Click on the image for a bigger view of the picture.

Fabulous prize to be won!

Good Luck to James

Just a reminder that James is a finalist for the Support Staff of the Year at the Gala Awards on Friday June 6th. All Library users and staff are hoping his hard work, patience, depth of knowledge and great sense of humour will be acknowledged and rewarded.

Printing in the Library

Frequent Library users will be aware that you can now print to the photocopier. The advantages for you are

• Colour printing available but you need to select this by: File > Print > select Properites > click on the "paw" to change it to colour. Then OK this. If your document has mixed colour and black & white (b&w) pages then it will charge you colour rate for those with colour and b&w rate for the others

• When you click OK to print it will come up with a screen that shows the amount the copy will cost and a code. Note both down and take it to the photocopier - follow the instructions on the wall by the photocopier to print. This means that you can not accidentally print out a 100 pages! If it comes to £5 and you only wanted a page you just leave it and have another go.

• As you become an advanced user you will note you can do A3 printing, make booklets, double sided printing and even add easy watermarks.

• Out of hours printing will be available in the near future.

Health Management Collection

We have access to an exciting collection of Health Management journals. You will need an Athens password to access these.

To see the complete collection (includes the Harvard Business Review and Management Update) :-

• Knowledge Zone > Journals & Databases > EbscoHost Health Management Collection > Health Business Title List


• Click this link


• http://www.athens.nhs.uk/ > My Athens > My Resources > EbscoHost databases > Health Business Title List

Renew Online

We are delighted to announce that you can now renew books from within the Hospital Trust ONLINE!
It's easy ~ follow these instructions. You will need to have your blue Education Centre Library card available

• At a Trust computer, logon to the Intranet
• Select K for Knowledge Zone
• Click on the Quick Link Library Catalogue
• Select login from the top and type in your card number e.g. B10105
• Click on the book you want to renew and press renew

You will not be able to renew if your book is required by another reader (reserved by another reader) or if you owe us a lot of money!

This will be a really useful feature for night staff! If you are viewing this from a Foundation Trust computer, click here to go straight to the catalogue.

Photos from Barbara's Leaving Gathering

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Or use the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/stockportnhs/BarbaraSLeavingDo

Photos by Rosemary Gratton and James Allen

May 2008

A Star is Born

A Support Staff of the Year finalist can be spotted in this picture, in his natural habitat doing what he does best - helping Stockport NHS Foundation Trust staff to reach their full potential. Congratulations to James for his nomination.

Changing Opening and Closing Times

We are temporarily changing our times as a result of the 20% reduction in staffing hours.
From Tuesday 6th May the following times will be in operation

Monday - Thursday	9am - 5.30pm
Friday	9am - 4.30pm

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause

The End of an Era

We say our fond farewells to Barbara wishing her many happy and fun filled years ahead

Search 2

Just 1 month to go

Don't forget you need to be getting up to speed on the new search engine for finding journal articles using the healthcare databases. We have just 2 more lunchtime drop-in sessions left; 12th May and 19th May. On May 31st access to Dialog Datastar will be switched off and any saved searches or alerts will be turned off. ACT NOW to avoid data loss.

Health Management News

Focus on Health Management

As one delighted user remarked " This looks so useful"

Check out the Health Management database in EbscoHost.

Full text access to the likes of the Harvard Business Review

Available through the Knowledge Zone, Health Management Speciality Guide or through your Athens account

Full text journals included in our famous A-Z journals list.

Resources, Resources, Resources

Just a quick reminder of some of the best!

Click on any of the pictures to get a link

	Fabulous evidence based resource Available 24/7 from any Internet linked computer Supports clinical decision-making
	6th Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures online Available on the intranet only Any ward, any time
	Not just for Medics! Nurses, practice managers and other healthcare professionals can benefit too Available 24/7 across the Internet Access with Athens password
	E-books are available 24/7. Use when you need them Access with Athens password Include some Oxford Handbooks, ABC and Lecture Notes titles Latest title - A-Z Chest Radiology
	Excellent evidence based resource Available 24/7 from any hospital computer From cardiology to rheumatology and many areas in between