The Medicine and Health Sciences Blog has now transferred to the following address:
http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/library/category/medicine-and-health-sciences/
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Thursday, 4 February 2010
New Book Arrivals - January 2010
A listing of all new book arrivals for January 2010 is now available. It includes new titles purchased in the medical, health sciences and nursing subject areas, and also includes new E-book acquisitions. To view, click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.
Friday, 8 January 2010
New Book Arrivals - December 2009
A listing of all new book arrivals for December 2009 is now available. It includes new titles purchased in the medical, health sciences and nursing subject areas, and also includes new E-book acquisitions. To view click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.
Monday, 14 December 2009
JISC National eBooks Observatory project: final reports
The reports generated by the NeBO project are now available on the JISC website at:
http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/reports
Background from the site:
"In 2007 the JISC national e-books observatory project was set up to undertake market research to help e-book publishers, aggregators, libraries and funding bodies understand the behaviours of e-book users and to assess the impact of free at-the-point of use course text e-books on traditional print sales to students. The huge amount of empirical data gathered through the Observatory project will help all of us to take informed decisions based on real evidence rather than assumptions. The data is available for all to use and we hope that by sharing the data, we encourage further collaboration and the development of new ideas and solutions that meet the needs and expectations of users."
http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/reports
Background from the site:
"In 2007 the JISC national e-books observatory project was set up to undertake market research to help e-book publishers, aggregators, libraries and funding bodies understand the behaviours of e-book users and to assess the impact of free at-the-point of use course text e-books on traditional print sales to students. The huge amount of empirical data gathered through the Observatory project will help all of us to take informed decisions based on real evidence rather than assumptions. The data is available for all to use and we hope that by sharing the data, we encourage further collaboration and the development of new ideas and solutions that meet the needs and expectations of users."
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Trial to Springer Image databases
Through our current subscription to images.MD , the online medical images library, we have set up a trial to the whole Springer Image database which offers more than 1.7 million images spanning science, technology and medicine, in an online collection of photos, graphs, histograms, figures and tables. Search captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from image to source article. Users can create personalized image “sets” and export images for use in presentations or lectures.
Access the database through the eLibrary Gateway or, on campus, directly at SpringerImages and explore the potential for your research and teaching. Please feedback your views on this service to the blog or to the library staff.
Access the database through the eLibrary Gateway or, on campus, directly at SpringerImages and explore the potential for your research and teaching. Please feedback your views on this service to the blog or to the library staff.
Monday, 16 November 2009
Film and Sound Online
The following films have been added to Film & Sound Online this month and can be accessed along with other Wellcome Film titles.
Note: films marked with an asterisk (*) are medically restricted.
Collection: Wellcome Film
A Question of confidence
A question of balance
A way with warbles
An introduction to NMR theory
Mosquitoes and malaria
On leprosy
Paste dosing
Spastics?
* The organic acidaemias
* The role of prostaglandins in the inflammatory response of the skin Venomous snakes - medical aspects
Vision: the structure of the eye.
* What is a spastic?
A list of previously added films can also be found at - http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk/updates.shtml
Note: films marked with an asterisk (*) are medically restricted.
Collection: Wellcome Film
A Question of confidence
A question of balance
A way with warbles
An introduction to NMR theory
Mosquitoes and malaria
On leprosy
Paste dosing
Spastics?
* The organic acidaemias
* The role of prostaglandins in the inflammatory response of the skin Venomous snakes - medical aspects
Vision: the structure of the eye.
* What is a spastic?
A list of previously added films can also be found at - http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk/updates.shtml
Friday, 13 November 2009
Staffing update
Following the departure of Rachael Adair to Lincoln College, Ruth Curtis has been appointed Faculty Team Librarian, Derby Medical School Library on a two year fixed term contract. Ruth has previously worked in the JCG, George Green and Greenfield Medical Libraries and she has worked at Derby Medical School Library since it opened in 2003. Ruth brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this post and she will be a valuable addition to the Medicine and Health Sciences Team.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
October New Book Arrivals
A listing of all new book arrivals for October is now available.
It includes new titles purchased in the medical, health sciences and nursing subject areas. To view click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.
It includes new titles purchased in the medical, health sciences and nursing subject areas. To view click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.
Thursday, 22 October 2009
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds Supporter Membership of BioMed Central
The NIHR has agreed a membership arrangement with BioMed Central to support publication of research articles in the publisher’s open access journals.
Under the terms of the NIHR's Supporter Membership arrangement, all NHS researchers supported by the NIHR and its partners will benefit from a 15% discount on publication fees when publishing in any of BioMed Central’s 200 peer-reviewed open access journals. Researchers are expected to acknowledge NIHR support.
A list of open access articles by NIHR-funded researchers recently published in BioMed Central journals can be found on the institution’s BioMed Central Member Page: http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/37456
Under the terms of the NIHR's Supporter Membership arrangement, all NHS researchers supported by the NIHR and its partners will benefit from a 15% discount on publication fees when publishing in any of BioMed Central’s 200 peer-reviewed open access journals. Researchers are expected to acknowledge NIHR support.
A list of open access articles by NIHR-funded researchers recently published in BioMed Central journals can be found on the institution’s BioMed Central Member Page: http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/37456
Cochrane Journal Club
The Cochrane Library has just launched the Cochrane Journal Club, a new free resource to support clinicians and researchers. Key articles are taken and expanded with background information, podcasts, powerpoint slides of key figures and tables and discussion questions. The first Cochrane Journal Club is on Biologics for rheumatoid arthritis – www.cochranejournalclub.com
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
JISC national e-books observatory project
In January 2008, The University of Nottingham joined 126 other UK institutions to take part in a project (the largest study of its kind) to investigate and observe how over 50,000 participants used a selection of academic electronic textbooks. It aimed to assess the impacts on print sales, library circulation data, and business models, and the related consequences for librarians and publishers.
26 electronic texts in four subject areas, including Medicine, were made freely available to these institutions for the duration of the project. Now ended, please follow the link for the latest findings from the project: http://www.jiscebooksproject.org
26 electronic texts in four subject areas, including Medicine, were made freely available to these institutions for the duration of the project. Now ended, please follow the link for the latest findings from the project: http://www.jiscebooksproject.org
Friday, 2 October 2009
Free Trial
Free trial during October 2009 to Oxford Medical Handbook Series and ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular medicine
We currently have a trial to the Oxford Medical Handbook series for October for on campus use. To access the online contents of Medical Handbooks, please go to the following website http://omho.oxfordonline.com/
from a University PC. The medical handbooks are very popular books in the library and are all borrowed very regularly; we would really appreciate any feedback about the format of the online versions and how useful you think they would be to you.
The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular medicine is also available on a trial basis during October at http://www.esctextbook.oxfordonline.com . This is the 2nd edition of the title from the European Society of Cardiology.
Please send your feedback to
library-medical-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk
We currently have a trial to the Oxford Medical Handbook series for October for on campus use. To access the online contents of Medical Handbooks, please go to the following website http://omho.oxfordonline.com/
from a University PC. The medical handbooks are very popular books in the library and are all borrowed very regularly; we would really appreciate any feedback about the format of the online versions and how useful you think they would be to you.
The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular medicine is also available on a trial basis during October at http://www.esctextbook.oxfordonline.com . This is the 2nd edition of the title from the European Society of Cardiology.
Please send your feedback to
library-medical-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk
Monday, 7 September 2009
SciFinder developments - Open session 9th September 10.30 Chemistry XI
An open session detailing recent enhancements to SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts and Medline) is to be held on Wednesday 9th September at 10.30 am in Chemistry Lecture Theatre XI.
SciFinder is relevant to biochemists as well as chemists and one enhancement in particular is the Web version of SciFinder, launched in 2008. The session is also an opportunity to ask questions of Vikki Vowles, our CAS contact, and so please come along bringing your queries, suggestions and wants.
The session will last about an hour including time for questions.
SciFinder is relevant to biochemists as well as chemists and one enhancement in particular is the Web version of SciFinder, launched in 2008. The session is also an opportunity to ask questions of Vikki Vowles, our CAS contact, and so please come along bringing your queries, suggestions and wants.
The session will last about an hour including time for questions.
EcoSal
EcoSal is an information service for researchers on E. Coli and Salmonella which aims to be a comprehensive archive of knowledge on the enteric bacterial cell. EcoSal is continually expanded, updated, and revised and comprises several hundred modules of information containing links to graphics and active databases of primary research information. A link has been added to the Biomedical Sciences and Molecular Medical Sciences categories on the eLibrary Gateway.
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Students’ Use of Research Content in Teaching and Learning (2009)
This Report from UCLAN (University of Central Lancashire) to the JISC provides a snapshot of student research behaviour. It considers how students identify, access and use research and concludes that:
•Students are aware of the qualitative distinction between published research and general internet sites
•Students are not generally sophisticated in their understanding of peer-review
• Students are very reliant on library catalogues, databases and staff advice
• Students’ perception of research is led by the context of their assignments
• Students are reluctant to approach their tutor directly for advice on what research content to access
• Very few students identify undergraduate or postgraduate dissertations as research content
The report ends with a ten point action plan of recommendations put forward to the JISC, which includes the recommendation that ‘HEIs should be encouraged to invest significantly in improving information literacy for all students’.
•Students are aware of the qualitative distinction between published research and general internet sites
•Students are not generally sophisticated in their understanding of peer-review
• Students are very reliant on library catalogues, databases and staff advice
• Students’ perception of research is led by the context of their assignments
• Students are reluctant to approach their tutor directly for advice on what research content to access
• Very few students identify undergraduate or postgraduate dissertations as research content
The report ends with a ten point action plan of recommendations put forward to the JISC, which includes the recommendation that ‘HEIs should be encouraged to invest significantly in improving information literacy for all students’.
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Paying to publish for Open Access
The Research Information Network (RIN) and Universities UK have produced a guide to paying open access publication charges: that is, fees levied by some journals for the publication of scholarly articles so that they can be made available free of charge to readers, immediately upon publication. The guide, published in March 2009, also sets out recommendations for universities and other research institutions, publishers, research funders, and authors
Monday, 15 June 2009
Equator network
The EQUATOR Network (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of Health Research) is a 'quality improvement initiative that seeks to enhance the reliability of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of health research'. The website provides a comprehensive collection of reporting guidelines and other resources related to the reporting of health research studies, details of EQUATOR educational activities, news and events, and links to other useful resources.
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Thomson Reuters Research Analytics Webinars
Thomson Reuters are offering a series of webinars promoting several new services throught June 2009, including an online demonstration of InCites. Sessions will cover:
1. Extraction of bibliographic records from Web of Science
2. Provision of 'Times Cited' counts within a repository/publications database
3. Application of ResearcherID
4. Performance benchmarking with InCites:
a. By institution
b. By national / international standards
You can register at the online meetings below:
June 4th 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123283237&RG=1&UID=0
June 10th 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123283237&RG=1&UID=0
June 16th 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123284232&RG=1&UID=0
June 23rd 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123284347&RG=1&UID=0
1. Extraction of bibliographic records from Web of Science
2. Provision of 'Times Cited' counts within a repository/publications database
3. Application of ResearcherID
4. Performance benchmarking with InCites:
a. By institution
b. By national / international standards
You can register at the online meetings below:
June 4th 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123283237&RG=1&UID=0
June 10th 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123283237&RG=1&UID=0
June 16th 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123284232&RG=1&UID=0
June 23rd 2009 - 10:00am GMT
Click here to register:
https://thomsonscientific.webex.com/thomsonscientific/j.php?ED=123284347&RG=1&UID=0
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World
Just been reading ‘Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World’, a report of an independant Committee of Inquiry into changing learner experience which looks at the impact on higher education of students' widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies. The report also emphasises the role of Information Literacy in schools and higher education
'Information Literacies including searching Retrieving, critically evaluating information from a range of appropriate sources and also attributing it- represents a significant and growing deficit area.'
'Information Literacies including searching Retrieving, critically evaluating information from a range of appropriate sources and also attributing it- represents a significant and growing deficit area.'
Internet Guide on Genetics and Evolution
Intute: Health and Life Sciences has just produced a new booklet of Internet resources on Genetics and Evolution, which can be viewed at http://www.intute.ac.uk/supportdocs/geneticsbooklet.pdf . This is the latest in a series of guides produce by Intute: Health and Life Sciences which can be a useful resource for researchers, or for those responsible for creating course materials, reading or resource lists for students. Printed copies will be available in Greenfield Medical Library by the end of the week.
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