Staff publications database

Did you know that we have a publications database available on our website? http://www.wkp.nhs.uk/knowledge-services/publicationsdatabase/ 

You can access all the latest research, news and journal articles published my members of the Worcestershire Health Community.  

If I have missed your article then let me know and I will get it added – Nicholas.smith@worcsacute.nhs.uk

 

How are we doing?

During the last year Worcestershire Health Libraries have…
•    Performed 266 advanced literature searches
•    Supplied 2109 articles to library users
•    Trained over 180 staff in Evidence-Based Practice
•    Issued over 400 smartcards

Library and knowledge service users (you) have:
•    Borrowed over 5700 books
•    Accessed over 11990 topics on UpToDate and Dynamed
•    Accessed Athens resources over 9950 times (last 6 months only)

To find out more about any of the above services please contact Nicholas.Smith@worcsacute.nhs.uk (Knowledge and Library Services Manager).

New resources – Proquest Hospital Collection and PsycARTICLES

NHS staff now have access to an additional 2 collections of full-text journals and other research material.  The collections are part of the National Core Content information resources provided by NICE.

Access both collections from ‘My Resources’ in your NHS Athens account.  Login  at: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/Auth/Login?

Fulltext links to content are also embedded in the NHS Healthcare databases (HDAS).

Proquest Hospital Collection contains journal articles, nursing and psychology videos, conference proceedings, working papers, reports for discovery of findings not yet published in journals and dissertations.

PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association.

NHS Athens – Medline and PsycINFO database changes

NHS Athens – Medline and PsycINFO database changes

Action is required if you have saved searches or regular email alerts set up on Medline or PsycINFO databases via the NHS Healthcare Databases (HDAS).

From April 1^st 2015 these databases will be provided by a new supplier and saved searches and alerts will NOT be carried over.  You will need to save your settings now and manually enter them again when the new databases are fully available from July 2015.  Between April and July both databases will be available to search on HDAS but with reduced fields and features.  Full instructions are available here.

In addition, from April 1^st 2015 two new collections will be available:

Proquest Hospital Collection – 4,500 fulltext health and medical journals, plus videos and dissertations

PsycARTICLES – fulltext to over 100 journals in the behavioural sciences.

If you have any questions or problems regarding this change please contact us. 

More Fiction Books

The Rowlands Library have had a fresh batch of Fiction Books Delivered ready for you to read!

Worcestershire Health Libraries have over 300 fiction books on our shelves, all different genres.  These are available to loan and you can search our books at: www.hawks.nhs.uk

Why not take part in our Siz Book Challenge?...Read more here

Reduced Library Opening Hours

Commencing 2^nd March 2015, Worcestershire Health Libraries will be operating the following staffed opening hours. This is due to current financial savings measures.

Library Site	Staffed Hours
Rowlands Library, Worcester	Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm
Redditch Health Library, Alexandra Hospital	Mon – Fri 8.30am – 4.30pm
Kidderminster Health Library, Kidderminster Treatment Centre	Mon – Fri 9.00am –2.30pm (Library door will be  open 8am – 5pm)

24hour access is still available at our Redditch and Worcester sites, just enquire at the site library desk for more information. The usual forms, resources and services are still available from our library website 24/7 @ www.wkp.nhs.uk .

We hope to be able to return to our usual hours at a later date and apologise for any inconvenience caused.  There may also be a slight delay in our turnaround of literature searches and document supply while we continue to support the Trust with savings initiatives.

Thanks
Library Team

 

Improved Dynamed app now available

Dynamed provides summaries of the latest evidence on a wide range of clinical topics.  The new app is easier to install and use with our Acute Trust-wide subscription:

• Access all content offline
• Write and save notes about particular topics
• Available on up to 3 devices
Watch video demo

Downloading the app is easy!

1. Access DynaMed from the Clinical Systems page of the Acute Trust Intranet.
2. Click on the Mobile link on the top menu bar of Dynamed and enter your email address.  An authentication key will be emailed to you.
3. Download the free DynaMed App from the iTunes Store or Google Play.
4. Open the email from your mobile device.
5. Within 48 hours, tap on the link in the email to authenticate the app and download content.
6. Dynamed content is updated regularly via update notifications.