Tuesday 23 December 2008

Updates to subscription content

Please note that the majority of OVID titles removed or archived are due to the Blackwell Wiley merge which affected our OVID collection.

The following titles have been added to the e-Library:

Proquest

Epidemiology and infection
European journal of anaesthesiology
Genetics research
International journal of neuropsychopharmacology
International journal of technology assessment in health care
Journal of child language
Journal of dairy research
Journal of medical toxicology
Journal of the International neuropsychological
Microscopy and microanalysis
Molecular biology and evolution
Quarterly reviews of biophysics
Zygote
Journal of the International neuropsychological society
Clinical pharmacokinetics
Orthopedics (online)
Psychology and psychiatry journal
Research in gerontological nursing

Ebsco-Host

Howard journal of criminal justice
Review of policy research
Journal of health care law and policy
Pharmaceutical representative
Australasian science
Four four two
Letters in applied microbiology
Plant journal
Traffic

Science Direct

Respiratory medicine CME
Journal of nutrition education and behavior

OVID

Journal of media psychology: theories, methods, and applications
Social psychology
Zeitschrift fur psychologie

The following titles have been removed from the e-Library:

OVID

Social development
Journal of sexual medicine
Dermatologic surgery
Human cell
Indoor air
Journal of applied microbiology
Letters in applied microbiology
Oral diseases supplement
Worldviews on evidence-based nursing

Ebsco-Host

Biodrugs
American journal of human genetics
Psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Psychosocial rehabilitation journal
Clinical oral implants research

The following titles now only provide archival access:

OVID

Journal of family therapy
Aging cell
Animal genetics
Applied psychology
Clinical oral implants research
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Conservation biology
Dental traumatology
Development, growth and differentiation
Endodontic topics
Environmental microbiology
European Journal of dental education
European journal of oral sciences
Genes to cells
Genes, brain and behavior
Indoor air
International endodontic journal
International journal of dental hygiene
International journal of food science and technology
International journal of paediatric dentistry
International journal of social welfare
Journal of analytical psychology
Journal of cosmetic dermatology
Journal of evolutionary biology
Journal of neuroimaging
Journal of periodontal research
Journal of research on adolescence
Learning disabilities research and practice
Learning in health and social care
Medical and veterinary entomology
Molecular microbiology
Oikos
Plant journal
Psychology of women quarterly
Reproductive medicine and biology
Traffic

Ebsco-Host

Southern medical journal
Information systems security

Title changes:

Emerald

TQM journal (Previously TQM magazine)

Proquest

Canadian review of sociology (Previously Canadian review of sociology and anthropology)
Subjectivity (Previously Critical psychology)
Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery (Previously Journal of aerosol medicine)

Ebsco-Host

Canadian review of sociology (Previously Canadian review of sociology and anthropology)
Quarterly journal of finance and accounting (Previously Quarterly journal of business and economics)
Acta ophthalmologica (Previously Acta ophthalmologica scandinavica)
Cardiovascular therapeutics (Previously Cardiovascular drug reviews)
CNS neuroscience and therapeutics (Previously CNS drug reviews)
Pigment cell and melanoma research (Previously Pigment cell research)
Systems biology in reproductive medicine (Previously Archives of andrology)
Long-term living (Previously Nursing homes: long term care management)
Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (Previously Australasian radiology)
International journal of laboratory hematology (Previously Clinical and laboratory haematology)

OVID

Acta ophthalmologica (Previously Acta ophthalmologica scandinavica)
Pigment cell and melanoma research (Previously Pigment cell research)
International journal of rheumatic diseases (Previously APLAR journal of rheumatology)
Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology (Previously Australasian radiology)
Journal of digestive diseases (Previously Chinese journal of digestive diseases)
International journal of laboratory hematology (Previously Clinical and laboratory haematology)
Nursing for women's health (Previously AWHONN lifelines)

Training mailing list

A training mailing list is being compiled to inform users of future training events.

If you are interested in being added to this list then please contact:

derek.boyle@nes.scot.nhs.uk

Change to the Nursing Ebsco collection

From the beginning of 2009, the Ebsco collection Nursing & Allied Health will be replaced by CINAHL with full text.

CINAHL will full text provides a more comprehensive collection of titles.

Ebsco CINAHL support

Ebsco support are providing some additional support for CINAHL.

This site will be linked from the main support pages or you can access it directly at:

http://support.epnet.com/cinahl/index.php

Particular items of note are the CINAHL user guide and the Transition to CINAHL on EBSCOhost help sheet both available from the Documentation tab.

Thursday 4 December 2008

CINAHL on EBSCOhost online training

CINAHL on EBSCOhost

EBSCO Publishing are offering free online training sessions to NHS Scotland users.

This training will last up to 1 hour and cover the following topics:

• Basic and advanced search modes
• Unqualified search; CINAHL subject headings and subheadings
• Using Explode and Major
• Field codes
• Limiters
• Result page – Narrow and Search Options
• Search history
• Saved searches, Search and Journal Alerts
• Delivery of results – Print, Email, Save, Export
• My EBSCOhost – Personal Folder

There will be opportunity to ask questions throughout the sessions and at the end.

Your trainer for these sessions will be Emily Harker, previously a medical librarian working in NHS England, who has now joined EBSCO as the Implementation Specialist for UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Available session dates are detailed below.

12 December 11am
17 December 2pm
22 December 3pm
8 January 10am
8 January 2pm
16 January 11am
16 January 1pm
21 January 10am
23 January 2pm
26 January 11am
29 January 1pm

To register, please email customersuccess@ebscohost.com with your name, email address, and the specific session you would like to attend.

Dynamed online training (provided by Ebsco)

Dynamed

EBSCO Publishing are offering free online training sessions to NHS Scotland users.

This training will last up to 45 minutes and cover the following topics:

• About Dynamed
• 7 step evidence based methodology
• Searching Dynamed
• Topic organisation
• Evidence labelling
• Print / email topic summaries

There will be opportunity to ask questions throughout the sessions and at the end.

Your trainer for these sessions will be Emily Harker, previously a medical librarian working in NHS England, who has now joined EBSCO as the Implementation Specialist for UK and the Republic of Ireland.

Available session dates are detailed below.

11 December 10am
16 December 2pm
22 December 11am
6 January 10am
20 January 2pm

To register, please email customersuccess@ebscohost.com with your name, email address, and the specific session you would like to attend.

Wednesday 3 December 2008

Proquest online training

Proquest are offering online training sessions to NHS Scotland users.

The training session will cover content, functions, and features of, as well as tips for using, ProQuest Medical Library, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source and ProQuest Psychology Journals on the ProQuest interface. It will also provide information on the new features included in ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source: Study Paths and Evidence Based Nursing from the The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). The Agenda will be as follows: Content overview by Database New Features & Content Basic & Advanced Searching ProQuest® Smart Search Study Paths Browsing of Publications including key titles such as THE LANCET, JAMA, Rehabilitation Nursing , Journal of Practical Nursing, Journal of Allied Health , Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and The Journal of Special Education. My Research: Area where user can save searches and search results from their session. There will be an opportunities to ask Questions throughout the session, and also at the end. Full contact details of your trainer will be provided and also information on where to obtain Training Resources and how to contact our Technical Support.

The training will take place on the following dates:


Wednesday, 10th December 2008, 10-11am

Wednesday, 10th December 2008, 2-3pm

You can access these online sessions at

http://inter.viewcentral.com/reg/proquest/NHSScotland