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The William Harvey Library has recently purchased a dozen titles in Oxford University Press’s Very Short Introduction Series.  These offer a concise introduction to subjects and though intended for a general audience they are written by experts in the field.  Read More …

Evidence Search (previously known as NHS Evidence) provides an easy to use search for clinical and non-clinical information.  www.evidence.nhs.uk  It provides access to the evidence base for everyone in health and social care.  The information it links includes guidelines, systematic Read More …

The full text of six thousands electronic books relevant to healthcare from the publisher Springer are on a free trial to NHS staff.  This trial has been extended to March 2015.  They can be accessed from the following website http://tinyurl.com/phmxr4j Read More …

The library has recently bought some new stock including ten titles from the ‘an illustrated colour text’ series such as oncology, urology, dermatology and clinical neuroscience.  The emphasis is on high quality illustrations and concise text written primarily for the Read More …

The library helps to facilitate a weekly journal club in obstetrics and gynaecology. A suitable paper is selected by a doctor often with the help of a literature search from the library staff. The doctor leads an approximately thirty minute Read More …

The William Harvey Library’s autumn programme of information skills training was completed yesterday with a new course on ‘Systematic Reviews and the Cochrane Library”.  We will be holding more sessions in the New Year on a range of topics including Read More …

If you wish to access the full text of journals the William Harvey Library increasingly provides this electronically.  We now only have about eight paper subscriptions but the full text of many hundreds is available electronically.  Generally the best way Read More …

In her e-mail containing November team brief acting Chief Executive Kath Kelly mentioned that if you are come to use the computers in the library to view her video cast.  The William Harvey Library has eleven public access computers allowing Read More …

Do you need reliable high quality information when searching the internet?  The problem with search engines such as Google is that the websites it finds are of uncertain quality.  NICE Evidence Search is aimed at NHS staff, students and the Read More …

The staff in the William Harvey Library at George Eliot Hospital provide a range of information skill training to assist you with your work. The session on ‘Introduction to Twitter’ explains how to use this social media tool to communicate Read More …