UpToDate access restored

Links to UpToDate from the Barts Health Library Catalogue and Intranet are now working. We would like to thank all our users for their patience while this issue was being resolved. Access is still available using your Athens logins (which also gives you access to a lot of other great resources subscribed to by the Knowledge and Library Service). Go to the UpToDate website and click on the Log in button on the right hand side of the page. This will take you to a login page and you can enter your details in the Log in via Athens option. You may be prompted to set up a linked account but you can skip this if you are not planning to use UpToDate regularly offsite.

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For those not already familiar with UpToDate, it is a point of care tool to help you answer clinical questions quickly. It has a straightforward search box and offers topic reviews that include a synthesis of the literature, recent evidence and specific recommendations for patient care.

Athens access means you can use it at the location of your convenience and although it is not mobile optimised, it is possible to open the system on the device of your choice. You can self register for Athens from any Barts Health computer and once registered you can use it from any PC.

If you already have an Athens login but have forgotten your details or just need some help, contact the Library Team.

Opening hours over Christmas and the New Year

The Knowledge and Library Services will be closed for the holidays over Christmas and the New Year.

Date	Newham	Whipps Cross
Monday 23 December	8.30am –  5pm	8am – 5pm
Tuesday 24 December	CLOSED	9am – 1pm
Wednesday 25 December to Friday 27 December		CLOSED
Monday 30 December		9am – 5pm
Tuesday 31 December		9am –  4pm
Wednesday 1 January		CLOSED
Thursday 2 January to Friday 3 January	8.30am –  5pm	9am –  5pm

The Cyber Room and Knowledge Hub at Newham will remain open during this period. Normal services will resume on Thursday 2nd January 2014. During the closure books may be returned into the White Book Bin on the main corridor outside the Upstairs doors to the Alan Naftalin Centre for Education at Newham or into the White Book Bin at the top of the stairs to the Library in the MEC at Whipps Cross. Visit the Barts Health Library Catalogue to renew or request books online or email any enquiries you may have to the Library.                 
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Knowledge and Library Services closures on Monday 16th December 2013

The Knowledge and Library Services at Newham will be closed on Monday 16th December 2013 for a Trust Departmental Meeting. The Cyber room and Knowledge Hub will remain available. Normal services will resume on Tuesday 17th December 2013. During the closure books may be returned into the White Book Bin on the main corridor outside the Upstairs doors to the Education Centre.

The Knowledge and Library Services at Whipps Cross will be closed on Monday 16th December 2013 between 9.30am-2.30pm. It will be open at 8am-9.30am and 2.30pm-5pm.


Visit Barts Health Library Catalogue to renew books online or email any enquiries you may have to the Library.

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Informa Healthcare Journals Trial (September - November 2013)

Barts Health NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services is pleased to announce a three month trial to Informa Healthcare Journals from September to November 2013. During this period, all staff and students on placement will have unrestricted access to high impact research content across a vast range of therapeutic disciplines, from bench to bedside. Review research content from over 180 peer reviewed journals including Expert Opinion and the Expert Reviews series.

Some of the most cited titles among healthcare professionals include:

• British Journal of Neurosurgery
  
• Disability and Rehabilitation
• Expert Opinion on Drug Safety 
• International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
• Journal of Interprofessional Care
• Journal of Mental Health
• Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Medical Teacher

To access all these and more, visit the Journals and Databases site and search by title (You will need to login with your NHS Athens username and password).

If need any further information, please contact the Library

library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk 

Newham - 020 7363 8016

Whipps Cross - 020 8535 6973

Clinical Key EBooks now searchable on the Library Catalogue

There are now over a thousand leading medical and surgical Ebooks from ClinicalKey covering all major specialties available to search on the Library catalogue. Simply click on the resource link for access (you will still be required to login to ClinicalKey).

You can also browse these books on the ClinicalKey website.

Your NHS Athens account gives you access to full-text, images and video clips.

For help on how to access ClinicalKey, click here.

MedHand for Foundation Year Doctors

Barts Health NHS Trust has been selected to pilot MedHand under the auspicies of UCL Partners. It will be made available to foundation year doctors on their own devices. Access BNF, Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme, Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry, together with local guidelines and protocols on your own mobile device.

The package of resources will aid work based learning and the treatment and care of patients by giving rapid access to reliable and up-to-date information on the go. Optimising access to information can potentially aid junior doctors' training, ensuring accurate prescribing and elevating the quality of information provided to patients.

To express an interest in subscribing to this package, please contact your Local NHS Library with your name, department, email address, phone number and Foundation Year.

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  Whipps Cross: 020 8535 6973 x5311

Newham: 020 7363 8016 x8016
library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk

DynaMed – try it today!

Barts Health NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) have arranged a three-month trial, from August to October 2013, of DynaMed, a point of care resource tool similar to UpToDate. DynaMed provides clinically organised summaries for over 3,000 disease and condition topics, incorporating over 1,000 drug topics, and was recently chosen by NHS Scotland as its resource of choice.

• Updated daily making it the most current point of care tool on the market. 
• Aims to answer clinical questions during practice.
• Offers direct reference links to more than 2,000 full-text journal titles.  
• Provides targeted support for nurses and allied health professionals through the Nursing and Rehabilitation Reference Centres.
  
• Offers a facility to obtain CPD points.
• CME form can be used to register online learning which can then be submitted as part of a Doctors CPD portfolio.
• Available as a mobile application via smartphones including PDA, Blackberry or iPhone.              

How to access DynaMed

From the Trust intranet, go to the ‘I want to’ menu and select “Try DynaMed – a new point of care tool” OR go to the 'access a systems and applications' page and select “DynaMed - a new clincial reference tool on trial at Barts Health.” 

Click here to access it using your NHS Athens username and password.

You can also download the DynaMed app to use on your mobile device.  Contact the library for an individual logon.

All clinicians are encouraged to take advantage of the trial and put DynaMed through its paces as it has received extremely good reviews and is considerably more affordable than UpToDate. Please feedback your thoughts by completing a brief online survey.