News
New e-books from Wiley
We now have access to over 25 titles from Wiley’s popular ‘Rapid’ and ‘Hands On’ series online.
Click here to browse the list of titles available:
Log in with your NHS OpenAthens login when prompted.
Titles have been added to the Library Catalogue and the relevant Library Topic Guides.
We hope you enjoy accessing these books 24/7!
The Library Team
Welcome to our new library manager
Meet Charlotte Greaves, who will be the library manager while Carol Giles takes a sabbatical year.
Charlotte has worked with us for the last few years as library assistant, so is familiar with the library and the hospital, and we’re looking forward to working with her in her new role.
The Library Team
New nursing journal collection – MAH Complete
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We now have access to 26 nursing journal titles via MAH Complete – all accessible via your NHS Open Athens login.
Log in, and then select ‘MAG Online Library’ from My Resources. Or, you can access all the titles via our Journals A-Z site.
This includes some firm favourites – British Journal of Nursing, British Journal of Midwifery, Practice Nursing and many more – go and take a look!
For a full list of the titles available, see below, or visit the website.
Christmas Opening hours
Please see below our Christmas opening hours over the festive period:
24/7 access is available to registered members of the Library, with an authorised RD&E staff badge, or Exeter Health Library proximity card. If you need access over the holidays, please check with Library staff before 3pm on Christmas Eve.
Don’t forget – you also have access to a wealth of health information such as journals, databases and e-books via NHS OpenAthens.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Library Team
RD&E Online Journal Club – coming soon
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Trust Journal Club – Community services pilot
Launching in November 2018 will be an online Facebook journal club to support staff with participatory continued professional development as part of the revalidation requirements by enabling online discussion and reflection; this is a pilot within community services but will be rolled out to other areas if successful.
The Facebook page is a closed group which you will have to request to join; using this format allows staff to access discussion and content whenever convenient.
Each month an article will be posted, staff can read this article either contributing to existing conversations or start their own by adding comment below as they would on any other Facebook post.
A reflective template has also been created with staff can download to use as evidence is their revalidation portfolio.
To find the group search for ‘RD&E Online Journal Club’ in the Groups category, request to join and you will be asked two questions, your job role and place of work.
If there is a particular subject or article that you would like to be posted you can message the Facebook page with your suggestion.
For more information, contact Emma Watson, Clinical Skills Facilitator.
New Cochrane Library website – launch on Tuesday 07August
The Cochrane Library has been redesigned to enhance user experience – it consistently provides the dependable, high standard evidence which informs healthcare decision-making. It will launch on Tuesday 7th August 2018.
Do take a look and visit the new site – cochranelibrary.com to view the changes and new features. Access is via NHS Open Athens – so sign up if you haven’t already – https://openathens.nice.org.uk
They do warn – “To ensure the transition from old to new site runs smoothly, we strongly recommend not using the saved search function from 00:01 GMT on Monday 6th August 2018 until 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 7th August. We cannot guarantee that any searches saved during this period will be transferred to the new site. All other search functions in the Cochrane Library will remain available during this time. The transfer of all saved searches will take place between 6-7th August, with no action required on the part of users. If you have any problems contact cs-cochrane@wiley.com and specify that you are a saved search user.”
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Document supply price increase
From 1st August, our document supply charge will be rising to £15 per item.
This is in line with price increases from the British Library, and more locally, the University of Exeter.
Please note that document supply is FREE for Trust or clinical related work.
Charges only apply if the items are required for funded research projects, or educational courses.
For more information, and a copy of our policy, see our Document Supply web page.
BMJ Case Reports
BMJ Case Reports will not be renewed for 2018/19 – the subscription officially ended yesterday.
Please contact me at either pamela.geldenhuys@nhs.net or p.r.geldenhuys@exeter.ac.uk if there are any queries.
Usage has been very low and it was therefore considered not cost effective to renew.
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Exeter Health Library Topic Guides – can you help?
Exeter Health Library is running a usability study in conjunction with the healthcare library at Weston Super-Mare, looking at the usability of our Topic Guides: http://exeterhealth.libguides.com.
If you haven’t already come across them, we have a wide range of Topic Guides covering a number of different subjects, from clinical topics, to guides on the Care Certificate, Research, Leadership & Management and more. Each guide pulls together information on library resources and services available for that topic.
Both Weston and ourselves use the same software (LibGuides) and we’d like to make sure that our Topic Guides are fit for purpose and actually useful! Results will be anonymised and presented as a poster at the national CILIP Health Libraries Group conference this summer.
Are you able to spare 15 mins to pop over to the Library to help us? Tea/coffee/biscuits will be provided. There will be a short set of simple tasks to complete, and some follow up questions, if there is time.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Cate Newell (Reader Services Librarian) on x6726, or email cnewell1@nhs.net. The deadline is Friday 18th May.
NHS Open Athens problems
We have been made aware there may be some problems with access to journals and databases and account renewals.
If you are affected, please let us know – ring us on 01392 406800 or email us at
rde-tr.library@nhs.net and we will investigate.
Thank you.
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