Eastern Electronic Library for Health and Social Care: the blog

The Specialist Library for Ethnicity and Health

23 October 2006 sees the launch of a new Specialist Library from the National Library for Health.  Crossing the professional boundaries, the Specialist Library for Ethnicity and Health aims "to be the central UK point of reference for research evidence and guidance on best practice relating to the health of an ethnically diverse population".  This should be useful if you are seeking information covering all aspects of health care delivery, from individual patient care to broader public health concerns, and includes guidance on the design of health care services for diverse ethnic groups.

E-books

A wide range of full-text electronic books have been purchased by the NHS from prestigious publishers and made available (with your NHS Athens password) through MyiLibrary.  The complete output of WHO titles is also there.

The books have been chosen by Mental Health practitioners and information specialists, and what is particularly interesting is that titles as diverse as Emergency Medicine by David Cline and Managing Information and Knowledge in the Public Sector by Eileen Milner are available.

A new improved interface is being launched on 7 August and it will be easier to search or browse for titles that may interest you or for information contained within chapters.

Here is the list of the top 10 titles used between April 2005 and March 2006:

New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, vol 1
New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, vol 2
Maudsley Handbook of Practical Psychiatry
Cognitive Therapy for Chronic and Persistent Depression
Companion to Psychiatric Studies
Think Good – Feel Good:  A Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People
The Case Study Guide to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy of Psychosis
Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology
Assertive Outreach in Mental Health
Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches and Assessment

From the EEL homepage link to Online books and journals > Online books > MyiLibrary > my content

Copyright guidance for the NHS

The National Library for Health has issued further guidance on the current copyright situation. It can be read here: National Library for Health - For Librarians.

RSS feeds from the Telegraph

The new look Daily Telegraph now does a range of feeds, including one for health.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MLKEXAKYYKCKHQFIQMGSFF4AVCBQWIV0?xml=/portal/rss/exclusions/rssinfo.xml

NHS Pension scheme review: consultation closes soon

Consultation on the NHS Pension Scheme Review closes on 11th April 2005. See the NHS Employers website for details: http://www.nhsemployers.org/PayAndConditions/ nhs_pension_scheme_review.asp.

NLH user survey

The National Library for Health website, www.library.nhs.uk, is carrying out a survey of the information needs of NHS staff.

The survey can be accessed at http://www.tfpl.com/questionnaire/nhs/nhs01.cfm and they're interested in the views of all NHS staff - not just clinicians.

They say:

The survey, which covers all NHS staff, is designed to identify the information needs people experience in the daily course of their jobs. The results of the survey will be used to develop the content and services available via the NLH and through local NHS library and information services, with the aim of supporting not only clinical and management decision making, but also continuing professional development and skills training. The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

Full text BMJ journals

Essex NHS Libraries have subscribed to the full text online versions of all the journals published by BMJ Publishing - including the BMJ itself and 23 others. This means you can read the latest issue and all the older articles online wherever you have internet access - you just need an NHS Athens password.

You can browse the journals at http://www.bmjjournals.com/ - you'll be asked to enter your password when you choose an article to read. If you find an article in one of these journals when you're searching a core database, there'll be a link in the database directly to the full text.

You may have to click "Login via Athens" if you're asked to enter a password.

See http://www.eel.nhs.uk/eel/passwords.htm for details on how to get an NHS Athens password.

See http://www.eel.nhs.uk/eel/databases.htm for details of the core databases.

World Book Day

Today is World Book Day - see http://www.worldbookday.com/.

You can search Essex healthcare libraries' book catalogue at http://www.londonlinks.ac.uk/dbtext/rdd.htm (combined with London, Herts and Beds - check the library codes to see where a book is held, or ask your local library to get it for you).

Why not try an ebook? With an NHS Athens password, you can read books online at http://www.myilibrary.com.

NHS Patient Survey

See the results of the 2004/5 NHS Patient Survey. Follow links to see the detailed report for your Trust.

OUP sale

Oxford University Press are having a sale on their website (http://www.oup.co.uk/sale/january2005/medicine/) with titles including some Oxford Handbooks marked down 50-75%.