August opening hours

The Healthcare Library will be open MONDAY - FRIDAY 9am - 5pm ONLY between August 3rd - 31st. We will not be open during the evening or on Saturdays.

We will also close on Bank Holiday Monday 27th August.

Full opening hours will resume on Saturday September 1st.

Research and Study Skills Training

Tuesday 21st August 12 - 1.30 pm
Tuesday 11th September 1 - 2.30 pm
Wednesday 10th October 1 - 2.30 pm

This is a course for those new to research or study. The skills that you learn from this course can be applied to internet search engines, nursing databases, library catalogues and will help you through your studies and work related research. Computers will not be used during this course, but bingo will!

At the end of this course, all participants will be able to;

• Demonstrate the ability to identify several keywords for a concept
• Demonstrate the use of Boolean AND, and OR in order to construct a search strategy

This course is for beginners only, and would be suitable for HCA’s, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and Non-Clinical Staff who are studying towards a qualification or doing their own professional development research.

Lunch will not be provided, but please feel free to bring your own and eat as you learn!

Open to all Queen Elizabeth and Greenwich TPCT staff.

Contact Abby on 020 8836 6752 for more information or to book a place.

Cochrane Library Training

Thursday 26th July 2 - 4 pm
Friday 7th September 2- 4 pm

The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. Cochrane reviews bring you the combined results of the world’s best medical research studies, and are recognised as the gold standard in evidence-based health care.

Learn how to:

• Decide when to use the Cochrane Library
• Search the Cochrane Library
• Browse by topic
• View, save and print results.

Suitable for everyone, no previous experience is needed.

Call Abby on 020 8836 6752 for more information or to book a place.

Reference Manager Training

Thursday 9th August 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Reference Manager is designed to automate the creation of bibliographies for journal articles and assignments. It can save you hours of typing references and interpreting requirements for different referencing styles.

This course has been developed at an introductory level and is aimed at anyone who would like to learn how to use Reference Manager to store, format and retrieve references from books and journals. Suitable for everyone, no previous experience is needed.

Learn how to:
● Add references manually
● Import references from Medline, Cochrane Library, etc
● Use Cite While You Write (CWYW)
● Remove Duplicate References

Call Abby on x6752 for more information or to arrange a booking.

Journal Survey 2007

• Which journals do you read most often?
• Which electronic journals (e-journals) would you like to see?
• Which journals do you think we should subscribe to?
• Do the journals in the Healthcare Library reflect the core journals in your field of expertise?

The Healthcare Library would like to offer you the chance to help us decide on which journals we will subscribe to in 2008. In order to do this, we will be carrying out a Journal Survey, which will run from 2nd July to 31st August in the Healthcare Library.

If you can’t make it into the Healthcare Library, the survey is also available on the internet here: http://tinyurl.com/yvynzx If you have any questions or comments, or if you would prefer a paper copy of the survey please contact the Healthcare Library on 020 8836 6748 and we will send one out to you.

Opening Hours

The Healthcare Library is open

Monday 9am - 7pm
Tuesday 9am -5pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm