EBooks in the Healthcare Library

An increasing number of books are now available electronically through your SLHT NHS Athens Account and the Library Catalogue. Please use the direct links below to access selected titles or follow the instructions to view all available titles.

Oxford handbook of endocrinology and diabetes 2^nd Edition; Turner, HE (2009)

Oxford handbook of respiratory medicine 2^nd Edition; Chapman, S (2009)

Oxford handbook of reproductive medicine and family planning McVeigh, E (2008)

The doctor's communication handbook 5^th Edition; Tate, P (2007)

Oxford handbook of clinical medicine 7^th Edition; Longmore, M (2007)

Anesthesiology Longnecker, DE (2007)

Paediatrics : a core text on child health 2^nd Edition; Waterston, T (2006)

Essential guide to acute care 2^nd Edition; Cooper, N (2006)

If you would like to browse a full list of available titles, please follow these instructions

• Access the SLHT Library Catalogue at www.selhl.nhs.uk
• Select the Advanced Search option
• Use the drop-down "type" menu and select "website". Make sure you are searching in a single library (i.e Queen Elizabeth / Queen Mary's)
• Select "Search"
• Click on "URL" to access the full electronic text of any titles you are interested in
• Enter your SLHT NHS Athens Username and Password
• Contact the library if you have any questions

New access to online journals for 2010!

Just a quick update to inform you that we have converted some of our current journal subscriptions to e-journals meaning you can access them from the comfort of your own home via your Athens account.

The following journals are now available online simply click the link to be taken to the journal's main page:

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine

British Journal of Surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: UK Edition

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: US Edition

Medicine

New England Journal Of Medicine

Nursing Standard

Nursing Times

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Pediatrics

Surgery

If you're a member of QE or NHS Greenwich staff and would like to access these journals but don't yet have an Athens please contact the library to arrange setting up an account.

Free trial of Ebsco products available

Your NHS Athens account now provides you with access to a 3 month trial for the following EBSCO products:

Dynamed

MEDLINE with Full Text

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection: HOST

Please visit http://bit.ly/8vbIEj for more information about the products and how to access.

The trial ends 14 March 2010. Please let us know what you think!

More free clinical e-books available now

This is one for the doctors (yes, you know who you are!) who don't have time to read through a whole book to find the information you need and don't have the energy to lug a massive hardback medical textbook to and from the library every day. Help is at hand through a free e-book trial of some major clinical titles at MD Consult. Visit http://library.qeht.googlepages.com/MDConsultE-books.pdf for a full list of the e-books on offer.

Access couldn't be easier. All you need is your Athens account:

- Login to http://www.athens.ac.uk/myathens using your Athens username and password
- Select "Resources"
- Select "Local Resources"
- Select "MD Consult"
- Select Books and either browse be specialty or by author.

This trial access will only run until 14th October but if you think any or all of these titles may be a good addition to the Healthcare Library, do let us know!

Tel: 0208 836 6742
Email: library.qeht@nhs.net

Exciting new Athens resources

ProQuest Hospital Collection
Additional full-text resources have recently been added to the ProQuest collection available via Athens, including five major databases covering health and medical care, nursing and allied health, health management, psychology and family health.

1. Go to https://web.nhs.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=9944dd1869ad44778db4f1998f7d8ca7&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.athens.ac.uk%2fmyathens
2. Enter your Athens user name and password
3. Click on Ovid Online from the list of resources provided
4. Select ProQuest and use the search box to search for information
5. If the reference you want is not available full-text, just contact the library on x6745 to request it

RefWorks
Working on a dissertation, report, literature review or anything else that requires references and wishing you had a better way to organise them? Then RefWorks is for you! Create your own personal database of references by importing them from online databases, saved text files or other reference management software, then write your paper and insert your references where you need them as you go. Finally, create your bibliography quickly and easily using the information from your reference database.

1. Go to https://web.nhs.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=9944dd1869ad44778db4f1998f7d8ca7&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.athens.ac.uk%2fmyathens
2. Enter your Athens user name and password
3. Click on RefWorks from the list of resources provided
4. The first time you use RefWorks you will need to register, but next time you login it will take you straight in
5. Use the handy Quick Start Guide or FAQs to learn how to use the program, or contact the Information Skills Trainer on x6742 or https://web.nhs.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=9944dd1869ad44778db4f1998f7d8ca7&URL=mailto%3asianaynsley%40nhs.net to arrange a training session on reference management.

Please note these are trial resources which will last until the end of October 2009. So the more you use them the less chance we will lose them!