Library unified catalogue consultation: by student request, plus Waterstones vouchers available

A new trial unified library catalogue is now available at http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine. Developed on the back of staff and student feedback the ‘Unicat’ allows you to search for books and journals across both university libraries but, we hope, in an improved way from the existing HYENA cross search. The new Unicat provides drop down search options allowing you to search:

• across Hull and York University Libraries
• your preferred site plus only what is available electronically via the other University library
• for the e-holdings only of both University Libraries.

The Unicat also displays the list of your results on a single screen.

The Unicat is still a work in progress and we would very much like user testing and feedback so that the Library technical teams can fine tune. Please send any feedback you have via the form provided at http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine. As a thank you for feedback we will be conducting a draw for two £10 Waterstones vouchers later in the term.

Enjoy!

Access to DynaMed trial during Aug 2012!

HRI and Castle Hill Library is currently running a:

Free Trial of DynaMed

DynaMed™ is a clinical reference tool created by physicians for physicians and other health care professionals for use at the point-of-care with clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,500 topics. It provides the latest content and resources with validity, relevance and convenience. Links to many full text guidelines, systematic reviews, research and review articles are included. DynaMed editors monitor the content of over 500 medical journals on a daily basis. Each article is evaluated for clinical relevance and scientific validity. The new evidence is then integrated with existing content, and overall conclusions are changed as appropriate, ensuring an up to date synthesis of the best available evidence.

To access DynaMed from within the Trust use the link below

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=uid&user=ns123757&password=Password&profile=dynamed

To access DynaMed outside of the HEY Trust via your NHS Athens account either ‘scan’ the QR Code below or use http://tiny.cc/w8i3dw   to log into Athens

and then be taken direct to the resource.

Please let Knowledge Services know what you think of DynaMed by completing our short survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TrialDynamed

We also have 5 Mobile Apps available.

For more information: email us at ERMEC.library@hey.nhs.uk