Labnews.co.uk – The scientist’s online newspaper

A useful site for all you scientists out there…Labnews.co.uk.

Providing science news, comments, reviews and job advertisements, Labnews is an essential resource for current awareness.

Subscribe to the service to receive email alerts.

BNF & BNF for Children

 

The BNF and BNF for Children is available online.

Published by the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britian (RPSGB), the BNF is described as the ‘essential resource for clinical use of medicines‘.

Registration is easy and will provide free access to all content and the latest news. Click here to register.

Make the most of this service…it’s not very often you get something for nothing!!!

*NEW* online chat service…ASSIST!

Do you want on-the-spot assistance without leaving your computer?

Then try our *NEW* online chat service, ASSIST.

Chat to a librarian online and get the information you need sent straight to your screen.

ASSIST is operational during term-time:

Monday-Thursday  1-10.30pm

Friday  1-6pm

Saturday & Sunday  1.30-5.30pm.

e-books

MyiLibrary provides access to a selection of e-books full text. The titles also appear on OPAC. Carry out a keyword search and if the book is available electronically, a link to the full text will be provided.

MyiLibrary currently covers the areas of medicine, pathology, dermatology, paediatrics, oncology, therapeutics, pharmacology, surgery, nutrition, physiology and opthalmology. Use the medicine and science links to browse the collection available.

Full text e-books are becoming more popular, so the MyiLibrary collection will continue to grow. Any suggestions of new titles for SAS are welcome!

Accessing other libraries

The reciprocal borrowing schemes of old have changed. Access West Midlands, SCONUL Research Extra and UK Libraries Plus have now merged to form SCONUL Access.

Borrowers will now only join the scheme once and one card can be used at multiple participating libraries.

Current borrowing cards for the old schemes can be used until they expire, then users must apply for a SCONUL Access card.

For more information, visit the SCONUL website.

Student ID Cards – Latest Information

Information regarding student ID cards is available on the website for current students. There are also some useful FAQs that may be helpful.

If you are unsure of what to do about your ID card, visit the website.

Google Scholar

We all know how useful search engines can be, however, anyone can publish information on the web…and it doesn’t have to be factual or reliable.

 If you are going to use the Internet for your research, choose Google Scholar.

It is more likely to retrieve academic, peer-reviewed information then any other search engine. Make sure you choose the information you use carefully and always reference!!!

Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin

Produced by Which?, Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin provides current, reliable information on drugs and treatments.

The service is availble on and off campus, and articles may be searched using simple keywords.

Access vis the Pharmacy subject pages. 

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database

Calling all Pharmacy students…

We have access to the Natural Medicines Comprehensive database.

You will need to register for a personal user ID before searching and access is restricted to University networked machines only.

The database provides in formation on natural medicine and features effectiveness and drug interaction search options. There is also a chat forum for health professionals and some free tutorials. Accessible from the Pharmacy subject pages.