PubMed redesigned

This week, a new design for PubMed has been launched.

Library staff can offer you training and advice on how to make the most of the redesigned database, contact us on info.skills@medsch.ucl.ac.uk

Major consultation on the successor to the RAE

HEFCE has published a consultation, on behalf of the four UK higher education funding bodies, on the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The REF is the new process for assessing research in UK higher education institutions, enabling the selective allocation of funding. It will replace the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

For further information see the HEFCE website.

UpToDate now available in the library

UpToDate is now available from one of the walk-in computers in the library - ask at the issue desk for the login for Walk-in PC 1.

UpToDate is an electronic resource providing detailed answers to clinical questions based on the best available evidence. It is written by clinicians and covers more than 7,700 topics in 14 medical specialties. If you are looking for high quality evidence to inform your clinical practice, come to the library to see if UpToDate has the answers.

New current awareness website available: Clinical Reader

A new current awareness website has just been launched to help you keep up to date with the latest research. The site is still in beta form, which means there may be more improvements to come.

http://clinicalreader.com

The site describes itself thus:

"At this moment, high impact research and health news articles are scattered across hundreds of sites. That´s far too much for any reader to follow.Welcome to Clinical Reader, a truly quality collection of accessible clinical, scientific and health literature aiming to ease information delivery to the medical community. Focus your time, discover new links, fine-tune your online experience in a bid to effectively manage online clinical browsing. Our regularly updated content features the latest articles from high impact factor and popular journals, health news sources and prime multimedia content. Headlines are swiftly visualized and seamlessly linked to abstract or full content articles to keep our community aware of current research, trends and analysis. Login with Athens to further enhance your online experience."

Let us know what you think of this resource

Who's Who and Who Was Who

UCL now subscribes to the electronic versions of Who’s Who and Who Was Who.

Who’s Who contains over 33,000 short biographies, continually updated, of living noteworthy and influential individuals, from all walks of life, worldwide.
The first edition of Who Was Who contained the entries from Who’s Who of those who had died between 1897 and 1915 with the date of death added to each. Subsequent volumes of Who Was Who — there are now eleven — cover the years from 1916 to 2005.

There is a link to Who’s Who and Who Was Who on UCL Library Services’ databases list.

Bank holiday opening hours - Monday 25 May 2009

The Royal Free Hospital Medical Library will be open on bank holiday Monday 25 May 2009, from 10.00am - 5.00pm.

Resources on Swine flu

The Royal Free Medical Library has compiled a list of links to information and web resources on Swine Influenza (A/H1N1). Sources include:

Collections of information / summaries of evidence
Guidance and clinical guidelines
Original articles
General and patient information
News and blogs

If you have suggestions for further resources to be added, please contact Angela Young.