New selection of books available for review

We want to be sure that the books we buy are the books you actually need to support your work and learning.

We review publisher's catalogues, scan reading lists and peruse different web sites, but what we like best is when you tell us what you need.

That is where our books on approval scheme comes in.

Every two months our supplier sends us a selection of new publications on relevant health topics which are available for you to review and suggest titles for us to purchase (or sometimes, not to purchase!).

Our current selections will be available at the Berrywood and Richmond libraries until Friday the 29th of June. Topics covered include:

• Dementia
• Medicine
• Mental health, psychiatry and psychology
• Neurology
• Nursing and midwifery
• Occupational therapy
• Women's health
• ...and many more

Of course we are always happy to have recommendations for new stock on any health related topic.

You can also find a list of titles we have recently purchased (including previous On Approvals) on our web site and all of our stock via the library catalogue.

New clinical overviews, journal and books added to Clinical Key

Clinical Overviews

Clinical Overviews are a quick and easy way to find evidence-based answers to your clinical questions.

Whenever you do a search in Clinical Key if there is a topic overview it will appear as the first result and also in a box on the right of the page.

Clinical Overviews are not book or journal content; they are concise, easily scannable summaries which include evidence-based information, current guidelines, and the latest advances on medical conditions. Clinical Overviews are tailored for clinicians.

The following topics have been added in May:

• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
• Williams syndrome

Journal

• Portuguese Journal of Cardiology 2011 to present

Books

Elsevier have also added new electronic books to Clinical Key this month, including:

• Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia (Gray, Andrew) 3rd ed
• Caffey’s Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging (Coley, Brian D) 13th ed
• Essential Echocardiography: Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease (Solomon, Scott) 1st ed; New to CK
• Structural Heart Cases: A Color Atlas of Pearls and Pitfalls (Sorajja, Paul) 1st ed New to CK

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:

• 1,400 topic pages
• Over 600 electronic journals 
• Over 1000 electronic books
• 850 First Consult monographs
• 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
• 300 + Procedures Consult videos
• 15,000 patient education handouts
• 2.2 million images
• You can find a full content list here

There is also a free app allowing you to access Clinical Key on the go.

To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Spring bank holiday closure

All the libraries will be unstaffed on Monday the 28th of May for the bank holiday.



24 hour access is available as usual to our registered members by swiping in using your library card at the Berrywood and Richmond libraries.

We reopen as normal on Tuesday the 29th at all of our sites.

13th edition of the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry now available online

Access on Ebook Central

The newest edition of the popular Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is now available online via the Ebook Central site.

The fully updated 13th edition features:

• A guide to psychiatric disorders and psychopharmacology
• Which drugs to prescribe and the side effects to look for, how to augment them or swap them
• Specific guidance on common psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression or bipolar
• Guidance on specific populations such as children, the elderly and pregnant women

To access the book you will need to go to the the Ebook Central site and log in with your OpenAthens account.

If you don't have an Athens account NHS staff and attached students can register for one online.

If you need more help in accessing this, or the many other electronic books available to you via your NHS OpenAthens account, we have produced a guide on how to use them which you can find on our web site, along with additional guides to e-journals, databases and more. Alternatively, you can always contact us.

Later opening at Isebrook Library, Tuesday 15th of May

Isebrook Library will be opening a little later than normal on Tuesday the 15th of May, at 10:00 am.

The Berrywood and Richmond Libraries are both open as normal.

Apologies for any inconvenience. 

BNF and BNFC added to Clinical Key

Elsevier have added data from both the BNF and the BNFC to Clinical Key, making it an even more useful resource for supporting clinical decision making.

BNF/C data will appear in your search results, or you can simply go to the Drug Monographs section in Clinical Key and search or browse for the information you want

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:

• 1,400 topic pages
• Over 600 electronic journals 
• Over 1000 electronic books
• 850 First Consult monographs
• 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
• 300 + Procedures Consult videos
• 15,000 patient education handouts
• 2.2 million images
• You can find a full content list here

There is also a free app allowing you to access Clinical Key on the go.

To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Help us to buy the books you want to read

We want to be sure that the books we buy are the books you actually need to support your work and learning.

We review publisher's catalogues, scan reading lists and peruse different web sites, but what we like best is when you tell us what you need.

That is where our books on approval scheme comes in.

Every two months our supplier sends us a selection of new publications on relevant health topics which are available for you to review and suggest titles for us to purchase (or sometimes, not to purchase!).

Our current selections will be available at the Berrywood and Richmond libraries until Friday the 18th of May. Topics covered include:

• Autism
• CBT & counselling
• Anaesthesiology 
• Medicine
• Mental health, psychiatry and psychology
• Neurology
• Nursing and midwifery
• Paediatrics 
• Surgery
• ...and many more

Of course we are always happy to have recommendations for new stock on any health related topic.

You can also find a list of titles we have recently purchased (including previous On Approvals) on our web site and all of our stock via the library catalogue.

Web site of the month: MindEd for Families

MindEd is a free learning resource aimed at families and carers about the mental health of children and young people, and older adults.

https://mindedforfamilies.org.uk/

The young people section offers hints and tips on parenting, looks at child development and common problems as well as having information on all the services available to support child mental health.

The section on older adults has information on memory problems, sleep, as well as common mental health issues, medications and services that offer support.

MindEd was developed by Health Education England with funding from the Department for Education and NHS England.