Apps & electronic resources drop-in session, Tuesday 18th September

Did you know the library has a number of different free apps available to give you easy access to lots of our electronic content?

Do you want to know more about accessing electronic journals, books or databases? Have you had problems with registering for an OpenAthens password? We can help.

The library is holding an all day drop-in session on Tuesday the 18th of September, in the Library, Berrywood Hospital.

Come along and find out about:

• Clinical Key app (android / Apple)
• The Library's Bookmyne app (android / Apple)
• The BNF (incorporating the BNFC) app (android / Apple)
• Royal Marsden Manual of Clincial Nursing Procedures 
• OpenAthens passwords
• Accessing electronic journals and books
• Databases

One of our professional librarians will be available all day and you can also bring along any problems or questions you may have about anything to do with making the best use of our electronic resources (or indeed anything else library-related).

There will also be refreshments available and a few freebies for you to take away too.

If you have any questions please contact the Library. We'd be 'appy to see you on the 18th (sorry)...

Advance notice - apps and eResources day, Tuesday 18th of September

We'll be holding a drop in event at Berrywood Library on Tuesday the 18th of September looking at the apps available to Trust staff and the wide selection of electronic journals, books and other resources available.

There will also be refreshments available and the odd freebie too!

More details coming soon...

Stay up-to-date with some of your favourite journals with the Ovid Today app

Did you know you can get access to all the electronic journals the library gets from Ovid through a single free iPad app?

Ovid Today lets you browse, read and save your favourite journals directly from your iPad. With Ovid Today you can:

• Stay up to date with the very latest journal content (including publications ahead of print
• Access 6 months worth of rolling content
• Search for and select your favourite Ovid journals to follow
• Browse specialisms and journal tables of contents
• Read a PDF of any article
• Create a personal reading list and add articles to review later

To get started with Ovid Today simply download the app from iTunes (it is not currently available for Android devices). If you are a registered member of library you will then need to contact us to obtain the OvidSP ID and password to gain access to our journals. If you are not registered with us you will need to come into the library.

Once your account is set up you will be ready to start adding the journal titles you are interested in to your carousel, and away you go...

The titles you can currently access via the app include:

• A&A Case Reports 
• AJN, American Journal of Nursing 
• Anesthesia & Analgesia 
• Anesthesiology 
• Annals of Surgery 
• Bone & Joint Journal 
• BJS, British Journal of Surgery 
• Cancer Nursing 
• Case Connector 
• Circulation 
• Critical Care Medicine 
• Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 
• Essential Surgical Techniques 
• European Eating Disorders Review 
• Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Am) 
• Journal of ECT 
• Journal of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery 
• Neurology 
• Neurology Clinical Practice 
• Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation 
• Obstetrics & Gynecology 
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 
• Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open 
• Spine 
• Stroke

Changes in access to the BNF and BNFC online

Both the BNF and the BNF for Children have moved web sites. They are now no longer available from the bnf.org address, but are now both hosted on the Medicines Complete site.

To access them directly use the links below:

• BNF https://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnf/current/

• BNFC https://www.medicinescomplete.com/mc/bnfc/current/

If you are using a device on an NHS network you should be able to access both versions without the need to log in.

If you are using them from outside of the NHS, you will need to have an Open Athens account to enable you to log in.

Both the BNF and BNFC are also available as an App for Android and iOS (Apple) devices via the NICE web site. Again you will need to log into Athens when you download the App to confirm your eligibility.

Need help managing your library books? We've got an app for that...

The free BookMyne app from SirsiDynix, for both Apple and Android devices, allows you to manage your access to the library from your smartphone or tablet.

BookMyne offers a lot of convenient features, making it quick and easy to search our collections on the move, find the items you need and manage your account.


BookMyne enables you to:

• Search for items by title, author or subject
• Reserve any title in our catalogue and select which library you would like to collect it from
• Edit or cancel your reservations (we all change our minds sometimes)
• See when a reserved item becomes available
• See all the items on loan to you
• See if you have any fines
• Renew any loans and see when items are approaching their due date (and never have a library fine again!)
• Use your phone's camera to scan a book's barcode to instantly check if there are copies in the library

Once you've downloaded the app, all you will need to get started is your library card and your PIN (which you can get from any of the libraries if you don't already have it and also allows you to log in and use our online catalogue).

We think BookMyne is an easy way to find the information you need, stay on top of your loans and reservations and avoid those pesky fines by always having your books returned or renewed on time.

Did we mention it's free...?

BookMyne on the App Store

BookMyne on Google play

Web site of the month: My Health Apps

http://myhealthapps.net/

The My Health Apps.net site was developed by the UK based PatientView organisation, in partnership with others and encouraged by NHS England.

The site brings together Apps with a healthcare focus from around the world (currently there over 300 in English, but this is expected to grow). They range from Apps for exercise to those that focus on managing specific conditions, with some also aimed at carers. You can browse the Apps by topic, by language or by device platform.

The Apps have been reviewed by patients and voluntary groups and are all scored with a "heart rating". This rating has 5 elements and covers how the App: 

• Helps to control a condition / keep you healthy
• Is trustworthy
• Is easy to use
• Allows you to network with others in a similar position
• Can be used regularly

The site features Apps for a variety of smartphone and mobile device platforms including Android, Apple, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows and browser based. Some of the Apps are free whilst others have to be purchased.

You can also find more Apps in the NHS England Health Apps Library (which have been vetted and approved by the NHS).

QR codes, reading lists and ebooks

Catalogue

You may have seem these funny squares with a seemingly random black pattern on them (they often featuring on advertising posters). These are QR (Quick Response) codes. In effect they are a 2 dimensional barcode that provide a link directly to a web site, email address or other form of information (you can find out more here).

QR codes can be scanned by a smartphone but you will need an App for this if you don't have one installed. There are many free Apps available for Android, iPhones, Blackberry and Windows phones.

Podiatry Reading list

We have created a set of QR codes you can find in each of the libraries to enable you to find items from reading lists easily on your smartphone. Simply scan the QR code for your course module and you will be taken to a page on our library catalogue that displays all the stock we hold for that particular reading list. You can find the codes in a folder by our library catalogue PCs at each of the library sites.

Maudsley Guidelines

We have also created some additional codes for some of our electronic books. We have put this with the physical copies of the titles on the shelf. Again if you come across one you can scan it with your phone to be taken straight to the e-version. You will need to log in with your Athens password to access ebooks.

We hope you'll find this a quick and convenient way to access our stock via your smartphone, whether it is a reading list, e-book or a section of our web site.

Health and care apps & tools directory advance preview

This is the alpha version of the Health & Care Online Tools Directory, which will be launched by the NHS Commissioning Board in early 2013. This will provide a trusted directory of online tools for the public and care professionals.

Covering more than just apps for smartphones or tablets, the directory also includes software that is accessed and run through a standard web browser.

All featured tools will have appropriate medical safety and quality vetting, with users (both care professionals and the public) being able to rate and comment on the usefulness of individual online tools.

As it is an alpha site, a lot of content is still to come, but you can see some of the tools already listed by clinical condition. For example:

• Cancer
• Diabetes 
• Mental health  

The NHS Commissioning Board are also very keen to have feedback on the site as well as suggestions for apps or other tools to include. You can contact them at: tools.feedback@nhs.net