The medical library book sale is now on.  Is there a medical textbook you’ve been looking for?  Wish to build up your own medical library? Still some good bargains to be had. Come and have a browse at the titles available to buy.

This month in Eyes on Evidence Community-based palliative care teams A retrospective cohort study in Canada reported that use of specialist community-based palliative care teams was associated with fewer hospital admissions and more deaths at home among terminally ill people. Preoperative chemotherapy for treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer A meta-analysis of individual patient data suggested that […]

Systematic review proving a challenge? Pubmed not giving you the papers you are sure should be available? References and papers getting out of control?   If you’re a postgraduate at Cambridge University training and support is available at scheduled sessions, and on a one-to-one basis. Times and dates for the scheduled sessions are available here – login […]

Not sure how to find an Ebook?  What medical e-books are available? Do you wonder how to download an Ebook to your smart device? Are there any Ebooks available in my area of medicine??? For answers to these and other Ebook questions, demonstrations on how to use Ebooks on smart devices, come along to the […]

The medical library book sale is now on.  Is there a medical textbook you’ve been looking for?  Wish to build up your own medical library? Come and have a browse at the titles available to buy.    

Knowledge for Healthcare is Health Education England’s new strategic development framework for NHS library and knowledge services in England. It sets out HEE’s commitment to helping ensure that all staff and learners, patients and the public can access and use the best knowledge and evidence available for learning, research, innovation and clinical and  organisational decision-making […]

Do you ever need a bit of support in diagnosing and classifying mental disorders? Cambridge University now has access to the newly updated 5th edition of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders from American Psychiatric Publishing. This is the new edition of the most comprehensive resource used by health professionals, social workers, and […]

This month in Eyes on Evidence Pharmacy-based screening for cardiovascular risk A systematic review suggests that pharmacy-based screening for cardiovascular risk factors may be possible. However, many people do not act on the advice to visit their GP, and the effect of screening on new diagnoses has not been robustly shown. Self-management of hypertension in […]

In advance of the building of our new training room, we’ve relocated our current journals.   You’ll now find the journals conveniently located near the comfy seats. Please note, the building work for the new training room starts on Monday 12th January – we apologise for the inevitable disruption.

It happens to us all – our phone is running out of charge just when you need to use it, and you’ve forgotten your charger. Help is at hand – the Medical Library is now able to loan out multi-device chargers that plug into any PC. These will be loaned on a daily basis (ie […]