Wednesday 10th update: Carpet laying is progressing well – but we appreciate it doesn’t make for good study conditions. Please bear with us – it should be completed on Friday 12th.     Monday 8th – Friday 12th September 2014 We’re getting a new carpet in the Reading Room and Book Collection – goodbye sad […]

The medical library now has a subscription to BMJ Case Reports. BMJ Case Reports provide peer-reviewed collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions.  Access is from 2008 to date. To access BMJ Case Reports either click on BMJ Case […]

Notification from the Open Access Project Team at the University Library As you may be aware, HEFCE have recently announced a new policy for open access in relation to future research assessments. This policy will run in parallel with other funder open access policies including RCUK, Wellcome Trust and others. To be eligible for the […]

The Medical Library will be closed on Monday 25th August 2014. Normal opening hours will resume at 8:00am Tuesday 26th August.

Subscribe to an email alert to Eyes On Evidence – the easy way to keep up to date. August edition is now available Integrated disease management programmes for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A Cochrane review shows that multicomponent and multidisciplinary integrated disease management programmes for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are associated with better […]

This month in Eyes on Evidence bulletin covers interesting new evidence. It includes an explanation about what it means for current practice. Available as a PDF Antipyretic therapy for children with fever A Cochrane review finds that giving paracetamol and ibuprofen together or one agent after the other is more effective at eliminating fever in […]

We’d like to welcome all the new and returning doctors who are going through their inductions for Addenbrooke’s. We’ve enjoyed meeting a large number of you already and look forward to working with you over the new few months. All the staff in the NHS have a busy workload, and  for Foundation Year doctors, it’s no […]

  Like much of Cambridge and the University, the Medical Library will be closed on Monday 7th July, 2014. More information about the impact of le Tour is available from https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/le-tour-cambridge  and also from http://www.cam.ac.uk/for-staff/news/tour-de-france-countdown  Good news is that you might be able watch le Tour plus keep on working owing to the increase in wifi availability […]

Massive congratulations to all the Clinical Students graduating on Saturday – you’ve come a long way in the past three years, and everyone at the Medical Library wishes you well for the future. ps – just remember to bring your books back! 🙂

The University Information Services reminded us today that the wifi network previously known as Lapwing will now be called UniOfCam Their announcement reads… “On Friday June 27th the University wireless service, Lapwing, will be renamed as UniOfCam. The current Lapwing wireless signal (SSID) will disappear; and a new wireless signal called UniOfCam will be seen […]