We’re delighted to welcome you to the newly refurbished Medical Library, open from 9:00-17:00 on Monday 1st May, and then reverting to normal opening hours from Tuesday 2nd May. We have new spaces: Share, Shhh and Read Share for work on PCs, group work, conversations and collaborations Shhhh for quiet study – just shut the […]

During April, we looked at a range of tools to help you with critical appraisal of medical research articles. In the first week, we looked at the BMJ’s online ‘How to Read a Paper’ series, which is also available as a physical book, borrowable from the Medical Library. If you prefer a physical version of […]

As we prepare for the grand reopening of the Clinical School next week, the Medical Library is taking shape, with layouts, new paint, and a lot of shiny new furniture. You’ll be able to see things for yourselves from 9am on Monday, but here’s a sneak preview. We’re going for a brighter colour scheme than […]

We’re getting the “new” library ready for you, so thought we’d give a sneak preview of what it will look like. There are some familiar bits of furniture, but not necessarily placed where we had them in June 2016. We’re creating 3 new spaces – “Share“, “Shhh…“, “Read“. We’re getting a whole load of new […]

The Medical Library has recently purchased 3 board games on the topics of “The Drug Round” – designed to help clinical staff improve understanding of medication errors and how to avoid them “The Communication Game” – designed to help all front-line service providers understand communication support needs and how to improve their communication skills “Infection […]

During March, we looked at range of tools to help you with your systematic review. In the first week we looked at resources to provide a framework for the write-up of your review. These would also help at the early stages of the systematic review with what information would be essential to record. PRISMA, with […]