This month in Eyes on Evidence Social integration and risk of suicide in men A cohort study in the US found that professional middle-aged men who were socially well integrated had a lower risk of suicide than men with fewer family, friendship and religious connections. Surgical versus non-surgical treatment for fracture of the heel A […]

The University has recently launched www.data.cam.ac.uk, a resource of information on Research Data Management including data repositories and compliance with funder policies on open data. If you would like to know more about research data requirements and help offered by the University of Cambridge, come to the lunchtime ‘Open Data’ session (open to all researchers, […]

Maintenance work will be taking place on the lecture theatre roof, Saturday 18th April 2015. We apologise for any disruption.

There are numerous medical e-books to choose from.  Do you know how to find and download e-books to your devices? We are holding e-book drop-in sessions on Tuesday 24th March 12:30 -13:30 in the Sherwood Room Thursday 26th March 13:00 – 14:00 in the Sherwood Room There will be laptops so we can show you […]

The library will be shut Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th and Monday 6th April 2015 – the Easter Weekend. Normal hours resume at 8:00am Tuesday 7th April. The library will have reduced hours on Mondays 4th and 25th May 2015 – the May Bank Holidays. We will be open 9:00am till 5:00pm.

As exam season approaches, we’d like to offer a little aid to concentration – free ear plugs are available from the Library reception desk.

On 1st April 2015 there will be some “behind the scenes” changes to the NHS ATHENS database search (HDAS) of Medline and PsycINFO. Because of a change of content supplier all saved searches and alerts in Medline & PsycINFO will shut down on Sunday 30th March 2015. You should export any saved searches you want to keep […]

This month in Eyes on Evidence HIV testing in healthcare settings other than specialist clinics A systematic review and meta-analysis reported a low rate of HIV testing in at-risk populations in settings other than genitourinary medicine, sexual health and antenatal clinics in the UK. Allopurinol for chronic gout A Cochrane review found limited evidence from […]

We recently followed a library trend and put up a “speaking wall” to gather your thoughts and comments about the Medical Library. We’d like it to be part of an ongoing dialogue with library users. We’ve had a few comments already – thanks! – and Isla, the Medical Librarian, would like to respond. So, first […]