Useful overview of various reference management systems is available on Martin Fenner’s blog If you’d like to discuss and have a “play” with some of the tools available (eg Zotero, Mendeley, Endnoteweb or Endnote X2, please contact Isla (phone: 336750 or  email)

Oral health from the NHS Evidence – oral health To mark the start of National Smile Month 2010  NHS Evidence – oral health is presenting an Annual Evidence Update covering all aspects of oral health. The specialist collection team has systematically identified and appraised the best available evidence (systematic reviews) which is presented, along with […]

Science translational medicine Science Translational Medicine Mission: To promote human health by providing a forum for communication and cross-fertilization among basic, translational, and clinical research practitioners and trainees from all relevant established and emerging disciplines.“… the creation of a redefined discipline of translational medicine will require the emergence of a new and vibrant community of […]

CAM for asthma from NHS Evidence – complementary and alternative medicine The NHS Evidence – complementary and alternative medicine specialist collection will present its 3rd Annual Evidence Update on CAM for Asthma from 4 May. This update will include a list of relevant systematic reviews published between March 2009 and April 2010 and an expert commentary. […]

Cambridge Postgraduates:  Opportunity to win another iPod Nano and more Amazon vouchers As part of the Arcadia Programme based at the University Library, following successful focus group sessions, postgraduates are being asked to participate in a short follow-up survey answering brief questions about what support they might need developing information skills and using online tools. […]

The Library will be open on Sundays in the run up to the Clinical Students exams: Open from 2pm till 6pm on the following Sundays:  9th, 16th, 23th, 30th May, and 6th June 2010. Best of luck to those with exams!

Monday 3rd May 2010  –  Bank Holiday The Library will be open from 9am till 6pm

Pain From the NHS Evidence – Palliative Care Specialist Collection The 2010 Annual Evidence Update (AEU) on pain in supportive and palliative care is the fourth in our series. Previous AEUs have covered general aspects of pain management in cancer and chronic diseases as well as special situations like pain in dementia and specific treatments […]

Acupuncture from the NHS Evidence – complementary and alternative medicine NHS Evidence – complementary and alternative medicine will present its fourth Annual Evidence Update on Acupuncture from 19 April. This update will include a comprehensive list of systematic reviews, meta-analyses and large-scale RCTs accompanied by an expert summary of the best-available evidence. Obesity from the […]

Library computers and wireless networks will be offline on Saturday 17th April owing to essential work by the Computing Service.We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Message from the Clinical School Computing Service: In order to allow for critical upgrades to be installed all MINTS systems and services will be unavailable on the 17th April. Systems […]