The Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) are a reliable on-line source of evidence-based information and practical ‘know how’ about the common conditions managed in primary and first-contact care. Eight new and updated topics were issued onto the website in January 2009: New CKS topics depression in children MRSA in primary care sleep_apnoea tuberculosis vaginal_discharge Updated CKS […]

The UK Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatment (UK DUETs) becomes a Specialist Library within the National Library for Health. http://www.library.nhs.uk/duets/ DUETs has been established in the UK to publish uncertainties about the effects of treatments that cannot currently be answered by referring to reliable, up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence. Systematic […]

Congratulations to Anne Jarvis (nee Murray) who takes over the role of University Librarian from Peter Fox in April. Details available from: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009012601 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/7851821.stm

The NHS Constitution for England subject to Parliamentary approval, will require all NHS bodies, and private and third-sector providers supplying NHS services in England by law to take account of the Constitution in their decisions and actions. The Government will have a legal duty to renew the Constitution every 10 years. No Government will be […]

We’re delighted to announce that there is now access to the Addenbrooke’s wireless network in the Library. This is in addition to the existing Library wireless network, LibAir. The network is called CUH_WNet and provides access to the Trust network via laptops that have had a certificate installed. As this is currently just giving access […]

If you made a new year’s resolution to catch up with your literature searches, then hopefully the new training dates from the Medical Library will help! Full details are available from http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/library/trainingdates.html The main highlights are: extended sessions: each session now lasts 1.5 hours to give plenty time for practice and experimentation “how to find […]

Congratulations to the researchers who contributed to the RAE (Research Assessment Exercise). The results were published today by Hefce, the higher education funding council. The RAE is a peer review exercise which evaluates the quality of research in UK higher education institutions. This assessment will inform the UK higher education funding bodies’ distribution of grants […]

The University is now subscribing to the following ebooks:- ADAMS AND VICTOR’S PRINCIPLES OF NEUROLOGY – 8th Ed. (2005) GOODMAN & GILMAN’S THE PHARMACOLOGICAL BASIS OF THERAPEUTICS – 11th Ed. (2006) HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE – 17th Ed. (2008) HURST’S THE HEART – 12th Ed. (2008) MAINGOT’S ABDOMINAL OPERATIONS – 11th Ed. (2007) OXFORD […]

A great new resource from TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) TRIP Answers:“a repository of clinical questions and answers drawn from a wide number of sources around the world and builds on TRIP’s ten years experience of answering clinical questions. Ultimately, we want to create a resource where clinicians can easily find answers to their question […]

The Library closes at 12.30pm on Wednesday 24th December 2008,and re-opens at 8.00am Friday 2nd January 2009. Merry Christmas to all our readers, and very best wishes for the New Year.