7-day loan books & holiday opening times

7-day loan books

7-day loan books can now be taken out for the Christmas holidays (this only happens during the Christmas vacation, so make the most of it!)

Vacation opening times
Please note that the library will close at 11AM on Thursday 23rd December, and reopen at 8.45AM on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

Don't forget, you can still search databases, read e-books and renew your books using the AECC Portal. We wish you all the compliments of the season!

New web resource: Acland's video atlas of human anatomy

The library subscribes to an excellent new resource - Acland's video atlas of human anatomy:

Acland's Anatomy supports the teaching and learning of anatomy with more than 300 narrated videos of real cadaver specimens. Our subscription gives you access via the Intranet (login required) on and off-campus. This anatomy atlas explores the fundamental structures of the musculoskeletal system, the head and neck, and the internal organs, using rotating videography showing structures and movements in three dimensions.

We'd be grateful for your feedback, please let us know what you think of this resource.

New AECC Library Integrated search

The AECC Integrated search (available via our databases intranet page) is our new search interface which allows you to search across a range of major databases simultaneously.

It searches across PubMed, Index to Chiropractic Literature, MEDLINE (full-text), AMED, Alt-Health-Watch, Cochrane Library, Best Bets (& some e-books) all from one search bar.

The database will also make finding AECC full-text articles a more seamless, and faster, process.

Please carry out a search and give us your feedback.

Stay current & keep informed with the new AECC update service

Stay current & keep informed with the new AECC Library update service

• Finding it hard to keep up to date with important new developments and research?


• Unsure how to identify core journals in specific subject areas?


• Want to stay ahead of the field?

The AECC Library update service can help: it provides tables of contents for key journals and online sources of chiropractic and health information, in addition to selected research tools.

You can:

• Create email alerts from most pages, by entering your email address in the sign-up boxes


• Create your own RSS alerts from each page, using Netvibes or another service


• Search a number of databases and find full-text articles using the resources on the site


• Create your own Netvibes site and add selected content from the AECC site to it
  
  Please let us know what you think of it.
  
  
  

Axiom Neuro: new software

The Axiom Neuro software has been installed on 4 PCs throughout the college

"Axiom Neuro is an interactive functional atlas, a new, visually-oriented program that uses over 125 3D animations with nearly 75 minutes of running time to teach the neuroanatomy of the spinal cord and brainstem as well as the functional anatomy of cranial nerves and the effects of strokes and other common neurological pathologies."

Where can I find it?

The software is installed on:

1 PC in each of the computer rooms (Library & 2 in Cavendish House)

1 on the group study room SMART Board PC (109 Cavendish House)

There are labels on the PCs to indicate where the software is available.

If you have any problems or feedback please let us know.

Borrow a DVD for longer: DVDs are now One-Day-Loan

Feedback from a recent Library Survey indicated that you would like to take DVDs out for longer than overnight loan.

As a result, we have created a new loan category: 'One-Day-Loan', this means you can borrow a DVD from the Library anytime from 8.45AM onwards and it doesn't need to be returned until 10AM the following morning.

If you have any feedback, comments or questions, please let us know.

Vacation opening times

Please note that the Library vacation opening hours come into effect from Friday 15th July. The Library is not open at weekends during the summer, but is open Monday - Friday 8.45am - 5pm.

For more information on Library opening times please see: http://www.aecc.ac.uk/about/library/contact.aspx

We hope you all have a splendid summer and don't forget we are here if you need us.

Finding the full-text made easier: software trial

We are trialling some software (a Link Resolver) which should make finding AECC full-text articles much easier for you.

For further details and guidance on how the software works, please check your email inbox. If you have any feedback or questions please let us know.

Thanks for your time.

Opening hours over the Easter period 2011

The Library will be:

• closed from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th April inclusive
  
  
• reopen from Tuesday 26th April to Thursday 28th April
  
  
• closed on Friday 29th April
  
  
• open on Saturday 30th April & Sunday 1st May
  
  
• closed on Monday 2nd May
  
  
• reopening on Tuesday 3rd May
  
  Don't forget to email us if you need us. Have a wonderful Easter break.
  
  
  
  

New electronic books: Thieme atlas of anatomy

Library staff are always buying new books and we have two new electronic books, that we wanted to highlight in particular:

Thieme atlas of anatomy: general anatomy and musculoskeletal system

Thieme atlas of anatomy: head and neuroanatomy

Both of these books are available via the above links (you'll need to login to see them if you're off-campus and please note the usernames and passwords on the catalogue record - these are needed to access the books off-campus).

Here is a list of all the New Books.

If you have any problems accessing these resources please get in touch.

Independent newspaper: i now available in the library

The library now takes the new Independent newspaper: i. It's available every weekday in the seating area next to the journals and the Information Point.

EndNote Web maintenance Sunday 20th February 2011

Please note that Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance on EndNote Web on Sunday 20th February from 12 noon. EndNote Web will be unavailable during this time and should be working again on Monday 21st.

Thomson Reuters apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Social media: A guide for researchers

Social media: A guide for researchers

This new guide, produced by the International Centre for Guidance Studies "will show you how you can use social media to help your research and your career. Social media have big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate. Researchers have much to gain from engaging with social media in various aspects of their work. This guide will provide you with information to make an informed decision about using social media and enable you to select wisely from the vast range of tools that are available.

Given the buzz in the media, you may feel that social media are aimed at teenagers and mainly used to discuss celebrity culture. But this guide will show you how social media offer researchers an opportunity to improve the way they work. One of the most important things that researchers do is to find, use and disseminate information, and social media offer a range of tools which can facilitate these activities. The guide discusses the use of social media for research and academic purposes, rather than the many other uses that they are put to across society."

EndNote Web maintenance Sunday 13th February 2011

Please note that Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance on EndNote Web on Sunday 13th February from 12 noon. EndNote Web will be unavailable during this time.


Thomson Reuters apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.

Course manuals - now available in the library

Course manuals for the MChiro Programme are now available in the library. They can be found underneath the new books shelves, near the library desk. These may be borrowed as Reference items.

Please ask staff if you require help finding them.

Journal holdings (print)

We have changed our Journal Holdings intranet page (login required).

The new A-Z list allows you to alphabetically browse through the AECC Library's holdings of print journals.

Clicking on the letter the journal title begins with will now take you straight through to the library catalogue and a list of all the journals beginning with that letter.

You can also use the Advanced Search in the library catalogue to find a journal, by selecting 'Journal' from the Media type. If you need any help with this please let us know.

For access to Electronic Journals please visit the Online Resources section of the library intranet.