Opening hours over the Easter period 2012

The library will be closed from 5pm Thursday 5th April and will reopen at 8.45am on Tuesday 10th April.

We are not open during weekends again until Saturday 28th April. We are still open Monday-Friday (apart from the dates mentioned above) 8.45am-5pm.

Please email us if there’s anything we can help you with. Have a great Easter break. See you all at the start of term 23rd April 2012.

Mobile apps for healthcare tools

There are a growing number of healthcare tools and resources available via mobile devices, either as mobile-friendly web-based resources or mobile apps. Here is a selection that you might find helpful.

AECC Search (searches across PubMed, Index to Chiropractic Literature, MEDLINE, AMED, Alt-Health-Watch, Cochrane Library, Best Bets) - can by accessed on mobile devices, using either of the URLs below. You will need to use the username and password on the AECC Medical databases intranet page (login to the portal required) to access it: http://search.ebscohost.mobi/ http://m.ebscohost.com/.

mySearch from Bournemouth University can also be accessed via your mobile device. You will need your myBU username and password to access this.

Best Practice Support from BMJ - includes 20 free sample topics and further upgrades can be purchased. Using this app you can "check guidelines and evidence, consult expert opinion, brush up on rare conditions, and confirm that you are taking the correct course of action".

BNF (British National Formulary) - includes "key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines".

Diagnosaurus - explore symptoms and diseases, purchase required for some operating systems.

iTriage - symptom searcher.

iTriage - symptom searcher (mobile version).

Mediquations - medical calculations (purchase required).

Medscape Mobile - includes drug checker, disease reference, procedures, protocols and speciality news (US-based).

NEJM This Week - latest news & headlines from the New England Journal of Medicine.

NHS Evidence - simple search of accredited sources for healthcare related evidence.

NICE Guidance - available from the iStore and Android Market.

PubMed - search PubMed from your mobile.

Pubmed on Tap - extra functionality to support searching on PubMed.

Pubmed for Android - a range of functionality to support searching on PubMed.

Trip Database - clinical search engine, provides answers to clinical questions.

The Department of Health is also gathering a range of useful apps for both patients and staff - see Maps and Apps.

This information is up-to-date as of 30/03/2012, however this is a rapidly changing environment. The details presented here are for information purposes only and any inclusion, or exclusion, does not represent any endorsement, or not, by the library. Although some apps may be free, they may include advertising or you may be required to register - please take care to read any terms and conditions. We can not accept responsibility for the sites or apps linked to, or the information offered.

If you are aware of any healthcare-related mobile-friendly resources that you think will be useful to our students and staff then please let us know.

Thanks to Keele University Library for some of the information above.

RSS: Google Reader

Here's a little video about how to use Google Reader for your RSS feeds. Of course, there are other Readers available, just see our other blog posts on RSS for further details.

If you'd like us to set up a tutorial on how to use RSS feeds, just ask. Enjoy the video and have a great Easter vacation!