New health search engine

As we know, shock horror, not everything you find via Google is reliable. Plus there is an awful lot of it to wade through. If you are searching for health information take a look at this new search engine: Healia. Easy to use, focused on health and best of all, you can narrow down what you find. Just search for the keywords you’re after and a list of options will appear on the left allowing you to restrict your results by gender, age group etc. It is a little too American biased for my liking, and if I’m really after ‘quality’ information I’d be more likely to use Intute: Health and Life Sciences, but certainly worth keeping an eye on. 

Blackbird – an online journal of literature and the arts

Blackbird is a joint venture of the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University and New Virginia Review, Inc. Established in 2002, the journal is published on-line twice each year. The journal publishes poetry, prose fiction, non-fiction articles and reviews, visual artworks and special features including audio readings. Its web site has a searchable archive.

National Knowledge Week: Glaucoma

 

27 November – 4 December is the National Knowledge Week for Glaucoma. Take a look at the Specialist Library for Eyes and Vision for up to date information on caring for those with this condition.

New Social Statistics Internet Tutorial

 

A new edition of the “Internet for Social Statistics” online tutorial has been released in the Intute: Virtual Training Suite.

‘It is ideal for use in higher education courses, particularly in social science or research methods courses. The tutorial recommends key Internet resources for social statistics; offers advice on Internet searching and website evaluation; and has a new section called “Success Stories” to illustrate how the Internet can be used to support education and research in a variety of scenarios.’

Teaching Basic Skills to Economics and Business Students

Teaching Basic Skills to Economics and Business Students is a new case study (published October 2006) from the Higher Education Academy Economics Network.

National Knowledge Week: Lung Cancer

This week -20th to 24th November- is the National Knowledge Week for Lung Cancer. For the latest information on lung cancer and related topics see the National Library for Health’s Specialist Libraries on Cancer and Respiratory Health. These useful libraries contain lots of information about treatments, symptom management, side effects and lots more. For some useful evidence on lung cancer see the Best Treatments website.

Mental Health Bill 2006

The Mental Health Bill 2006 was introduced to parliament on 17th November. Take a look at this page from the Department of Health which charts the bill’s progress through the House of Commons and the House of Lords and contains a list of related documents, explanatory notes etc. There is even an ‘Easy Read’ section! For the full text of the bill see this page from UK parliament.

Screen Journal now online

 

Screen is now available online from Spring 2006 onwards. You can access it via either the A-Z List or the searchable database Oxford Journals.

Medicines Information Project

The Medicines Information Project aims to help patients make better decisions about their health by encouraging better understanding of prescribed medicines and their uses. As part of the project, medicines guides are being produced on a variety of different conditions including diabetes, anxiety, cardiovascular conditions and depression. The Medicines Information Project is starting on the web but aims to expand into TV, books and leaflets to give patients information in whatever format they require. Thos project is run by a consortium including the NHS, Department of Health, DataPharm the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the MHRA and several other health care organisations.

Creating Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurship Education for the Creative Industries

 

This research report will be published in November 2006. If you would like to receive a copy, please email: adm@heacademy.ac.uk putting ‘Creating Entrepreneurship Report’ in the title line and specifying whether you would prefer to receive a hard copy or a PDF version.