English Web Site of the Week

The Modern Word is the latest Web Site of the Week chosen by the Higher Education Academy English Subject Centre. You can also browse the archive of past websites of the week – some really interesting sites.

Sage Health and Nursing Online trial

Good news from Sage. They will be running FREE online trial of their Health and Nursing Journals throughout September and October 2007, with access to lots of useful full-text material. To make sure you get access you can pre-register now and be notified when the trial goes live. Click on the link and make sure you don’t miss out.

Literary Encyclopedia Trial

We have a trial of the Literary Encyclopedia until 2 May 2007. You can access it from campus at http://www.litencyc.com/. Contact Jane if you have any queries or comments about it.

Eighteenth Century British Parliamentary Papers

Launched on 23 March 2007, Eighteenth Century Parliamentary Papers is a fantastic new resource for academic users. It includes parliamentary papers, bills, registers and journals.

You can access it from campus only, using the above link or via the Electronic resources web page for History.

BusyNurse

So, find me a nurse that isn’t busy! BusyNurse is a nice site aimed at, erm, busy nurses. It contains news, personal development resources and more. There are learning and careers advice sections, book reviews and even the opportunity to participate in free courses. All good stuff, provided you can spare the time….

Open Access History Journals

 

There are many open access History Journals available online. An easy way to find them is to search Intute: Arts & Humanities. Using the Advanced search, search for history (for example) and limit your search to Resource type: Journals – full text.

The results today included Screening the Past, University of Sussex Journal of Contemporary History and Journal for Multimedia History.

Social care

 

There is some useful stuff emerging relating to social care, particularly for the elderly. Feast your eyes upon:

Dignity in Care- from the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), an online guide to help carers, people working in elderly care and older people themselves understand dignity in care, its importance and the implications for practice.

Social Care Bulletin – from the Department of Health, a quarterly bulletin with the latest news, case studies and initiatives aiming to help support staff in their roles. Available online via the Royal College of Nursing website.

It’s always worth keeping your eye on the SCIE website. They publish tonnes of reports, research and knowledge review on a wide range of topics from the law to learning disabilities.

Enjoy.

National Knowledge Weeks- double the fun

There is a double whammy of National Knowledge Weeks from the NHS this week.

First we have the NKW for Hearing Disorders with lots of juicy stuff available from the Specialist Library for ENT. Then we have the NKW for Prostate Cancer from the Cancer Specialist Library. Both sites contain the latest evidence and information in their areas including guidelines, systematic reviews, clinical trials and patient information. There are lots of links to useful organisations. Essential for anyone wanting to be up to date in these areas. Take a look… 

Improvements to midwifery services

A couple of items for anyone interested in developments in maternity care:

Making it better: for mother and baby – paper detailing how the Department of Health would like to see midwifery services developed.

AIMS: for a better birth – support and information about maternity services from the Association for Improvements in Maternity Services.

Centre for Community Mental Health

Useful website from the Centre for Community Mental Health, based at UCE in Birmingham. Links to information about research projects carried on in the West Midlands and beyond, news, evidence based resources and more.