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NFER ontheweb and nferdirect – May 2007

The May issue of ontheweb, the NFER’s free monthly current awareness service for educational research-related websites is now available.

Also available – the May issue of nferdirect containing all the latest news and events, projects and publications from NFER.

Palliative care for children and young people

 

The Department of Health have just published an independent review of the palliative care services available for children and young people in England. The report looks at trends in this area as well as services, accessibility, funding and sustainability.

Living Reviews in Landscape Research

Living Reviews in Landscape Research (LRLR) is a new, international open access online journal publishing articles on landscape research. It has published its first three articles with full texts being freely available.

Smoking bans

 

In anticipation of the forthcoming smoking ban in England here are some sites on the topic (some of which may well convince you to kick the habit!)

Smokefree England - what the rules are, where and why

Advice on Smoking at Work – from the Health and Safety Excutive, a document to help employers and employees comply with the new legislation

ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) - the website of the public health charity which aims to eliminate health problems caused by tobacco

SIGN for Patients: Lung Cancer – patient information leaflet about lung cancer, its causes, effects, diagnosis and treatments

Drugscope search

If you are after information on alcohol and drugs try this clever little gadget from the  drugs information centre, Drugscope.  Instead of searching good ol’ Google and getting the hits and misses of the internet at large, try the Drugscope Filter. Using Google as its base, the filter will provide you with the best sites available and cut out the junk. Sites are searched and displayed so you only get the in-depth, current, non-judgmental material. Easy to use and well worth a look.

New P.E. magazine: Future Fitness

 

We have started to receive a new magazine, Future Fitness, as part of our subscription to the Association for P.E. It starts with the issue for June 2007 and will be kept in the journals area.

National Knowledge Week: Dementia

 

This week is the National Knowledge Week for Dementia, brought to us by the Later Life Specialist Library. The website brings together the latest evidence in this area: guidelines, summaries and studies.

APA Referencing

The American Psychological Association have released a handy shortened guide to APA style in the form of FAQs. Useful for anyone needing to reference or write bibliography in APA.

Status of Social Care

 

Just published by the Department of Health, the Status of Social Care describes how to improve social care services and workforce in the UK. Fully available online.