Planned system maintenance this Sunday (13th December)

 

This Sunday is one of our bimonthly scheduled systems maintenance days. All University ICT systems are ‘at risk’ between 8 am and 6 pm on Sunday while work is in progress, though this does not mean that all systems will be unavailable on that day.

Witness the true power of the Dark Side

“internet searches are searching only 0.03% … of the [total web] pages available.”

Beckett, A. (Thursday 26th November 2009) The dark side of the internet. The Guardian. [Online] Available from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/26/dark-side-internet-freenet [Accessed 26th November 2009]

Take a look at Andy Beckett’s article on The dark side of the internet. And if you want to learn a bit more about the other 99.97% of the web (the legal bits of it anyway), you may just want to talk to your Academic Liaison Librarian.

Hello. And goodbye.

First of all, hello to NHS Evidence, the new and shiny replacement for the National Library for Health. This site was launched this week and offers a really simple way to access NHS guidelines, evidence and various other bits of information. Very easy to use (think Google) and links to the full text where available.

Secondly, goodbye (for a while) from me. I’m off on maternity leave until next April, leaving you in the very safe pair of hands that is Clive Kennard. So all have a great summer and enjoy the new academic year when it comes. I’ll be thinking of you 🙂

Cheers, Alison.

Bye bye National Library for Health

As of tomorrow the National Library for Health will change. Throughout April and beyond content will move to NHS Evidence “a web-based service that will help people find, access and use high-quality clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practice”.

Keep an eye out for lots of changes. NHS Evidence is set to cover both health and social care and will release more and more new material as time goes on. The new site goes live on 30th April and will include specialist libraries and, as the name suggests, a focus on evidence.

Emerald Management Xtra

The Emerald web site will be unavailable for up to 2 hours on Friday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. due to essential maintenance work aimed at providing a more stable platform for users.

New digital version of Blueprint Magazine now available

The digital version of Blueprint is now available at http://www.wdis.co.uk/blueprint/ A separate user name and password is needed to access this. Please ask at the Enquiry Desk for these.

Archival Sound Recordings

The Archival Sound Recordings  is an audio resource provided by the British Library. It includes over 12,000 recordings covering a broad range of disciplines including art and design, social and political studies, music, literature and history and including classical and world music, oral history and public debates, wildlife and environmental sounds. You can play or download the audio files.

There is also a link on the PERI electronic resources lists for Art, English, Drama, History, Sociology and Media.

I’m back!

Hello everyone,

I’m back and raring to fill your heads with nuggets of information from the worlds of nursing, midwifery, social care, psychology and health studies so watch this space for more of the latest. Sarah will be continuing to post too, so you’ll get the double the fun.

Alison 🙂

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