November 2023

Library Search now live

Our new and improved library services platform, Library Search, is now live.

This marks a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to enhancing your library experience and providing you with seamless access to a wealth of knowledge.

Library Search, redefines how you explore our extensive collection of resources. A single, unified gateway that opens the doors to a vast world of information. With Primo's advanced search capabilities, locating the materials you need – whether they're physical books or digital resources – is intuitive and efficient.

Some Benefits of Library Search:

Effortless Exploration: Discover resources seamlessly through an intuitive advanced search.

Personalised Access: Tailor your engagement with saved searches, alerts, and relevant recommendations.

Unified Resource Hub: Access print, electronic, and digital resources from various sources in one convenient place.

Enhanced Discoverability: Find materials easily with improved search and filtering.

Mobile Convenience: Access resources on-the-go and enjoy a user-friendly mobile experience.

Get ready to discover a world of knowledge – welcome to Library Search!

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Tell us what you think!

We would love to have your feedback about our Standards of Service

Since 2014, the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland has been committed to ensuring a consistent and excellent delivery of service through a range of 18 service standards broadly covering the following service areas:

The purpose of our Standards of Service is to provide a measurable performance level to guarantee that the Library will meet customer needs. Examples of these Standards include a set response time for an enquiry, a commitment to supplying interlibrary loan requests within a certain period and simply ensuring that our Healthcare Library customers are happy with our library environments. All but six of our Standards of Service have a target of 100% which demonstrates that the Library is striving to provide the best possible service.

All library staff are responsible for ensuring that the provision of service meets set targets and, each year, the Library reviews its customer-focused service targets and we publish our performance against these targets. As part of this process, we would like your input – if you have any feedback or comments on our Standards of Service please let us know via our  Customer Feedback Page.

We are particularly interested to hear if you feel that there are important areas of service delivery on which we should focus or whether our targets meet your needs

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Upcoming training sessions: library overview; workshops; profession specific; finding evidence; databases

Take advantage of training: check the Training Calendar

A reminder now that term time has started HSC staff can get support from the Healthcare Library

The Specialist Librarians and the Branch Librarians provide training to library members throughout the year.  Autumn generally sees a significant rise in staff asking for and attending training. 

Some formats include:

Bespoke training sessions: these can be arranged for a team, or a group of staff who are undertaking a specific project or course of study to support their work
General sessions offered to individual professions or within a specific Trust
Training in using databases such as Medline, Cinahl, Clinical Key
Individual support for a literature search

Training sessions are advertised via the Training Calendar or please contact your Specialist Librarian directly who will be happy to go through the options available to you.

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Big 4 Current Awareness Bulletin

Stay informed

Our weekly Big 4 Current Awareness Bulletin is the easiest way to stay up to date with the latest medical research.

Every week, we will send you a list of new articles from the BMJ, the Lancet, JAMA and NEJM as a handy PDF.

Links to article full text are included so there’s no need to go scouring the Library catalogue. The latest articles are at your fingertips.

Subscribe today by emailing Richard.Fallis@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk

Want to check out the format, go here

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November 2023

Healthcare Library Highlights November 2023