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Library News - Bracken Library 2007

Bracken closed 21-Dec at noon until 2-Jan at 8am

Posted: December 21st, 2007

For more information about Bracken Library hours in the future, go to our Hours page.

New Year, New Ovid!

Posted: December 19th, 2007

Starting January 1st, 2008, the familiar interface we’ve all seen when accessing our favourite citation databases like Medline, Embase, Cinahl and Cochrane DSR, was updated along with the addition of a few new functions and features.

For a quick demo of the new OvidSP interface, please come to Bracken Health Sciences Library in group room 127 at the following dates and times:

  • Tuesday, 8 January 2008, 12 pm to 1 pm
  • Wednesday, 9 January 2008, 12 pm to 1 pm
  • Thursday, 10 January 2008, 12 pm to 1 pm
  • Thursday, 10 January 2008, 1 pm to 2 pm
  • Friday, 11 January 2008, 12 pm to 1 pm

There will also be a hands-on session on Friday, 11 January 2008 from 1 pm to 2 pm in the Bracken eLab (room 128).

These sessions are open to all interested users including students, staff and faculty. Please ask a librarian at the Bracken reference desk if you have any questions.

New EBM resources available through Ovid

Posted: December 19th, 2007

Along with the evidence-based medicine (EBM) collections you have used before (ACP Journal Club, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects or DARE), Ovid is adding more EBM content to help you in patient treatment, care and safety:

  • Health Technology Assessments (HTA) – Produced by the UK’s Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD), in collaboration with Sweden’s INAHTA Secretariat, HTA brings together details on ongoing studies of the medical, social, ethical and economic implications of healthcare interventions. Click here for more information on HTA.
  • NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED) – Also from the CRD, this database provides more than 6,000 abstracts of quality, assessed economic evaluations to assist decision-makers by systematically identifying and describing economic evaluations, appraising their quality and highlighting their relative strengths and weaknesses.
  • Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) – Produced by the Cochrane group, CMR is a bibliography of more than 9,000 references to controlled trials in journal articles, book chapters, conference proceedings and reports, and other publications of methodologies used in health studies. Content is constantly being expanded via an extensive hand-searching program and the development of a series of search strategies in MEDLINE and EMBASE.
  • Cochrane Database of Methodology Reviews (CDMR) – Also from the Cochrane group, these full-text methodology reviews have been added to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR).

(text from Ovid subscriber news)

JBI evidence based nursing content to be in Proquest

Posted: December 19th, 2007

Sometime in early 2008, the full text of JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute) evidence summaries, systematic reviews, and best practice information sheets will be available through the Proquest Nursing and Allied Health Source citation database.

For more details about this change, see Proquest’s news release on the subject. For more information about JBI, see their information page.

etc Lunchtime Session (Thursday, Dec 6): Developing Resources for Blended e-learning

Posted: December 3rd, 2007
Attention Health Sciences Faculty! On Thursday December 6th, the e-teaching Collaborative (etc) will be hosting the presentation “Developing Electronic Resources for Blended e-learning” in Bracken 127 from 12:30-1:30pm. This talk will be presented by Amy Allcock, a Web Developer for the MEdTech Unit, as part of the etc Lunchtime Series. Please bring your own lunch to enjoy while you listen and learn how you can use technology effectively in your teaching.

Bracken open longer for your exam-prep convenience!

Posted: November 29th, 2007
Bracken Health Sciences Library extended study hours have begun and will continue until December 19th. The extended hours are:
  • Monday to Thursday, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. (midnight);
  • Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.; and
  • Saturday & Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

What is Scholarly Publishing? Open Access? Opportunity to Learn More

Posted: November 14th, 2007

On Tuesday afternoon, 20 November 2007, the Medical Library Association is sponsoring a 2-hour webcast called “Scholarly Publishing and Open Access: Straight Talk” (see the webcast agenda for more details).

Queen’s Library has registered for the webcast on behalf of the University community. We invite all interested faculty, staff and students to join us in the Bracken Library e-Classroom at 2 pm (EST) to view the presentation and discuss these issues which are impacting on the dissemination of and access to scholarly literature.

Finding Images, Videos and More: Technology To Use In Your Teaching

Posted: October 24th, 2007

Health Sciences Teachers: Please join us on Thursday November 1st for the e-teaching Lunchtime Series session, Finding Images, Videos and More: Technology For Your Teaching. The session is from 12:30 – 1:30 in Bracken 127 with an optional hands-on session afterwards. Please bring your own lunch to enjoy while you learn how to locate and use multimedia.The series is put on by the e-teaching collaborative (etc), a joint venture from within the Faculty of Health Sciences whose aim is to provide one-stop access to expertise in electronic learning resources, technological tools and educational methodology. Please visit http://meds.queensu.ca/eteaching to find out more.

Botterell Hall and Bracken Library to be closed Oct. 20 & 21

Posted: October 15th, 2007

Annual Botterell Closure for Ventilation Shutdown and Maintenance:

Bracken Library will be closed from 9:00 PM Friday, October 19, until 8:00 AM Monday, October 22.

Botterell Hall will be closed from October 20th at 7:00 AM until 6:00 PM October 21st: During this time, only personnel who are doing critical research will be allowed in the building.

Also, from October 22nd until October 26th, building ventilation will be reduced to 75%.

If you have any concerns, please contact Kevin P. McKegney, Building Manager for Botterell Hall, x74476 or kevin.mckegney@queensu.ca.

Finding Images, Videos and More: Technology For Your Teaching

Posted: October 3rd, 2007

Health Sciences Teachers: Please join us on Thursday November 1st for the e-teaching Lunchtime Series session, Finding Images, Videos and More: Technology For Your Teaching. The session is from 12:30 – 1:30 in Bracken 127 with an optional hands-on session afterwards. Please bring your own lunch to enjoy while you learn how to locate and use multimedia.

The series is put on by the e-teaching collaborative (etc), a joint venture from within the Faculty of Health Sciences whose aim is to provide one-stop access to expertise in electronic learning resources, technological tools and educational methodology. Please visit http://meds.queensu.ca/eteaching to find out more.

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