Bracken closed 21-Dec at noon until 2-Jan at 8am
Posted: December 21st, 2007For more information about Bracken Library hours in the future, go to our Hours page.
For more information about Bracken Library hours in the future, go to our Hours page.
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:
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.
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:
(text from Ovid subscriber news)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.