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Library News June 2011

Bracken librarian receives award for innovation.

Posted: June 29th, 2011

Gillian Griffith, Clinical Outreach Librarian, is the 2011 recipient of the Canadian Health Libraries Association’s Flower Award for Innovation.  Gillian was honoured for her introduction of distance learning services for clinical staff in Bracken’s outreach partner institutions via WebEx web conferencing.

Congratulations Gillian!

CMAJ’s 100th ANNIVERSARY Video Retrospective – CMAJ: Health and Medicine Over the Last 100 Years (bilingual)

Posted: June 29th, 2011

cmaj.ca
In celebration of its 100th anniversary, CMAJ has created “CMAJ: Health and Medicine Over the Last 100 Years (Les 100 Dernières Années Avec le JAMC),” a bilingual video retrospective on medicine and health. You can watch the video in its entirety at http://www.cmaj.ca/site/100/index.xhtml, or view sections 1 through 6 individually.

Creation of CMAJ – Section 1
Epidemics – Section 2
The Impact of War – Section 3
Medical Discoveries – Section 4
Public Health, Politics and Society – Section 5
The Next 100 Years – Section 6

Please feel free to share the video with friends and colleagues!

Spotlight On: BMJ Point of Care

Posted: June 13th, 2011

BMJ Point of Care

BMJ Point of Care is an evidence-based point-of-care resource that is NEW to Bracken Library!

Access the point-of-care information that you need, when you need it. From the BMJ Point of Care homepage,

select the Diseases tab to browse or search a disease or condition. BMJ’s easy-to-navigate disease monographs

connect you to the basics; concise summaries; resources and guidelines related to diagnosis, treatment, and

follow-up; images; and references. Click on the Tables tab to access quick-reference summaries on topics such as

Antiarrhythmic Agents; INR Targets: Valvular Dz; and Toxicology: Antidotes. Additionally, you may select

BMJ Point of Care - MultiCheck to identify drug interactions using MultiCheck, or use Pill ID to identify a drug.

Give it a try, and see how BMJ Point of Care can connect you to the information you need!

BMJ Point of Care

International Bibliography of Art

Posted: June 13th, 2011

The Library now subscribes to the International Bibliography of Art.

“The definitive resource for scholarly literature on Western art, IBA is the successor to the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) . The database includes records created by the Getty Research Institute in 2008-09, with new records created by ProQuest using the same thesaurus and authority files. The database will grow by 25,000 records per year, ensuring unbroken coverage of journals that were indexed in BHA and IBA prior to 2010.  Subject coverage: European art since late antiquity; American art since the colonial period; Global art since 1945; Fine art in all media; Decorative arts and antiques; Museum studies and conservation; Archaeology and material culture; Folk art; Architectural history” — publisher’s website

19th Century UK Periodicals Series I – New Readerships & Series II – Empire

Posted: June 13th, 2011

The Library now subscribes to 19th Century UK Periodicals Series I (New Readerships) and Series II (Empire).  From the publisher’s website:

An online collection of British magazines, journals and specialty newspapers, 19th Century UK Periodicals provides an in-depth view of British life in the Victorian age

Series I New Readerships: This first series in the five-series collection, New Readerships: Women’s, Children’s, Humor and Leisure/Sport charts the rapid rise of publishing in a reading culture expanding through a rise in literacy and leisure and an explosion of sports and hobbies.

Series II Empire:  This second series in the five-series collection, Empire: Travel and Anthropology, Economics, Missionary and Colonial, covers the expansion of the Empire, addressing the economic as well as the non-mercantile aspects of British expansionism.

17th & 18th Century UK Newspapers: The Burney Collection

Posted: June 13th, 2011

The Library now subscribes to the 17th & 18th Century UK Newpapers: The Burney Collection.  From the publisher’s website:

Documenting 200 years of cultural, political, social and historical events, 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers is the largest single collection of English news media, including newspapers, newsbooks, proclamations and pamphlets. It provides researchers with information and insight into England’s development as a world power, as well as the emergence of the modern newspaper. These 200 years of accounts are essential to the study of British history and culture at crucial periods in the nation’s development as a world power.  Gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney and now a well-known collection at the British Library, the original Burney volumes are in fragile condition and are restricted from reading-room use except as microfilm.

Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003

Posted: June 13th, 2011

The Library now subscribes to the the Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842 to 2003.  From the publisher’s website:

The Illustrated London News Historical Archive gives students and researchers unprecedented online access to the entire run of the Illustrated London News from its first publication on 14 May 1842 to its last in 2003. Each page has been digitally reproduced in full colour and every article and caption is full-text searchable with hit-term highlighting and links to corresponding illustrations

Summer Hours at Bracken Library

Posted: June 8th, 2011

June 17, 2011 – September 5, 2011

Bracken Library’s hours of operation will be changing on Friday, June 17th.
Monday – Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED

CIRCULATION AND RESERVE DESKS will be open Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m..

REFERENCE SERVICES will be available Monday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m..

DOCUMENT SERVICES will be available Monday – Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m..

SYSTEMS SUPPORT will be available Monday – Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m..

The library will be closed on July 1 (Canada Day), August 1 (Civic Holiday), and September 5 (Labour Day).