Medical Information Workshop (23 Jan 2007 )
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BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY A workshop introducing readers to the Library’s collections and electronic sources
Transcript of Medical Information Workshop (23 Jan 2007 )
BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION AT
THE BRITISH LIBRARY
A workshop introducing readers to the Library’s collections and electronic
sources
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Today’s Programme
Start 2.00 pm
Biomedicine Print Resources (Richard Wakeford)
Integrated Catalogue Demonstration
Integrated Catalogue Hands on
Biomedicine Electronic Resources (Michael Stringer)
Demonstration
Hands on
Tour of reading rooms
Finish 4.00 pm
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Biomedicine Print Resources
Background to the British Library’s collection
Searching the collection
Access to the collection
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The British Library’s Collection
Founder collections
18th century - British Museum
19th century - Patent Office Library
20th century - National Central Library & National Lending Library
1973 - The British Library founded
1997 - Move to St Pancras
2004 - Integrated Catalogue & Single collection
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The British Library’s Collection
Holdings
Humanities
Science Technology & Industry
DSC
Acquisitions
Legal Deposit
Purchased
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The British Library’s Collection
Access
Reading rooms in London & Yorkshire
Interlibrary loan & Document Supply
Readers
Anyone who wants to do research - for personal, work-related or academic purposes, innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers
Across all fields of study
Medical practioners, researchers, nurses, students & patients
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Biomedicine Print Resources
Serials
Peer reviewed journals
Magazines – trade, professional
Abstracting and indexing publications
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Biomedicine Print Resources
Books
Research and clinical monographs
Reference books (pharmacopoeias, professional directories)
Student textbooks
Patient information
Rare books and manuscripts
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Biomedicine Print Resources
Other publication types
Theses - UK doctoral
Conference proceedings
Reports & grey literature
Patents
- as intellectual property
- as information resource
Market research reports
Official publications
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Searching and Ordering from the Collection
Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk
A book: Cooper, Geoffrey. The cell. 2004
A journal issue: Cell 1994 vol 79 (6)
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Shelfmarks
A book: Cooper, Geoffrey. The cell. 2004 - Shelfmark (B) 571.6 type subject code
- Shelfmark m06/14513 DSC
A journal: Cell
- Shelfmark (P) KH 66 -E (9) type subject code language code
sequence no.
- Shelfmark 3097.600000 DSC
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Using the Integrated Catalogue from Home or Workplace
Searching available 24 hours via http://catalogues.bl.uk
Requesting available during reading room opening hours Monday-Saturday
Science Technology & Medicine enquiry desk [email protected]
• T- 020 7412 7288
• F - 020 7412 7217
• http://www.bl.uk
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Access to the Collection
Document Supply photocopies loans Interlibrary Lending / BL account customers BL Direct http://direct.bl.uk with credit card payment
Reading Rooms St Pancras Reading Rooms - Science - Business & Intellectual Property Centre Colindale Reading Room Boston Spa Reading Room
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Science Reading Rooms
Location
Social Science (Floor 1) - engineering
Science 2 - biology, medicine
Science 3 - biochemistry, physical sciences
Collection coverage
Biomedical research, medical practice
Open Access
Journals and books from 1997
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Business and Intellectual Property Centre
Location Floor 1- directories, market research & business periodicals Floor 2 - patents
Collection coverage Pharmaceutical and health care industries
Open access
varies by title (6 months – 6 years)
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Ordering from Storage
Science
Orders for all titles before 1997
Humanities
Orders for all titles & all years
Healthcare (economics, ethics, management etc)
Biomedicine - for students & public
DSC
Orders for all titles & all years
Biomedicine & healthcare not held in London
Theses, conference proceedings, grey literature
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Ordering from Storage
Ordering by the catalogue
Delivery - 70 minutes / 2 hours / 6 hours / 48 hours
Kept for 3 more working days
Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk
Ordering on forms
DSC serials only
Delivery - 48 hours
Recent issues (<6mths) - “Loan Ban” - photocopies only
Kept for 5 more working days
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Electronic Resources
From the reading room home page
Full text electronic journals
ESTAR
Others – publisher collections
CD ROMs
On designated workstation in science 2 reading room –
Medicine Compendium and British Pharmacopoeia
Biomedical books with accompanying CD ROMs are
in store in Science 3 (ask at the Science 3 Enquiry Desk)
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Electronic Resources
General Biomedical Databases
Medline
EMBASE
Combined database search
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Electronic Resources
Specialist Biomedical Databases
VIA WebSpirs interface
Amed – Complementary and alternative medicine
British Nursing Index – UK focus on nursing and midwifery
CINAHL – American focus on nursing and midwifery
Global Health – International public health
Maternity & Infant Care – Pregnancy and birth
PsycInfo – Psychology and Mental health
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Electronic Resources
General databases
Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index)
SCOPUS
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Electronic Resources
Healthcare Policy and Management
Resources available from the reading room Web pages under the following headings:
Gateways and portals
Bibliographic databases
UK Government sites
Organisations
Statistics
Compilations
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Electronic Resources
Some e-resources are free to the public and can be used off site
eg.
PubMed
Cochrane Library
TRIP
INTUTE: Health & Life Sciences (formerly OMNI)
Free medical journals online
The Open Access publishing model
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Document Supply
Document supply services from the British Library’s collections
Zetoc
Inside
BL Direct
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Hands on training
Search in ESTAR and bibliographic databases
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Tour of Science Reading Rooms
We hope this workshop has been useful to you
Please take a few moments to complete the evaluation form
Now we have a tour of the Science Reading Rooms
