Author: Richard Fallis

ClinicalKey access now restored

We are pleased to announce that, following recent issues, ClinicalKey is fully accessible again to Healthcare Library members.

Access ClinicalKey via the link in our Databases A-Z, logging in with your Healthcare Library number (in format 1234567@ads.qub.ac.uk) and password if prompted.

If ClinicalKey does not connect automatically to your personal account (i.e. if your name doesn’t appear in the top right), click Login and enter your personal account details.

If you have not used ClinicalKey before, click Register to set up a personal account.

Once you are logged in, you will be able to view the full range of content available via ClinicalKey, including Elsevier journal articles, e-books, videos, and clinical overviews. If you have any questions about using ClinicalKey, please contact your Specialist or Branch Librarian: https://healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk/TrainingandSupport/SpecialistLibrarians/

11th December 2024
New Long COVID current awareness bulletin

To keep up-to-date with COVID-19 and Long COVID research, subscribe to the Healthcare Library’s new monthly current awareness bulletin entitled ‘COVID-19: Long-Term Effects’.

Each issue contains links to the latest, open access research papers, with options to download most papers as PDFs for free.

View the current issue of the bulletin at: https://tinyurl.com/24vnfjkp To receive new issues every month by email, please contact Richard Fallis, Specialist Librarian for Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences: Richard.Fallis@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk

19th June 2023
Current awareness bulletins – feedback required

Tell us what you think of our current awareness bulletins

Click the link below to complete a short online survey about the Healthcare Library’s current awareness bulletins.

Current awareness bulletin feedback survey: https://forms.office.com/r/cDgRv19u35

This is your chance to tell us what you think of our bulletins, and if there are any improvements that we can make to this service. View and subscribe to bulletins at: https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/currentawareness

Any questions? Please email Richard Fallis.

30th August 2022
ClinicalKey: an overview of what’s new

ClinicalKey will be changing in the coming months. New content and features will be added, including a new mobile app.

To learn about these changes, HSC staff can sign up for the Healthcare Library training session below, run by Koon Wan Chan, Customer Success Manager at Elsevier.

ClinicalKey: an overview of new content and features

Tuesday 28th September 2021

10:00 – 10:45 AM

This session will be delivered on-line via MS Teams. To receive a link to join the session, please email Richard Fallis, Specialist Librarian for Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences: richard.fallis @ healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk

In the meantime, Healthcare Library members can continue to access ClinicalKey by going to www.healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk > Databases A-Z > ClinicalKey

1st September 2021
Skin Cancer Awareness Month May 2021

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, so why not check out some of the Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland’s useful skin cancer and general dermatology resources?

E-books: Find these by using Library Search at https://healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk/ and limiting results using the resource type ‘eBooks’. Various on-line books are available, including our most recent dermatology e-book, Dermoscopy: The Essentials (3rd ed).

E-journals: Find these using the E-Journals A-Z at https://healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk/ and searching for a specific journal or ‘dermatology’ to view all relevant journals. Titles available up to the current issue include Clinics in Dermatology, Experimental Dermatology, and Journal of Dermatology.

Dermatology current awareness bulletin: Access the full text of the latest dermatology journal articles, Cochrane systematic reviews and NICE guidelines by subscribing to the Healthcare Library’s dermatology current awareness bulletin. View past issues, and subscribe, by going to: https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/medicinebulletins/dermatology

If you have any questions about accessing or using the above resources, please contact your Specialist Librarian or local branch of the Healthcare Library.

26th April 2021
Current awareness bulletins and HSC emails
If you subscribe to Richard Fallis’ medicine, dentistry and healthcare sciences current awareness bulletins, but are not currently receiving them via your HSC Trust email, please remember that you can still:
- View the latest PDF issues of Richard’s bulletins at: https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/medicinebulletins
- Follow bulletins as collections via the Read by QxMD app: https://read.qxmd.com/user/richard.fallis.mO2W
Any questions? Please email: Richard.Fallis@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk
25th March 2021
RefWorks Cancellation
The Library will be cancelling its RefWorks subscription for Queen’s University Belfast students, staff and alumni at the end of December 2020.

RefWorks users should switch to using another reference management tool such as EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero.

This applies to all HSC staff who currently use RefWorks either because they are working or studying at Queen’s, or because they are Queen’s graduates.

HSC staff who use RefWorks via their affiliation with other universities will not be affected by this change.
29th May 2019
Relaunched Ear, Nose & Throat Current Awareness Bulletin
View, and subscribe to, the Healthcare Library’s relaunched Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) current awareness bulletin by going to:
https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/medicinebulletins/ent

The bulletin is also available on mobile devices as a followable Read by QxMD collection: https://read.qxmd.com/collection/16326

If you have any questions about the ENT bulletin, please contact Richard Fallis, Specialist Librarian for Medicine, Dentistry & Healthcare Sciences.
1st May 2019
Relaunched Respiratory Medicine Current Awareness Bulletin
In response to user requests, the Healthcare Library’s respiratory medicine current awareness bulletin has been relaunched. It will be published every 2 months.

The first issue of the relaunched bulletin can be downloaded as a PDF by going to:
https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/medicinebulletins/respiratorymedicine

The bulletin is also available as a followable Read by QxMD collection: https://read.qxmd.com/collection/16259

To be emailed the PDF version of the bulletin every 2 months, please subscribe using the on-line or Word form at:
https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/medicinebulletins
26th April 2019
Medicine Current Awareness Bulletins via Read by QxMD
Current awareness bulletins prepared by Richard Fallis, Specialist Librarian for Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences, are now available as followable Read by QxMD collections. This makes it easier for you to download the full text of articles listed in bulletins on your mobile device.

The full list of available Read collections can be found at:
https://libguides.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/medicinebulletins/readbyqxmd

For details of how to get started with using Read, please go to:
https://blogs.qub.ac.uk/healthcarelibrary/2019/04/24/read-by-qxmd-journal-app/

Any questions? Please contact Richard Fallis – his details are listed at:
https://healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk/TrainingandSupport/SpecialistLibrarians/
26th April 2019