If you wish to change the password issued to you by the library for accessing honni resources it is now possible to do this by filling in an online form.

To access the form select the change/forgotten password? link from either the honni login page or the ‘My Account’ login page on the honni catalogue. Input your library card number, name, address, email, and the password you have chosen.  Then click Submit to send the details to us.

When your account has been verified and the request processed you will receive confirmation by email.  At most this will take 2 working days, but it will often be sooner.

The same form should be used to get your password reset if you have forgotten it.  In this situation you will also need to select a new password.

This problem has been resolved. To see the honniConnect button in Pubmed please make sure to select the abstract view of results. (18/3/2010).

Normally you should see a honniConnect button in Pubmed for resources which are available via honni.  Unfortunately this does not appear to be working at the moment, and we have contacted the National Library for Medicine to see if we can resolve the problem.

As soon as a resolution has been found, this information will be updated to let you know, so please check back here in a few days time.

GPnotebook is an online encyclopaedia of medicine, designed to provide a concise synopsis of the entire field of clinical medicine with material organised systematically to ensure rapid retrieval of information.  It is updated continually and is browsable by discipline or searchable by keyword.

Users can browse the site for free but will need to register with the site in order to access iGPnotebook.  Registration should be free to UK medics.  iGPnotebook allows you to use a range of personal development tools on site including Tracker (record of reading for Professional Development), GEMS (GPnotebook educational modules), Annotations (personalise the website with your own information).
To access GPnotebook

• Login to honni
• Click on G under Find Database
• Locate GPnotebook in the list and click on it

Links can also be found within honni e-Lib under the CrossSearch tab and restricted to the Medicine subject area.  A link can be found under Subject Gateways.

The BMJ Group and McMaster University’s Health Information Research Unit have collaborated to provide you with access to the current best evidence from research.  This free service offers a searchable database of the best evidence from the medical literature (over 120 premier clinical journals), an email alerting system and links to selected evidence-based resources.  In detail, the current features include:

• a systematic review of over 120 journals, including the quarterly updates of the Cochrane Library
• ratings of each eligible article for clinical relevance and newsworthiness
• email alerts about new evidence tailored to the user’s interests
• links to summaries and full text articles where available

To access this resource and to register for the service:

• Login to honni
• Click on B under Find Database
• Locate BMJ Evidence Updates in the list and click on it
• Register with the site by either clicking on the Register tab or by clicking on Free Registration in the top right-hand corner.

Links can also be found within honni e-Lib under the CrossSearch tab and restricted to the Medicine subject area.  Categories to look at include Guidelines and EBP, and Current Awareness.

In response to feedback, a range of subject-based Step-by-Step Guides to basic searching on honni e-Lib has now been added to the Resource Guides section of honni. These are aimed at helping those who are unsure of how to use the system and should help them get started on carrying out useful searches in their subject area.

We are also working on production of a detailed manual which will provide step-by-step guidance to all aspects of honni e-Lib.  It should be useful as a learning/training tool or simply for quick reference to parts of the system which may be unfamiliar.  We expect the manual to be available within the next couple of months, at which time it will be added to the Step-by-Step Guides page and highlighted in honni News.

We are interested to know how useful you find these documents, or if there are other types of information not included which would also be useful.  Please leave your comments below.

The new method of receiving articles by email, called FileOpen, has now been operating since the beginning of November 2009, and there have been few reports of problems with it.

Instead of using the complex and error-prone ‘Digital Editions’ software previously required, a simple plug-in is all that is needed to enable articles to be opened as PDF files.  The document delivery service has been greatly enhanced by this development.

However, at the present time, some Trusts may not facilitate downloading and installing the required plug-in, so the library still recommends that home email addresses are used for this purpose.

You can check whether or not you are able to receive articles at work by following the instructions on the Electronic Delivery page of honni.  If you are unable to install the plug-in and/or you are unable to open the test document, then you may wish to contact your local IT department to request this access, letting them know the requirements as given in About FileOpen.

It is to be hoped that, if Trusts receive enough requests, then in time they may make the service available as standard, and it would no longer be necessary to use your home computing facilities to make use of the service.

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management service that allows you to create a personal database of references and compile instant bibliographies in a variety of styles.

Graduates of Queen’s University Belfast are now entitled to have access to RefWorks through the RefWorks Alumni program.  This means alumni of the University are able to have one free RefWorks account with 200MB of file attachment storage, and access to free web-based training and technical support.  References can be transferred from an existing RefWorks account to one created under the Alumni program so you shouldn’t lose any references after graduation.  Access is through a Group Code and you will need this in order to get started.

Interested?

Contact the RefWorks Support Group (refworks-support@qub.ac.uk) for the Group Code and for further information on how to access this resource.

This trial has now ended. (6/4/2010)

During the months of February and March honni is running a trial to three key point of care resources.  The three resources are Dynamed, FirstConsult and BMJ Evidence which enable you to obtain reliable clinical information quickly and in an accessible format.  Up To Date is a similar resource and has been recommended to the library.  Unfortunately Up To Date is extremely expensive to make available through honni and, at the moment, the suppliers are unwilling to provide a trial.  The resources being trailed are some of the possible alternatives.

The three resources are outlined below.  To access each, simply click on the link and enter your username (number on your library card) and password.

• Dynamed
• FirstConsult
• BMJ Evidence

The library would value your feedback in order to help assess which would be the most useful to library users.  Please take a few moments to complete the online feedback form.  Alternatively please contact your subject librarian directly.

The method of accessing ProQuest Medical Library has now changed and the problem below should no longer occur. 13th August 2010

Some people have reported experiencing a problem connecting to ProQuest Medical Library.  After logging in to honni connection to ProQuest should be seamless but it seems this isn’t always happening.  Instead a ProQuest login screen may be displayed on which honni usernames and passwords don’t work.

The problem is presently being investigated.  Until it is fixed you can get round the problem by clicking the small Athens login link on the ProQuest page.  If you are properly logged in to honni this should take you on through to the database without further difficulty.  Please check back here for updates on progress with this issue.

The following journals are now available electronically to the current edition:

• Acta neuropathologica
• Calcified tissue international
• Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology
• Diabetologia
• Dysphagia
• Lung
• World journal of surgery
• Journal of cancer survivorship
• Archives of virology
• European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases
• European journal of clinical pharmacology
• European radiology
• Human genetics
• Intensive care medicine
• Brain structure & function
• Pflugers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology
• Quality of Life Research

To access these journals, log on to honni e-Lib and select Find e-Journal.