Click the image below for details of a new book collection in the Medical & HSC Library.

Over a dozen new titles are now available to honni users.

If you’re looking for the most up-to-date peer-reviewed research then journals are one of the best places to start.  We are constantly working to make more resources available online.  Full-text access to the following journals is available via honni to all HSC staff:

• Anesthesia & Analgesia
• Annals of Neurology
• Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
• BMJ British Medical Journal
• Brain
• British Journal of Anaesthesia
• British Journal of Psychiatry
• British Journal of Surgery
• Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
• Circulation
• Evidence Based Medicine
• Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (American Volume)
• Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
• Pediatrics
• Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

If you would like information on setting up a table of contents alert direct to your email for these or any other titles, contact your subject librarian.

In order to determine if an article is available in full text and, if so, link to the article, library systems need to use something called a link resolver.  Some link resolvers are better than others at performing this work and we have been aware that the one honni was using had serious limitations.  It will be familiar to you as the following image:

Now a new link resolver has been implemented which should greatly improve information about full text availability and access to the full text of articles.  The new resolver can be seen in databases such as Cinahl, Pubmed, and Proquest Medical Library, as well as in the Articles section of honni Encore.  It is still called honniConnect but it uses a different image and will appear as follows:

For all journals which require a subscription you obviously have to log in before you can access the full text of articles, and that will always be true.  However, from ‘honni Encore’ you will now be required to login before you can see whether or not full text is available.  It only applies to ‘honni Encore’, not to any of the databases, although if you are already logged in you wouldn’t notice anyway.  We are exploring possibilities for altering this so that login is only required when actually connecting to the full text, and we will update this notice when more information is available.

We think you will find the new honniConnect much more accurate and reliable, and we sincerely hope your experience will be a positive one.  Please let us know either way.

This problem accessing journals from the Biomedical Reference Collection has now been resolved.  Updated 28th October 2013

There is currently a problem accessing journals which are part of EBSCO’s ‘Biomedical Reference Collection’ via the library catalogue. Clicking on the link just re-displays the catalogue search page instead of connecting to the journal.

The problem has been reported and is under investigation. Meanwhile, if you are unable to connect to a particular journal in the catalogue please search for the title in the A-Z list instead.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

This notice will be updated as soon as the problem is resolved.

An A-Z list of full text electronic journals accessible through honni is now available.   The list is accessed on honni via the E-Journals A-Z button under ‘Help with Searching’.

It enables you to search for specific titles, browse through titles alphabetically, or view all titles available from particular databases via the ‘Index’ tab. Separate tabs for searching the Library Catalogue and linking to LibGuides are also available from the A-Z list.

Articles and books will be supplied free of charge if available from  within the substantial collections in the  Medical and HSC Library network – and we hope that will cover the majority of your requests.   A charge will  only apply if we have to go further afield.  We shall always contact you to check that you are willing to pay before processing your request.  Don’t hesitate to ask us about availability of material.

Updated 31st March 2014

This problem has been resolved and a new Self-service password facility is now available.

There is currently a problem with our ‘Change/Forgotten Password’ facility.  Until the problem is resolved, if you have forgotten your password please contact the Medical Library Systems team by phone (028 9063 2500) or email (med.info@qub.ac.uk).

We apologise for any inconvenience.  The problem will be resolved as quickly as possible.

All problems with access to full text journals and books from the Clinical Key database have now been resolved.

Some users may find they are asked to ‘Confirm Certificate’ the first time they access ClinicalKey, but this is not actually a problem.  Simply by clicking ‘OK’ in the dialog box you will gain access and you will not be asked to confirm a certificate again.

As previously announced, from 1st September 2013 the 50p currently charged for any articles sent to you will no longer apply.  All articles and books from the Medical and HSC Library network will be supplied free of charge (including postage).

An £8 charge per item will be introduced for articles and books requested for you by the Medical and HSC Library network from the British Library or other external organisation.  You can contact library staff or use the ‘Other Information’ field on the honni Place Request form to tell us whether or not you want the item if it’s only available outside the Medical and HSC Library network.

Existing vouchers will be valid up to the end of December 2013.

To request material please fill in the online request form at https://qu-lms.qub.ac.uk/illj~S2.

Want to know more? Check out http://blogs.qub.ac.uk/honni/2013/06/03/changes-to-document-delivery-service/ or contact the library at med.ill@qub.ac.uk.

We are pleased to announce that honni users now have access to ClinicalKey, a clinical search tool linking you to 100s of full text Elsevier journals and e-books and to the latest point-of-care information.

ClinicalKey will replace, and add to, the content of MD Consult, which is being discontinued by Elsevier.  Drawing from a large number of high-quality resources, including Elsevier journals and e-books, ClinicalKey features enhanced search functionality, providing easy access to the latest information on etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

honni users can access ClinicalKey from the catalogue record.  Simply click ‘Go to this resource’ and log in, when prompted, with your honni username and password.

If you have any questions about ClinicalKey, please contact your Subject Librarian.