The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland

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  • Healthcare Library Catalogue Search

    If you are having difficulty with the catalogue search on the homepage, please use the following link:

    https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,guest&custid=s4815289&groupid=main&profile=cat_eds

    We are working to resolve this and apologise for any inconvenience.

  • Bank Holiday Closing

    All Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland branches will be closed on Monday 2nd May for the Bank Holiday.

    Access to electronic resources will remain available as always.

    We will reopen again on Tuesday 3rd May, please check our Blog for any further updates on Library Opening Hours.

    Have a lovely weekend!

  • The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at Antrim Area Hospital – Opening Hours, week beginning 2nd May 2022

    Our branch at Antrim Area Hospital will be running reduced opening hours this week:

    Monday: CLOSED

    Tuesday: 9:00am – 2:00pm

    Wednesday: 9:00am – 2:00pm

    Thursday: 9:00am – 4:30pm

    Friday: 9:00am – 4:30pm

    Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

    Please note:

    You can contact library staff via LiveChat Tue – Fri: 10:00am – 4:00pm, or, email: info@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk while the branch is closed and someone will get back to you.

  • Easter Closing

    All Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland branches will be closed from Friday 15th April, 2022 until Tuesday 19th April, 2022 inclusive. Normal opening hours will resume on Wednesday 20th April, 2022.

    Access to online resources will remain available during this time via our library website using your library credentials.

  • Membership Renewal Form

    Following reported difficulties with the Membership Renewal Form on Thursday, we can confirm that the problem is now resolved.

    If you were affected, please do try again today.

    Our apologies again if you have been affected by this and thanks for bearing with us.

  • RESOLVED – Full Text Finder and E-Journals A-Z problem

    Update 1 April 2022

    E-Journals A-Z is now fully searchable.
    The problem (below) has now been resolved.
    Thank you for your patience while this service was not available.

    Original post 30 March 2022

    We are currently experiencing a problem with access to certain resources via Full Text Finder and the E-Journals A-Z list.
    Our suppliers have been made aware of this and are currently investigating.
    Thank you for your patience while we work to resolve this.

  • Retirement of Zetoc alerts  

    Zetoc alerts is a current awareness service from the British Library that allows you to set up alerts for the table of content for particular journals.  The British Library sadly announced this service is being retired/discontinued on 1st August 2022.   If you have any alerts set up via Zetoc these will stop from 1st August.   

    There are alternatives to Zetoc available to you, which you may wish to consider switching to now, and the Library has outlined some of these on its Current Awareness Libguide. 

    If you should have any further queries or need further advice please don’t hesitate to contact your specialist librarian. 

  • ClinicalKey Access RESOLVED

    The problem with direct access to some ClinicalKey resources has now been resolved.

    Access using published links to resources has been fully restored and now simply requires your Healthcare Library login.

    Thank you for your patience while we worked to resolve this.

  • E-resource availability

    If you are having problems accessing our E-resources, please try again. This is an intermittent problem and access will be available again after a short period.

    We are working to resolve this as quickly as possible.

    Our apologies if this has affected your access today.

  • ClinicalKey Access – UPDATE 28.01.22

    ClinicalKey have confirmed that the current problem with direct access to some ClinicalKey resources will be resolved in the coming days. They are aware that this is a vital resource for our members and are working to have the fix implemented as soon as possible.

    Until the resolution is in place, please continue to use the steps below to access ClinicalKey:
    1. Please click following link https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/choose-institution
    2. Search for institution – Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland – and click the name to log in.
    3. Login as normal using your library number and password.

    This login should allow access to eBooks etc. in the normal way from within EDS if accessed on the same browser session.

    ClinicalKey journal articles are not affected and can be accessed directly from EDS without going through this additional step.

    Our apologies again for the inconvenience this is causing.