The libraries previously based in Causeway MDEC & in Antrim Postgraduate Medical Centre, Bretten Hall have amalgamated with HSC Library Antrim based in Fern House, Antrim Hospital.
Stock held in these libraries moved to Fern House during the summer of 2015.

To join the library, borrow books, place online requests and avail of the many other services the library provides including training in the use of electronic resources provided for HSC staff via HONNI, please contact the library.

Address: HSC Library Antrim, Fern House, Antrim Hospital, Antrim BT41 2QB
Tel: 028 9442 4232 (334232)
Email: hsclibrary.antrim@northerntrust.hscni.net
Website: www.honni.qub.ac.uk

The HONNI Article Search (and other EBSCO resources such CINAHL) are currently unavailable on Student Computer Centre PCs.

Other than at SCC locations, access to these resources is unaffected.

we are working to resolve this and apologize for the inconvenience.

This problem has now been resolved (22/10/2015)

A new problem has arisen during the software supplier’s attempts to fix this problem of print holdings not displaying.  A print holdings table is now appearing but not all locations are visible and shelfmark and status are not displaying as expected.  Shelfmark appears blank and status is listed as ‘View Catalog Record’ for nearly everything.  The error has been reported to the software supplier as a matter of urgency.

A current problem with the HONNI catalogue means that print holdings of journal titles are not visible if titles are available electronically.

So, if you see only electronic holdings of a title in the catalogue, it does not necessarily mean that print copies are unavailable.  To check availability just contact one of the libraries.

The problem will be resolved as soon as possible.

Medical Library Summer Opening Hours

From Monday 8th June to Saturday 1st August:
8.30am –   5.30pm  Monday – Friday
9.00am – 12.30pm  Saturday

CLOSED Monday 13th July – Tuesday 14th July (inclusive)

From Monday 3rd August to Saturday 26th September:
8.30am –   6.00pm  Monday – Friday
9.00am – 12.30pm  Saturday

Normal late opening will start again on Monday 28th September

Biomedical Library Summer Opening Hours

From Monday 8th June to Saturday 5th September:
9.00am –  5.00pm  Monday – Friday
9.00am – 12.30pm  Saturday

From Monday 7th September to Saturday 26th September:
9.00am –  6.00pm  Monday – Friday
9.00am – 12.30pm  Saturday

CLOSED Monday 13th July – Tuesday 14th July (inclusive)

Normal late opening will start again on Monday 28th September

Bring your overdue library books back during the Library Amnesty Day and escape the fine!

This one day only event is on Wednesday 20th May 2015.

• This offer applies to all library books currently on loan and overdue
• This offer applies to all library users
• Take your books back to any Library Borrower Services Desk on 20th May and plead amnesty – the fine will be waived with no questions asked
• This offer does not apply to existing fines on previously returned items

You CAN make a huge impact!

• Over the last 12 months 877 books were seriously overdue
• Only 56 have been returned
• That’s 821 books you couldn’t use.  Many are irreplaceable
• That’s £18,000 worth of material you didn’t get to use

The supplier of our resource discovery system, EBSCO, has planned to carry out system maintenance between 2 a.m. on Friday 1st May and 4 a.m. on Saturday 2nd May.  During that time you will not be able to access the A-Z list of electronic journals or use honniConnect to link to articles from the HONNI resource discovery service.  You should still be able to access articles provided via PDF or HTML links.  Individual Databases will remain accessible throughout although, while honniConnect is offline, it will not be possible to obtain information about library holdings.

We apologise for any inconvenience this my cause.  The system is expected to be fully functional again by 4 a.m. on 2nd May.

There is currently a problem with full access via IOP Science to Physics in Medicine and Biology.  We are working to resolve this.

This title is available in print format 1973 – 1995 at the McClay Library, shelfmark QC4.P563

Please contact Medical Library Issue Desk if you need urgent access to this title: med.issue@qub.ac.uk or 028 9063 2500.

We are pleased to announce that the full range of Lancet specialty journals is now available to HONNI users via ClinicalKey.

Lancet – Volume 369 (2007) > present

Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology – Volume 1 (2013) > present

Lancet Global Health – Volume 1 (2013) > present

Lancet Haematology – Volume 1 (2014) > present

Lancet HIV – Volume 1 (2014) > present

Lancet Infectious Diseases – Volume 7 (2007) > present

Lancet Neurology – Volume 6 (2007) > present

Lancet Oncology – Volume 8 (2007) > present

Lancet Psychiatry – Volume 1 (2014) > present

Lancet Respiratory Medicine – Volume 1 (2013) > present

You can access these journals in 2 ways:

(1)    Go to www.honni.qub.ac.uk and search for ClinicalKey. Click Online Access underneath the catalogue result for ClinicalKey. Log in with your HONNI details, and when ClinicalKey opens click Journals. Use the Browse Journals box to search for Lancet. All Lancet specialty journals will be displayed. Click on a journal to view available issues/articles.

(2)    Go to www.honni.qub.ac.uk and click E-Journals A-Z. When the A-Z opens, type Lancet into the search box and click Search. All Lancet specialty journals will be displayed. Click on the blue ClinicalKey link underneath each journal to view available issues/articles (some of the journals may have links to other publishers in addition to ClinicalKey).

If you have any questions about these journals, or using ClinicalKey, please contact your local HSC Librarian or your Subject Librarian.

From January 2015 the Renal Drug Database has been made available to HONNI users.  Contact your local HSC Librarian for further details.

We are aware that for some users there is currently an issue with accessing this resource via Internet Explorer; the supplier is investigating.  Full functionality is available via Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

A number of improvements have recently been made to the HONNI Catalogue and resource discovery service:

1. The basic search screen now uses a tabbed search facility. The ‘New Search’ link redirects to the basic search screen instead of the HONNI home page, which ensures that you remain logged in and do not lose previous searches when you click ‘New Search’.
2. The ‘Electronic Resources’ category under Resource Types now accurately includes all e-journals as well as e-books. Previously many of these were missing due to the way in which the system identified resources for inclusion but this problem has now been resolved.
3. The results display has been cleaned up to help ensure that there are no entries in the holdings table for items which are not available.

There have been other small changes to improve the display and we are continuing our efforts to improve the system.  Issues such as the number of e-journal links displayed and the Resource Type categories used for refining results are high on the agenda.  Information about further developments will be posted to the Library Notices as it becomes available.