Electronic Journals & E-books

Electronic Journals & E-books

Sabelo Mapasure, MA, MCLIPLibrary & Knowledge Services ManagerShropshire Community Health NHS [email protected]

May 2009 Electronic journals 2

Objectives

How to find out what electronic journals are available

How to find out what e-books are available

How to access and print out articles from them


A – Z Journal List

Brings together print and electronic journals from local, national and free sources

Gives details of journal holdings and location

Need to log in with NHS ATHENS password to see full range of available titles


A – Z Journal List

Login via ATHENS to see full range of available journals

Browse for a journal Search for a journal


Accessing A – Z Journal List

Via NLH: www.library.nhs.uk/athens ► Athens

Login ► Journals and Databases ►My Journals

Via NHS Evidence: www.evidence.nhs.uk ►Journals and

Databases ►My Journals ►Athens Login Via ATHENS login

(www.athens.nhs.uk) – Login to Athens ► My Journals from list of resources.


Journal Sources

Ebscohost Databases BMJ JAMA PCT e-subscriptions, e.g. via Ebsco EJS Free sources, e.g. Free Medical Journals,

Highwire, BiomedCentral My Journals or Local Resources– includes all

journals you can access (online & print)


Ebscohost Databases

CINAHL with full text Health Business Elite (health care

management) Lots of embargos, but good back

runs too Can set up e-mail alerts within

packages Available via A – Z list and in

database search results


BMJ Journal Collection

Full text of all of BMJ and other BMJ journals

Includes Evidence Based titles, J Epidemiology and Community Health, Archives of Disease in Childhood

Available via A-Z list, journal search results or www.bmj.com


JAMA collection

Journal of the American Medical Association – Ends 2011

Nine other ‘Archives’ titles, including Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Available via A-Z list or database search results


Biomed Central

Electronic ‘open access’ journals Peer reviewed research articles Author/organisations pay

publication costs – free access to all Titles include cancer, nursing,

psychiatry, public health, family practice, paediatrics, women’s health


Lancet

Full text access beginning 2012 Accessible via

www.library.nhs.uk/booksandjournals/journals

Search title Also available via A-Z list or

database search results


Free JournalsIncorporates freely available journals from different sources

Free Medical Journals Highwire Press etc

Sometimes need to registerFormat and years vary: often links to individual journal web sitesLinks from A-Z list and sometimes database search results (don’t always link direct to article)


ZETOC

Table of contents e-mails from Jan 2009

Access via ATHENS or ‘My Library’ section of NLH

Not just healthcare journals No links through to full text articles


E-books

Books from various publishers Searchable by subject as well as

title, author and keywords Subjects covered: primary care,

mental health, public health, health promotion (among others)

Need to log in with NHS ATHENS password to see range of available titles and full text


E-books

Login via ATHENS to see full range of available titles

Browse for an e-book Search for an e-book


Accessing E-books Via NLH:

www.library.nhs.uk ►Journals and Databases ► E-books

Via NHS Evidence: www.evidence.nhs.uk ►►Journals and Databases

► E-books

Via SheLib catalogue: www.shelib.nhs.uk ►Search ► Keyword ►restrict

to Electronic Resources

Via NHS Athens (www.athens.nhs.uk) – Login ► select ‘NHS Evidence eBooks Hub’ ►Browse/Search


In summary …

My Journals A – Z list is one-stop shop for electronic journals

E-books is a searchable database for full text e-books

Available via NLH, NHS Evidence or ATHENS log in

Log in via ATHENS to see full range of titles

Electronic Journals & E-books

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