Fade Library

• Fade is the PCT’s Library Service• We aim to bring you the optimal library

experience with the minimum effort on your part.

• We also provide you with multiple routes to get the information you need– On the web– Postal services– Over the phone or e-mail services– Face to face services

The Website

• We provide a North West wide service so the web is our front door.

• www.fade.nhs.uk aims to allow you to get the full library experience without walking through the door.

• It isn’t the only way you can use us though!

The Collection

• Today we have 28,534 documents in the library

• It’s a mix of Grey Literature/White Literature, Printed and Electronic Material.

• Key collection strengths– Public Health– Management– Primary Care

• We’ll send the stuff you need to the address you need it sending to

• www.fade.nhs.uk

E-Resources

• Don’t know how to search – ask us and we’ll train you at our place or your’s.

• Don’t want to search or no time to search, just ask us to do it!

• Through the National Library for Health www.library.nhs.uk/mylibrary you have access to

– 8 key databases– Over 1500 full text e-journals– 28 specialist virtual libraries

The Outside World!

• Don’t despair – if we don’t hold something we can in most cases get hold of it from– Other NW Health

Libraries– University of Liverpool– BMA– The UK’s Nursing

Libraries– The British Library

Staying Up-to-Date

• Current Awareness Services– Journal Contents Pages– Health News– Self-updating Literature

Searches– RSS

• If we don’t run the sort of CAS you want, tell us and we’ll design something to meet your needs (as long as it doesn’t involve the photocopier!)

Enquiries

• If IT allows you to access it and we’re online you can make enquiries over the internet from our web page via the Virtual Reference Desk

• You can call us on 0151 285 4493

Equipment Loans

• You can borrow equipment from us too:– Laptops– Data Projectors– Camcorders– OHP Projector

We Need Your Input

• Recommend new material to us

• Tell your colleagues about us.

• Tell us what sort of service you’d like to receive

Peace and Quiet

• If you need somewhere quiet to write a report.

• Somewhere quiet to study.

• Or just want to meet the full Fade crew.

Fade LibraryRegatta PlaceBrunswick Dock