Friday, February 13, 2015

Research Guides and Mobile Apps & Sites


The Li Ping Medical Library has uploaded new Research Guides and list of Mobile Apps & Sites on its website.

The Research Guides include major databases, e-books, e-journals, multimedia materials etc. on different specialties to assist your biomedical research. The Mobile Apps & Sites contain a list of mobile applications and optimized websites that provide you handy access to update medical information with your smartphones or tablets.

You can access the Research Guides and Mobile Apps & Sites at the Medical Library webpage. 


Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Service Hours During Chinese New Year


The Li Ping Medical Library will open 24/7 during the Chinese New Year with the following schedule of staffed services/Book stacks:

18 Feb (Wed)                       8:30 am-12:00 noon

19 Feb (Thu) -22 Feb (Sun)   No services

23 Feb (Mon)                       9:00 am-5:00 pm

24 Feb (Tue)                        9:00 am-5:00 pm

Regular service hours will resume on 25 Feb (Wed).

Wish you good health and fortune in the Year of Ram!

Friday, February 6, 2015

Library Workshops on Nursing & Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews Databases


The Li Ping Medical Library has arranged with Wolters Kluwer to provide training sessions on Ovid medical and healthcare databases in March 2015. 

Program 1: Nursing Databases on Ovid
 
The Nursing databases which include Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database, Maternity and Infant Care, Ovid Nursing Database, etc. provides a rich source of full-text journal articles, e-books and practice guidelines on Nursing. In this workshop, you will learn the essential skills for effectively searching materials of evidence-based practice of Nursing. 

Date: 2 March 2015 (Monday) 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

Venue: User Education Room 2, G/F, University Library

Program 2: Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews Databases

The Ovid's Evidence Based Medicine Reviews is a collection of evidence-based databases that contain high-quality, independently reviewed evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. This workshop will focus on the techniques for searching the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Central Register of Controlled Trials, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, etc.

Date: 3 March 2015 (Tuesday) 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. 

Venue: Computer Lab, Li Ping Medical Library, 2/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital

Speaker: Mr. Allan Finn, Senior Training Manager, Medical Research, Wolters Kluwer

Language: English

Registration: Complete the Online Registration Form