Stop press, stop press !!! Everything you wanted to know about literature searching and were afraid to ask !! Fear no more, lunch time help is now available in the Library for MSc students throughout most of May, June and … Continue reading
“Which database should I use for my topic ? “ is an all too familiar question. Luckily, help is at hand – http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/resources/databases/index.html – is a useful list of databases by subject, and for big topics such as “Public Health”, … Continue reading
Confused about AND, OR, NOT, and those pesky wildcards, then don’t be. The Library can help you understand the mysteries of these Boolean Operators and assist you with conducting Efficient and Effective literature searches and systematic reviews. These can be … Continue reading
Do you know your Medline from your Pubmed or even your Cochrane from your Scopus ? If you do, well done, but if not all can be revealed when you book an information skills session in the Library. Library … Continue reading
The 2017 update to the Medline thesaurus (MeSH) has been released. This adds new terminology, edits obsolete terminology and reorganises subject trees to keep the thesaurus current. References added to Medline from now on will be indexed using the updated … Continue reading
Read it, loved it, but want more similar works? Researchers can now find related articles to the one they are reading but also ones held in the School’s Open Access research repository– the CORE Recommender is here. CORE is a service … Continue reading
A warm welcome to all our new students – we look forward to supporting in your studies this year! There is a lot of information for new arrivals to take in during orientation week. When you have had a chance … Continue reading
Ovid have announced a number of major updates and new features for the Embase database. These will go live on 19 September 2016. The most important updates are: The thesaurus/Emtree display will change to include full History Notes and other … Continue reading
Those of you who save searches in Ovid Medline may have noticed that there are lots of searches already saved. These are added as ‘Expert Searches’ and are available to everyone who logs in via a School username and password. … Continue reading
Each year, Medline and Embase update their indexing terms. The Embase update is due to take place next week. If you use indexing terms in your saved searches (often also called subject headings or MeSH terms), you may have to … Continue reading