Let us come to you!

If you need help, even if it's just for 10 minutes, we can come to you! Yes, we offer outreach services to help you at your desktop.

We realise that health professionals find it difficult to leave the workplace and often there are many demands on your time.
We are happy to come and see you in your office or wherever it's convenient and deal with those niggling questions you may have.
Recent visits have involved help with using Athens passwords, searching healthcare databases and how to find online resources.

Give us a call on ext 3455 if you need us to help.

Need help?

Are you having problems accessing articles with your Athens account?
Do you need to find research articles?
We can help!
Call the Enquiry Desk or the Librarian Specialist - details on our web pages here

The library is up and running again!

We have now moved back into the newly refurbished library and it looks great!

Come and see for yourself- there is quiet study space, computing facilities and wireless access.

Outreach Services

The library is shut, too busy to get away just finished your shift?
Let us come to you! We can come to visit you in the workplace or wherever its convenient. We can help you access resources, update you on new resources, help you find the information you need.

Contact us to find out more.

Temporary Closure

We have now closed for the final stages of the building works. Hopefully not for too long! We are still offering online services, document supply and searches.
We are contactable on 0161 446 3450 or by e mail.

We hope to reopen towards the 3rd week of April.

Library Make over!

The library refurbishment started on the 1st February, Unfortunately we have had restricted access to facilitie, however we have endeavered to maintain online services. We have also manaed to keep document delivery services and literature searching services running.
Contact 0161 446 3451 to find out more.

Most viewed articles in the Christie Repository

Is your Christie Research in the Christie Repository? We are currently accepting peer reviewed articles.
Contact us if you have research to submit (only research done whilst at the Christie please!)

To see our top 10 most viewed items go to your favourites.

Cancer Survivorship Initiative

The National Cancer Survivorship Initiative was published by the Department of Health (DH) on 19th January outlining a vision of improved care and support for people living with (and surviving) cancer. Link to the document on the DH website here

Health Care Management Journals

We have access to a wide collection of management journals and databases.
If you are interested in topics such as change management, leadership, performance or general service management try searching the health management collections.
We have also recently subscribed to the Health Management Collection through the Emerald interface.
To search any of these titles or download full text articles log in with your Athens username and password.

Oncology Books - Online 24/7!

We have just subscribed to to some of the key oncology books available online through the OVID database. Log in with your ATHENS username at http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ and go to Books@OVID to search for the titles.

Titles such as:
Devita, Hellman & Rosenberg's Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology
Perez and Brady's Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology

and in other subject areas such as:

Lippincott's Cancer Chemotherapy Handbook
Principles & Practice of Biologic Therapy of Cancer
Radiation Oncology: Management Decisions
Prostate Cancer: Principles & Practice
Ovarian Cancer
Principles and Practice of Gastrointestinal Oncology
Head and Neck Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing
Principles & Practice of Palliative Care & Supportive Oncology

To access the books you will need an NHS Athens username and password.
All titles will be available on the library web pages and catalogue.

Contact the library to find out more!

Supportive Care in Cancer

The journal Supportive Care in Cancer is now available online. Access with your Athens username and password.

Nursing Journals - Nursing Times

Recently we have subscribed to Nursing Times
Nursing Times Full Text: 2005 - current ATHENS Username and Password required.

We have a variety of nursing journals and databases available:
Nurse Education in Practice Full text 2001 - ATHENS Username and Password required.
Nurse Education Today Full text 1997 - ATHENS Username and Password required.
Nurse Leader Full text 2003 - ATHENS Username and Password required.
Nurse Practitioner Full Text: 1999 - 2004 ATHENS Username and Password required.
Nurse Researcher Full Text: 1998 - current ATHENS Username and Password required.
Nursing Full Text: 1995 - 2004 ATHENS Username and Password required.
Nursing Standard Full Text: 1998 - current ATHENS Username and Password required.

and more!

To find outmore or to book a training session contact the library.

Christmas Opening Hours

We will be open as follows over the festive season:

Thursday 24th December 9am - 2pm

Closed Christmas weekend including 28th Dec. - Merry Christmas!

Open
29th - 30th December 9am - 5.30pm

31st December 9am - 2pm

Closed 1st Jan to 3rd Jan - Happy New Year!

Reopen for normal hours on 4th January 9 am.

Need Help?

Are you having difficulties finding the information you need? We can help you!

We can come and show you how to access full text journals at your desktop.
If you need more - we can give you a personalised training session on searching for information. If you need less - we can give you a short refresher on using the library web pages. To find out more and to arrange a visit contact the library - 0161 446 3455.

Cochrane Library Journal Club

The Cochrane Library Journal Club is a new feature provided by The Cochrane Library. The journal club is run online and there is an opportunity to ask questions and add feedback. It is early days and only a few articles have been discussed, but take a look at the website which has some useful links and an opportunity to discuss research.

Wellcome Images

The awards cermony took place on 15th October to celebrate the best and new additions to The Wellcome Image Library. It included 2 new categories photography and illustration.
The images can be seen through this link here

The Wellcome's Library of Images is available online and constantly updated with new biomedical, clinical and historical images. The images have been made available through a creative commons licence to allow them to be used for non commercial purposes.

Refresher Courses

We regularly run refresher courses in the use of library services and resources.
Drop in to book a personal update or join one of our advertised group sessions.
Contact the Library to find out more.

Updating Services

We run a variety of updating services:
You can have individual journal tables of content sent to your e mail account.
Topic information in a variety of subjects sent to your e mail with easy to access links to the full article.
Or we can run a comprehensive search for information on your topic.

Contact the library to find out more

Visit The Christie Research Publications Repository

The Christie Research Publications Repository is now available online. We have been busy populating the repository by submitting journal articles to the repository.

The content is enhanced daily! If you have any questions or would like a demonstration please contact the library.

Training in Library Resources

The latest training sessions on offer have been advertised on the Christie intranet - "Discover". Sign up for training in how to use PubMed effectively or book a personal session to refresh on searching hints and tips.

Contact the library on 0161 446 3455.