Philson Library

Group work and brainstorming

2012-03-05T11:41:3513:00:00

In this article Jonah Lehrer from the New Yorker investigates successful collaborations. Is brainstorming successful, do people need to interact or collaborate to be creative and successful researchers? Read the item to see this review of brainstorming and successful collaboration and be surprised by the research.

Elsevier faces protests

2012-02-09T09:22:1613:00:00

Interesting article in a recent issue of The Economist outlining why growing numbers of academic staff and researchers are joining a boycott of Elsevier journals started by a mathematician at Cambridge University.

The boycott includes not submitting papers to Elsevier's journals, or refereeing or editing papers appearing in them. Elsevier publishes over 2,000 journals, including titles such as Cell and the Lancet.

Philson Library closed Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November

2011-11-15T16:25:1513:00:00

The Philson Library will be closed on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November while library staff and equipment are temporarily relocated as part of the library refurbishment.

Refurbishments will begin 28 November and end by 1 May 2012.

The new entrance to the Philson Library will be from the Boyle Building atrium from Sunday 27 November onwards.

Labour Day - Philson Library Opening Hours

2011-10-17T09:42:2213:00:00

The Philson Library will be open on Labour Day (Monday 24th October) from 10.00am to 10.00pm.

Need more time to study for exams?

2011-10-17T09:39:3913:00:00

Extended opening hours over the weekends at the Philson Library start on Saturday 22 October and finish on Sunday 6 November

Saturday: 10:00am - 10:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00am - 10:00 pm
Friday: 8:00am - 10:00pm

Do you use DynaMed?

2011-10-12T12:11:5213:00:00

DynaMed is an evidence-based point-of-care reference tool providing clinically-organized summaries for more than 3,000 topics.

A recent article in the BMJ compared the speed of updating information in 5 different point-of-care services including DynaMed and UptoDate. The research showed that Dynamed is updated more quickly than the other services.

Click on the link below to read the full article.

http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d5856.full

eTV - watch live streams, recorded programmes and videos

2011-10-06T14:30:0713:00:00

The University is continuing to pilot eTV, a New Zealand Internet TV provider, delivering a range of live channels and recorded content to the education sector.
Content includes:
On Demand - selected pre-recorded programmes from over 30 domestic and international television channels.
Live Streams - 12 predominantly international TV channels including Aljazeera (English), Bloomberg & Triangle Stratos.
Library - an archive of educational TV programmes from educational, government and public service organisations

Information on downloading and adding videos to Powerpoint presentations is also provided.

Click here to access eTV.

The Truth Wears Off

2011-09-15T09:33:4612:00:00

An entertaining article from the New Yorker magazine poses the question:

Is there something wrong with the scientific method?

Read more here.

New database - Natural Standard

2011-08-29T14:06:0912:00:00

Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative medicine. The Natural Standard database offers evidence-based systematic reviews on dietary supplements and CAM therapies. Click here to access.

Interesting article on research fraud

2011-08-12T10:54:1012:00:00

A recent article published in the Journal of Medical Ethics looks at the reasons for retractions of scientific papers, highlighting the issues of both errors and fraud.

Click here to read the article.