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I'm one of the 'Subject Librarians'. My subject areas are Medicine, Nursing, Healthcare and Dentistry. I also convene the Information Literacy (IL) Group which develops IL content for Library webpages and course Moodles.

• A reminder about the replacement for ATHENS

  By Helen Marlborough on July 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Athens will expire on the 31st of July 2009. From the 1st of August 2009, your GUID (Glasgow Unique IDentifier) and associated password will replace your Athens username and password for access to databases, e-books and e-journals. Using your GUID… Read More ›

• Abstracts added to Zetoc articles and conference papers

  By Helen Marlborough on July 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Zetoc, the British Library’s database of articles and conference papers, can now include abstracts. If available, abstracts are found on the ‘Full record’ page. Not all records have abstracts, but the number will increase as agreements are reached between the… Read More ›

• The Library’s Online Course Materials Service

  By Helen Marlborough on July 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

  If you’d like to provide online access to book chapters/journal articles for your students, we are accepting requests for the 09-10 session. Find out how via the library web pages http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/library/gethelp/academicstaffsupport/onlinecoursematerialsservice/step-by-stepguideforlecturersusingtheonlinecoursematerialsservice/ If you’d like to know more, please contact Wendy… Read More ›

• Reference Manager in the CSCE

  By Helen Marlborough on May 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

  Kenny Whyte and the IT Services team have recently installed a patch for Reference Manager 10 on a number of CSCE machines in the Library. This patch fixes problems with the “Direct Export” and “Import Filters” features. The patched machines… Read More ›

• Oxford Reference Online: New titles and new editions

  By Helen Marlborough on May 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  New titles have been added to Oxford Reference Online – A Dictionary of Education, A Dictionary of Hinduism, Oxford Companion to Global Change; The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors. And there are new editions of several dictionaries… Read More ›

• GUID will replace ATHENS from the 1st of August

  By Helen Marlborough on May 20, 2009 • ( 0 )

  From the 1st of August 2009, your GUID (Glasgow Unique IDentifier) will replace ATHENS for access to databases, e-books and e-journals. Many links to databases will take you straight to our local GUID login page and then into the database… Read More ›

• Widening access to e-journals in Scotland (SHEDL)

  By Helen Marlborough on May 19, 2009 • ( 0 )

  The Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL) now makes e-journals published by Cambridge University Press, Springer and the American Chemical Society freely available to all users in Scottish higher education. This covers journal issues published in the current year. Titles available… Read More ›

• H1N1 swine influenza

  By Helen Marlborough on May 15, 2009 • ( 0 )

  If you want information about the H1N1 (swine influenza) pandemic here are some links to authoritative websites. University of Glasgow Swine Flu Update Health Protection Scotland WHO UK Health Protection Agency The Royal College of General Practitioners Pandemic Planning for… Read More ›