Swansea Uni Library updates

The Library at the University is going through a few changes over the summer. The Issue Desk, Information Desk, IT Support Desk and Careers Desk will all merge into one desk. In order to make the move, these desks are temporarily in the Study Hall while construction of the new desk takes place in the entrance.

The book collection is also being moved around a bit, however the R section where most of your books are will not be effected too much. If you have any questions, or cannot find what you are looking for, please ask at the desks in the Study Hall.

Trinity University College Library / Llyfrgell Coleg Prifysgol y Drindod

Update:
Please note that work is taking longer than anticipated, and the Library will now be reopening on Monday 10 August.

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Diweddariad:
Sylwer bod y gwaith yn cymryd yn hirach na’r disgwyl, a bydd y Llyfrgell nawr yn ailagor ar ddydd Llun 10 Awst.

Medline with Full Text Trial Until 1st August

The Library is currently running a trial of Medline with Full-text. This looks like a great resource, searchable via keywords or MeSH terms. There are many titles full-text, however many also have a 6mo-1yr embargo on the full-text. Please take a look at it by logging in with your Athens account – http://search.epnet.com/athens.asp. Medline with Full-Text is the last database on the list. Please give feedback here, or via email at medlib@swansea.ac.uk .

Trinity University College Library / Llyfrgell Coleg Prifysgol y Drindod

The Trinity University College Library (Carmarthen) will be closed from 23 July until 2 August inclusive. Staff will still be working during that period so if you require access to any LRC services or resources during that time please contact us on 01267 676780 or lrc@trinity-cm.ac.uk

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Bydd Llyfrgell Coleg Prifysgol y Drindod (Caerfyrddin) ar gau o 23 Gorffennaf hyd 2 Awst yn gynhwysol. Bydd staff yn gweithio yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, felly os bydd angen ichi ddefnyddio rhai o wasanaethau neu adnoddau’r CAD yn ystod yr amser hwnnw cysylltwch â ni ar 01267 676780 neu cad@drindod.ac.uk

Profile of Alcohol & Health in Wales

New report from the Wales Centre for Health. Packed full of charts and statistics relating to alcohol consumption in Wales and the effects of this on health and crime. The trend in alcohol related hospital admission rates is upwards. Already, this accounts for 1.5% of all hospital admissions in Wales. In 2007-08, around 1,600 young people aged under 19 were referred for treatment of alcohol misuse.
Read the report here.

Maternity Services in Wales

A new report on the maternity services in Wales has just been released. You can find the report by clicking here for the English language version and here for the Welsh language version.

Annual Library Fines Clearing Week

If you have fines on your Library card, you must clear them before 9am on the 22nd June. This is an annual event before the campus turns to the summer break.

Bioethical database

BELIT is a free online database to help you find citations for ethical topics in healthcare. It is a joint effort between databases held in German, France and the United States. The database lists citations to articles, newspapers, books, legal documents and grey literature. It will not lead you to the full-text, however it will give you full citations to search in Voyager.

New A-Z list of journals

The Library has a new page for the A-Z list of journals - The Library has a new page for the A-Z list of journals. You can use this to get to a journal title we subscribe to quickly. There is a tab entitled Category that you can browse to find journals on a certain topic. Start with the general Health Science category, and you can then narrow it down by sub-topics (ie Gastroenterology).

Swansea area NHS Trust Library agreement

The reciprocal agreement between Swansea University and the Swansea ABM University Trust Libraries will come to an end in July. If you have any books checked out from these libraries, please return them before the agreement’s end. A hold will be put on your University Library account after July, if your books have not been returned.

You may continue using the libraries on a reference-only basis.