June Resources

The following books have recently been added to stock, either as new titles or additional copies. You can click on relevant titles to view full catalogue records:

Anxiety: cognitive behaviour therapy with children and young people. Stallard, Paul. 2009.
Applying sport psychology: four perspectives. Edited by Jim Taylor & Gregory S. Wilson. 2005.
The chemical components of tobacco and tobacco smoke. Alan Rodgman & Thomas A. Perfetti. c2009.
The endocrine system in sports and exercise. Edited by William J. Kraemer & Alan D. Rogol. 2005.
Exercise endocrinology. Katarina T. Borer. 2003.
Genetics of fitness and physical performance. Claude Bouchard, Robert M. Malina & Louis Perusse. c1997.
Global Library of Women's Medicine. 2009. e-Book.
Immunology. Thomas J. Kindt, Richard A. Goldsby &... 6th ed. 2006.
Research design qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. John Creswell. 3rd ed. 2009.
Roitt's essential immunology. Peter J. Delves et al. 11th ed. 2006.
Sampling: design and analysis. Sharon L. Lohr. c1999.
Science and soccer. Edited by Thomas Reilly & A. Mark Williams. 2nd ed. 2003
Self-efficacy in sport. Deborah L. Feltz, Sandra E. Short &... 2008.
Smoking cessation. Edited by S. Nardini. 2008.
Sport psychology in practice. Edited by Mark B. Andersen. 2005.

On-campus Printing: Inter-Library Loans

An update to the Digital Editions software, used for the emailed delivery of Inter-Library Loan articles and book chapters, is continuing to cause problems. At present, users are unable to print out requested documents via the public access PCs. However, we have a dedicated PC set up in the Library that people can use instead. You will find this in the Inter-Library Loans Office at the back of Level 2 (adjacent to the Copy and Print area). Here you will find staff who will assist you with your printing.

New software that we believe will solve the problem is scheduled to be released by the British Library this month.

Keeping Current: Summary of Survey Results

Thanks to everyone who took part in the Current Awareness Survey which was organised by members of Level 4 Library Staff. The results have given us a clearer picture of how you prefer to keep up to date with research. This will help inform the recommendations we make and the content of training sessions.

Our survey focused on alerts that individuals set up via databases or publisher websites. To set these up, individuals can identify individual journal titles in order to receive the latest tables of contents (TOC). Alternatively, they can identify an author, citation or set of keywords in order to receive references from a wide range of journals. Here's a summary of the results:

• The most popular alerts: Web of Science and those set up directly from publisher website are most widely used although both received mixed reviews for intuitiveness and quality. Pub Med and Zetoc were amongst services that received the most positive feedback. Researchers are using a huge range of individual journal alerts as well as broader one-stop-shop alerts from databases.
  
• Perceived benefit of alerts: 80% of respondents were positive. They perceived alerts as being quick and easy to set up, providing relevant results and a useful overview of a topic. They also enable serendipity in searching and sometimes provide links.
  
• Perceived problems of alerts: they're slow, complex and irrelevant, lacking both breadth and throughness. They also create information overload & were difficult for staff to fit into their workload.
  
• Waiting... The average user is prepared to wait up for to two weeks post-publication to receive an alert (and is prepared for 5% of alerts never to arrive). However, this average disguises a wide range of opinion.
  
• Other results: 76% would prefer to receive alerts as emails rather than via a feed reader. The most popular alternatives for keeping up-to-date were conferences and review articles.
  
• Comments: Where there were comments on the Library’s online resources, most were positive, although some respondents were unaware that the Library were responsible for providing these resources.
  
• Our own data suggests... Ultimately, getting alerts direct from each publisher provides the fastest, most reliable source, but this is more labour-intensive to set up and monitor than using a one-stop database. Of the databases, Zetoc or Web of Science may prove a better choice if you're more interested in thorough coverage and less concerned about speed, If you want to receive alerts quickly and aren't concerned about the occational alert not arriving, you may prefer to use ELIN.

If you would like to see a full report, please contact me P.G.Bradley@bath.ac.uk

Further Swine Flu Resources

BMJ are offering a the following free resources on the topic of Swine Flu (the Library subscribes to a range of BMJ titles): http://group.bmj.com/group/subscriptions-and-sales/institutional-support-services/institutional-promotional-materials/may-2009-institutional-newsletter#swine-flu-keeping-up

Dynamed is still currently providing open access to its Swine Flu updates. These are based on the evaluation of multiple evidence-based sources and are available at: http://hldemo.ebscohost.com/DynaMed-SwineFlu/

New Sports Medicine & Orthopaedics e-Books

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics e-Books collection is now available via the Library Catalogue. You can read the e-books online by searching for individual titles. Coverage includes both in-depth and quick-reference content. You can also access this full list of titles with links to summaries and author information. The following titles are just a sample:

ACSM's primary care sports medicine, Adult and pediatric spine, Adult hip,
Adult knee, Arthritis and allied conditions,
Athlete's elbow, Basic orthopaedic biomechanics and mechano-miology,
Bonica's management of pain, Cervical spine,
Concise guide to orthopaedic and musculoskeletal impairment ratings,
Daniel's knee injuries, Differential diagnosis in orthopaedic oncology,
Disorders of the Patellofemoral Joint,
Fibromyalgia and other central pain syndromes,
Field guide to fracture management, Foot and ankle,
Fractures of the Pelvis and Acetabulum, Hand and wrist, Handbook of fractures,
Imaging of orthopaedic fixation devices and prostheses,
Lovell and Winter's pediatric orthopaedics, Low back disorders,
MacNab's backache,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in orthopaedics and sports medicine,
Manual of musculoskeletal medicine, Pain in infants, children and adolescents,
Pediatric spine, Practical orthopaedic sports medicine and arthroscopy,
Principles of exercise testing and interpretation,
Principles of manual sports medicine, Rang's children's fractures,
Rehabilitation of the spine, Rockwood and Green's fractures in adults,
Rockwood and Wilkin's fractures in children,
Shoulder and the overhead athlete, Spinal trauma,
Spondylolysis, Spondylolisthesis, and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis,
Sports injuries, Staying out of trouble in pediatric orthopaedics,
Trauma rehabilitation, Turek's orthopaedics, Vertebral tumors...

Access to Swine Flu Updates

DynaMed is providing, for an unspecified period of time, open access to its clinical summary updates concerning Swine Flu. These are available at:

http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/swineflu/ The Library doesn't subscribe to DynaMed but we hope that you might find this 'open access' section of use.

DynaMed is a reference resource which systematically evaluates a wide variety of evidence-based sources.

Motivated? An opportunity for researchers to win £100 Vouchers

The Research Information Network (RIN) is surveying research staff to find out how they publish and disseminate their work e.g. what are their motivations, incentives and constraints. Researchers are invited to complete this survey. "All valid returns made before the closing date will be eligible for a prize draw for £100 of Amazon vouchers".

More information

Value added Web of Knowledge

Web of Knowledge:

Just a reminder that if you use Web of Knowledge, you may benefit from the following features. When you enter the full catalogue record of one of your results, please note these features:

• Cited by: if you click on the number next to Cited by, you are taken to the records of other articles that have discussed the same article you're investigating. This could prove a useful means of challenging, confirming, or expanding your understanding of a topic. For similar reasons, you might like to note:
• Related records: these link to records that contain shared references.
• References: access the records relating to the referenced articles within your selected document i.e. investigate the sources for yourself.
• Author Keywords and KeyWords Plus: these may give you added inspiration for your searches.
• Add to Marked List: then open your marked list aliong the top menu. From here, email and save your results (it's advisable to select the HTML format option).

Scientific WebPlus:

After you perform a search in web of Knowledge, you will see a Scientific WebPlus image that appears above your sets of results on the right hand side of the screen. If you click on either this or view web results, you may find useful additional material beyond journal literature e.g. organisational guidelines, summaries of conditions, academic webpages etc.

Although this content is openly accessible on the Web, the websites are selected by the same editors who select the journals that are indexed by Web of Knowledge. Therefore, you can retrieve a more targeted selection of results than those you'd locate via Google. You can access other evaluated websites via the Library's 'other website' links for health & medicine or sport & exercise.

Film & Sound Online

You can now watch a range of health & medicine-related videos online at Film and Sound Online. This resource is available via the Library's health & medicine Images & Videos. Relevant collections include:

• Healthcare Productions: over 50 films covering a broad range of healthcare topics including AIDS, cancer, childcare, the elderly...
• Wellcome Films: contains over 200 historical medical-related films
• Social and Human Sciences Collections

Access: it's a little convoluted! After you enter Film and Sound Online, you need to click on Login via UK Federation and then select the University of Bath from the drop-down menu. You will then need to opt to agree to terms & conditions. You will be asked to enter your BUCS username and password. Then click on Collections to find Healthcare Productions or Wellcome.

Journal of Smoking Cessation... & other new resources!

In addition to a new subscription, Journal of Smoking Cessation, the following books have recently been added to stock (either as new titles or additional copies). You can click on each relevant title to view a full catalogue record:

Case study research: design and methods 4th edition by Robert K. Yin (c2009)
Fair play in sport : a moral norm system by Sigmund Loland (2002)
Health Psychology by Charles Abraham et al (2008)
Immune function by Michael Gleeson (2006)
Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in exercise and sport by Martin S. Hagger & Nikos L. D. Chatzisarantis (2007)
Judo Strategies by Syd Hoare (2002)
Kinesiology : scientific basis of human motion 11th ed. by Nancy Hamilton...
Motivational interviewing in health care: helping patients change behavior by Stephen rollnick et al (c2008)
Physical activity and health promotion: evidence-based approaches to practice by Lesley Dugdill et al (2009)
Professional development : a guide for primary care by Margaeth Attwood (2005)
Research methods in physical activity by Jerry R. Thomas et al (2005)
Sport psychology: contemporary themes by David Lavallee et al (2004). This is also available as an online e-book.

Unavailability of IT Services

In order to carry out vital upgrade work BUCS have scheduled maintenance from 5.10pm on Friday 27th March to 8am on Monday 30th March. During this period, University network services will be unavailable. In preparation for the shutdown, some services might be affected from 4pm onward on 27th March.

This network shutdown will of course affect library services. Although there will be limited borrowing facilities, there will be:

• No loan renewals or holds/reservations can be made over the weekend.
• No access to printing (although the coin operated photocopier will be available).
• No access to the University's website - including Moodle and the library webpages, e-journals and databses. This will effect both on and off-campus users.
• If you would like to borrow a book for the first time, loans can be issued manually.

All users are advised to plan ahead to obtain any library materials or use library services and resources in advance of the weekend shutdown.

Over this engineering weekend, university users will have no access to campus PCs - including those in the Library, labs and e-lounges. Furthermore, the Wireless network will be offline.

BUCS aim to restore normal services as soon as possible once the required upgrades have been completed. Progress may be posted on the BUCS News page.

Tell us what you think!.. and a chance to win Amazon vouchers!

We'd very much appreciate it if you would complete this year's Library Survey. Respondents who leave your name and email address will be entered into a prize draw with the chance to win £50 Amazon vouchers.

Your responses will help us better understand the views and expectations of our users and in turn, help us provide a stronger service. The survey is running in 17 universities across the country. This will enable us to compare our results against other libraries' and in doing so, learn about best practices elsewhere.

We run this full survey every two years and your responses do make a difference! For example, previous surveys have informed the Library's substantial investments in electronic journals and books, as well as the redesign of Level 2. Thank you in advance if you're able to participate! Complete the survey.

Opus arrives! Increase the visibility of your research!

Opus, the University's repository, was launched today. Set up in large part by Kara Jones, the Research Publications Librarian, Opus is an online store which enables full-text papers and data to be both preserved and show-cased. It offers great potential in helping increase citation rates. Furthermore, it enables University of Bath researchers to release their papers publicly, as often required by funding bodies. More information and News Story.

Search Opus. You can also access Opus via the Library homepage.

Please note:

• The Support Team has requested that that you check and update your list of papers.
  


• It's often permissible to make pre-published / peer-accepted versions available in a repository. However, sources of copyright ownership and publishing agreements do vary: help with copyright.
  


• Please try uploading the full-text of any of your papers where copyright permits: help with depositing papers.
  


• You can request help via opus-support@bath.ac.uk

Hundreds of Sports Development Documents

I've added the following link to the Library website:

Sportdevelopment.org.uk (online library): This site will enable you to directly access hundreds of full-text documents related to sports development. Most of these are dated from within the last ten years.

Documents include reports and survey findings covering aspects such as disability, economics, elite sports, education, facilities, funding, government policy, health benefits, gender, local strategies, the Olympics, participation, racial equality, regional & community development, social inclusion and young people.

To access: Go to Resources for Sport & Exercise and click on Organisations & Other Websites. The website is listed as a Core Resource under Search Engines & Gateways.