Some key resources for Knowledge Services

Scottish Health Libraries Catalogue Shelcat  Search the library catalogues of 8 Health Boards, 5 National Services and 2 health partner services  Enriched catalogue records include book covers, table of contents, summaries [on selected titles]  Place a reserve on items which are out on loan at your home library or place a request for items held at other Boards and services  Access your borrowing account online to check what you have on loan, their due dates, and to renew items yourself  Cross-search other library catalogues, e.g. University libraries, national libraries To use all Shelcat functionalities you must have a Shelcat library card – ask at your local library if they are involved in Shelcat and they will give you a library membership application form.

A new feature to NHS Scotland eLibrary Use tags to manage and share resources Find people with shared interests Join Shared Space to access communities Manage your own personal webspace MyCommunitySpace

Equality in Health Portal A new portal to address health equalities Keep up to date via news feeds Projects area Topic rooms (age, disability, community planning etc) Key resources and users' shared resources

Information Literacy is: the ability to know how, why and where to find quality information the ability to access authoritative information quickly and confidently the knowledge of how to use information effectively completely transferable Information Literacy Portal

The Knowledge Network Virtual Training Sessions Virtual Training Improve your search technique Learn more about database searching Find journal articles and link to full text Save your research Manage your search results Basic/Advanc ed search The Knowledge Network's programme of virtual training sessions offers real time training on a selection of its password protected databases. These databases provide online access to collections of full-text articles and journal references to articles. You can access the Virtual Training pages from The Knowledge Network at: We currently offer training on the following resources: OVID Refworks The Cochrane Library Proquest Ebsco-Host Emerald Science Direct To participate in the training you will need a computer with Internet access and a telephone. (You may also need to download some software on your computer depending on the requirements of the training). To discover more about the e-Library’s Virtual Training programme please contact