Online access to Transplant Library via Ovid

QMUL now has online access to the Transplant Library database via Ovid. This evidence-based resource for organ transplantation is produced by the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation, and includes nearly 6,500 references to all reports (full articles and conference proceedings) of randomized control trials (RCT) in organ transplantation published since 1970, and is updated every two weeks. Transplant Library is accessible and searchable via MetaLib, the Library's e-resource gateway. Users are required to login using their QMUL Athens username and password when accessing these resources off-campus. This resource is funded nationally by the Department of Health for specialist centres and medical schools associated with those hospitals.

Online access to American Psychological Association (APA) databases via Ovid

QMUL now has online access, via Ovid, to the five subject-databases produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). This includes full-text content from journal titles included in the PsycARTICLES database (accessible via the Library's SFX service) and full-text content from books included in the PsycBOOKS database. All APA databases are accessible via MetaLib, the Library's e-resource gateway. Users are required to login using their QMUL Athens username and password when accessing these resources off-campus.

MetaLib: Psychology subject search

A new psychology subject search facility, featuring the option to search individual or groups of listed resources, is now available via the MetaLib gateway to electronic resources. Users should login to MetaLib using their Teaching Services account credentials in order to gain full benefit form the system.

Online access to British Psychological Society e-journal titles

QMUL now has online access to the complete package of 12 British Psychological Society e-journal titles via IngentaConnect. All titles are listed in the Library's A-Z list of e-journal titles. Users are required to login using their QMUL Athens username and password when accessing these titles off-campus.

Index to Legal Periodicals - SFX links now available

SFX links, which allow users to check the availability of references both online and in print, are now available in Index to Legal Periodicals via WilsonWeb. Users are also now automatically logged in to this resource when on-campus via IP address. For off-campus access users are required to login using their QM Athens account.

Online acces to the AES E-Library

QMUL now has online access to the AES E-Library, accessable via the Library's e-resources portal, MetaLib. The AES E-Library contains all the Audio Engineering Society papers from the AES Journal, conventions and conferences: over 13,000 fully searchable PDFs documenting the progression of audio research during the past fifty years. For off-campus access users are required to login via the University's proxy server using their Student Services/Athens account details.

West Smithfield Medical Library closed for work on lights from Monday 16th February 2009

West Smithfield Medical Library main reading room will be closed for about a week from Monday 16th February while the 3 large central light fittings are replaced. These lights are positioned directly over the books shelves and also in front of the Issue Desk, so it is just not possible to continue to run normal library services while this aspect of the project is in progress. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause, but the work is absolutely essential.

Replacement of the central light fittings is the final stage of work on the lights in the library. The lighting contractors have already replaced lights round the perimeter at ground and gallery levels. The new lighting provision will provide a better work and study environment for all as well as improving energy efficiency.

While the main reading room is closed, the library basement study area at West Smithfield will be open to student use for 24 hours per day. This study area provides access to PCs and group study facilities but it will not be possible to use book or journal stock from the main reading room.

If you have any queries about book loans, renewals or document supply while this library is closed, please call ext. 8188 (020 7882 8188) or email medlibs@qmul.ac.uk


Marie Montague
Acting Medical Librarian
m.b.montague@qmul.ac.uk