The document provides an overview of biomedical resources available at the British Library, including print and electronic collections. It describes the Library's collection development over time and access policies. Participants were given demonstrations on searching the integrated catalogue and databases. They also received a tour of the science reading rooms housing biomedical materials.

1. BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY A workshop introducing readers to the Library’s collections and electronic sources

2. Today’s Programme Start 2.00 pm Biomedicine Print Resources (Richard Wakeford) Integrated Catalogue Demonstration Integrated Catalogue Hands on Biomedicine Electronic Resources (Michael Stringer) Demonstration Hands on Tour of reading rooms Finish 4.00 pm

3. Biomedicine Print Resources Background to the British Library’s collection Searching the collection Access to the collection

4. The British Library’s Collection Founder collections 18 th century - British Museum 19 th century - Patent Office Library 20 th century - National Central Library & National Lending Library 1973 - The British Library founded 1997 - Move to St Pancras 2004 - Integrated Catalogue & Single collection

5. The British Library’s Collection Holdings Humanities Science Technology & Industry DSC Acquisitions Legal Deposit Purchased

6. The British Library’s Collection Access Reading rooms in London & Yorkshire Interlibrary loan & Document Supply Readers Anyone who wants to do research - for personal, work-related or academic purposes, innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers Across all fields of study Medical practioners, researchers, nurses, students & patients

7. Biomedicine Print Resources Serials Peer reviewed journals Magazines – trade, professional Abstracting and indexing publications

8. Biomedicine Print Resources Books Research and clinical monographs Reference books (pharmacopoeias, professional directories) Student textbooks Patient information Rare books and manuscripts

9. Biomedicine Print Resources Other publication types Theses - UK doctoral Conference proceedings Reports & grey literature Patents - as intellectual property - as information resource Market research reports Official publications

10. Searching and Ordering from the Collection Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk A book: Cooper, Geoffrey. The cell. 2004 A journal issue: Cell 1994 vol 79 (6)

11. Shelfmarks A book: Cooper, Geoffrey. The cell. 2004 - Shelfmark (B) 571.6 type subject code - Shelfmark m06/14513 DSC A journal : Cell - Shelfmark (P) KH 66 -E (9) type subject code language code sequence no . - Shelfmark 3097.600000 DSC

12. Using the Integrated Catalogue from Home or Workplace Searching available 24 hours via http://catalogues.bl.uk Requesting available during reading room opening hours Monday-Saturday Science Technology & Medicine enquiry desk [email_address] T- 020 7412 7288 F - 020 7412 7217 http://www.bl.uk

13. Access to the Collection Document Supply photocopies loans Interlibrary Lending / BL account customers BL Direct http://direct.bl.uk with credit card payment Reading Rooms St Pancras Reading Rooms - Science - Business & Intellectual Property Centre Colindale Reading Room Boston Spa Reading Room

14. Science Reading Rooms Location Social Science (Floor 1) - engineering Science 2 - biology, medicine Science 3 - biochemistry, physical sciences Collection coverage Biomedical research, medical practice Open Access Journals and books from 1997

15. Business and Intellectual Property Centre Location Floor 1- directories, market research & business periodicals Floor 2 - patents Collection coverage Pharmaceutical and health care industries Open access varies by title (6 months – 6 years)

16. Ordering from Storage Science Orders for all titles before 1997 Humanities Orders for all titles & all years Healthcare (economics, ethics, management etc) Biomedicine - for students & public DSC Orders for all titles & all years Biomedicine & healthcare not held in London Theses, conference proceedings, grey literature

17. Ordering from Storage Ordering by the catalogue Delivery - 70 minutes / 2 hours / 6 hours / 48 hours Kept for 3 more working days Integrated Catalogue http://catalogue.bl.uk Ordering on forms DSC serials only Delivery - 48 hours Recent issues (<6mths) - “Loan Ban” - photocopies only Kept for 5 more working days

18. Electronic Resources From the reading room home page Full text electronic journals ESTAR Others – publisher collections CD ROMs On designated workstation in science 2 reading room – Medicine Compendium and British Pharmacopoeia Biomedical books with accompanying CD ROMs are in store in Science 3 (ask at the Science 3 Enquiry Desk)

19. Electronic Resources General Biomedical Databases Medline EMBASE Combined database search

20. Electronic Resources Specialist Biomedical Databases VIA WebSpirs interface Amed – Complementary and alternative medicine British Nursing Index – UK focus on nursing and midwifery CINAHL – American focus on nursing and midwifery Global Health – International public health Maternity & Infant Care – Pregnancy and birth PsycInfo – Psychology and Mental health

21. Electronic Resources General databases Web of Knowledge (Science Citation Index) SCOPUS

22. Electronic Resources Healthcare Policy and Management Resources available from the reading room Web pages under the following headings: Gateways and portals Bibliographic databases UK Government sites Organisations Statistics Compilations

23. Electronic Resources Some e-resources are free to the public and can be used off site eg. PubMed Cochrane Library TRIP INTUTE: Health & Life Sciences (formerly OMNI) Free medical journals online The Open Access publishing model

24. Document Supply Document supply services from the British Library’s collections Zetoc Inside BL Direct

25. Hands on training Search in ESTAR and bibliographic databases

26. Tour of Science Reading Rooms We hope this workshop has been useful to you Please take a few moments to complete the evaluation form Now we have a tour of the Science Reading Rooms