A Guide to Library and Information Resources Available to Social Care Employees of Cumbria County Council Produced by: The Knowledge Management Team Adult Social Care Health and Care Services The Courts Carlisle CA3 8NA Tel: 01228 227113 Email: [email protected] June 2014 CONTENTS 1. Purpose of this Guide 3 2. Major Libraries in Cumbria for Social Care Employees 3 2.1 Cumbria Social Care Specialist Library Collection 3 2.2 Cumbria Public Libraries 3 2.3 University Hospitals NHS Trust Libraries 4 2.4 University of Cumbria 4 3. Library Partnerships in Cumbria 4 3.1 Cumbria Libraries Network (formerly known as AddLib) 4 3.2 NHS-Public Libraries Partnership 5 3.3 Passport to Partnership (P2P) Scheme 5 3.4 Cumbria Higher Education Institutions Library Partnership Scheme (CHELPS) 5 3.5 NoWAL – The North West Academic Libraries Consortium 6 4. Journal Articles 6 4.1 In-house journal subscriptions 6 4.2 Accessing journals electronically via Athens 7 4.3 Requesting journal articles via the Knowledge Management Team 7 5. Major Free Electronic Literature Databases 8 6. Useful Web Sites 9 7. Literature/ Internet Searching Service 10 2 1. Purpose of this Guide The purpose of this guide is to provide details of: Library and information services available to social care employees in Cumbria. Alternative libraries and library partnerships which employees can use. Other library and information sources (journal and organisation subscriptions, electronic literature databases, useful Web sites, Internet/ literature searching service, etc). Return to CONTENTS 2. Major Libraries in Cumbria for Social Care Employees 2.1 Cumbria Social Care Specialist Library Collection A specialist social care library collection has been developed between the Adult Social Care Knowledge Management Team and Cumbria Public Libraries. This collection can be found at Carlisle Public Library, but items can be requested from and sent to other public libraries in the county. You need to be a member of the public library in order to borrow items from the collection. You can join FREE of charge at any public library, or online at http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/services/membserv.asp. A full list of the items held in the library can be found on the e-Library. If you would like to request specific items to be purchased for the library, please contact Knowledge Management, Tel: 01228 227113, email: [email protected]. Please note that the book budget is limited. Therefore, preference will be given to generic texts that are directly related to adult social care, management or research. It is not possible to purchase specific items to support personal study. Further details about the library collection are available from either Knowledge Management (01228 227113) or Anne Woolridge (01228 227313). Return to CONTENTS 2.2 Cumbria Public Libraries The public libraries are available to everyone in the county, i.e. all members of the public. There are 54 public libraries and 14 Local Links in Cumbria, including Carlisle Library in the Lanes Shopping Centre (Tel: 01228 227310, email: [email protected]). You can find the address of your local library at http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/locations/librarylocations.asp You can join FREE of charge at any public library, or online at http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/libraries/services/membserv.asp. Cumbria Libraries Interactive Catalogue (CLIC) is available to search at http://www.clic.cumbria.gov.uk Return to CONTENTS 3 2.3 University Hospitals NHS Trust Libraries Adult Social Care has a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with both North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust to provide social care employees based at the hospitals in Cumbria with a range of library and information services. Services available include: An enquiry service An expert information search service Document supply and inter-library loans Training in information search skills Provision of electronic resources and services, including e-learning Physical library resources at the Education Centre at the Cumberland Infirmary and the Education Centre at the West Cumberland Hospital Study, print and photocopying facilities Further details about these services are available at http://www.library.ncumbria.nhs.uk/index.aspx , or by contacting (01228) 814879, email: [email protected] Return to CONTENTS 2.3.1 University Hospitals NHS Trust Libraries – South Cumbria If you work in the South Cumbria area contact Library and Knowledge Services on: Barrow (01229) 491297 Kendal (01539) 716620 Lancaster (01524) 516021 Alternatively you can visit the Library Catalogue Return to CONTENTS 2.4 University of Cumbria University of Cumbria libraries can be used by social care employees for reference purposes. No appointment is necessary, but visitors are requested to sign in. Borrowing membership is available for an annual fee. The University of Cumbria library catalogue can be accessed online at http://libcat.cumbria.ac.uk/TalisPrism/ Further details about the University of Cumbria library services can be found at http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/StudentLife/Learning/Home.aspx , or by contacting (01228) 616218, email: [email protected] Return to CONTENTS 3. Library Partnerships in Cumbria 3.1 Cumbria Libraries Network (formerly known as AddLib) Cumbria Libraries Network (CLN) is a partnership between almost all the libraries in Cumbria. It means that if you are registered at any of the CLN Cumbria libraries you can also use any of the other libraries in the CLN scheme for reference and study purposes. 4 CLN partners include: Cumbria Public Libraries Cumbria Social Care Specialist Library Collection North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust University of Cumbria Carlisle College Lakes College Furness College Further details are available at http://www.library.ncumbria.nhs.uk/share-and- learn/library-partnership.aspx, or from your own library. Return to CONTENTS 3.2 NHS-Public Libraries Partnership Since 2005, Cumbria and Lancashire NHS libraries have been working with public libraries to make it easier for NHS and social care employees to access specialist information when it is not always convenient or possible to access it from work. This means the major public libraries in Cumbria and Lancashire will give NHS and social care employees access to the following resources on production of either an ID card or NHS library membership card: Free access to PCs and the Internet (initially for a limited period) Support for information needs A range of health care books Referral to local NHS libraries for more complex enquiries For further details, please contact Carlisle Public Library, Tel: 01228 227310, email: [email protected]. Return to CONTENTS 3.3 Passport to Partnership (P2P) Scheme Passport to Partnership (P2P) is a partnership agreement between the NHS health libraries and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Cumbria and Lancashire. It enables all NHS staff (and some social care staff) working in Cumbria and Lancashire to access the collective health resources in the region. Staff and students of the participating HEIs are also able to access the resources of all participating libraries. Return to CONTENTS 3.4 Cumbria Higher Education Institutions Library Partnership Scheme (CHELPS) CHELPS is a co-operative venture between University of Cumbria, Carlisle College, Lakes College and Furness College which entitles library members (students and employees) to have limited borrowing rights from other libraries for free. In order to use the CHELPS scheme you must first complete an application form at your “home” (i.e. where you are registered to study) library stating which other partner libraries you want to use. 5 Further details are available at http://www.cumbria.ac.uk/StudentLife/Learning/Resources/UsingtheLibrary/Using otherlibraries.aspx Return to CONTENTS 3.5 NoWAL – The North West Academic Libraries Consortium NoWAL is a consortium of all the UK HEI libraries in Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire. The following libraries are members of NoWAL: Edge Hill University Lancaster University Liverpool Hope University Liverpool John Moores University Manchester Metropolitan University Royal Northern College of Music University of Bolton University of Cumbria University of Central Lancashire University of Chester University of Liverpool University of Manchester University of Salford All students of NoWAL institutions can use the resources of other member libraries for reference purposes. Borrowing is, however, restricted to certain groups of students. In order to use another library’s facilities, you simply need to present your university library ID card. Further details about NoWAL are available at: http://www.nowal.ac.uk/. Return to CONTENTS 4. Journal Articles 4.1 In-house journal subscriptions Journal Accessibility Community Care Law Full-text available, but only in PDF format from the Knowledge Management Team (Tel: 01228 227113, email: [email protected]). Details of new issues are included in In the Know, the weekly knowledge management bulletin. Journal of Integrated Care The RIPFA Website provides a way of accessing the resources and has a wealth of information useful for continuing professional development. Some of the areas on the website are secure to access these you need a login and password