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Hi again, I just want to clarify: I understand that Ebsco A-Z gives you an alternative A-Z list of journals. However I also want to know: what do you use / direct your users to for database literature searching? in order to cover everything available via hdas eg embase & hmic as well as the ebsco databases? How are your journals lists integrated, or not with, your database / literature searching solution? Thanks, Cheryl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cheryl Kent <[log in to unmask]> Date: 17 April 2013 09:04 Subject: Fwd: Thinking beyond HDAS / My Journals To: LisMedical <[log in to unmask]> Dear All, I haven't had much response for this query - a couple of mentions for ebsco a-z for the journals list. Does anyone have anything else to add? Regards, Cheryl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cheryl Kent <[log in to unmask]> Date: 8 April 2013 15:48 Subject: Thinking beyond HDAS / My Journals To: LisMedical <[log in to unmask]> Dear All, Has anyone thought or actually gone through with a non-HDAS/My Journals information solution? We are experiencing regular problems with HDAS / My Journals. Our literature searchers are switching away from HDAS and our trainers are finding it increasingly difficult to get through training sessions. It is becoming more difficult to try to promote resources that fail to work or are so complicated to work. This may all be temporary blips (we hope) but it is certainly very frustrating at the moment. Has anyone gone with a non-HDAS / My Journals solution? Would you mind sharing your experience? 1. What solutions have you chosen? 2. Are they reliable and easy to use? 3. How do they compare with HDAS / My Journals in terms of functionality and features (search interface, thesaurus, alerts, saving results etc) 4. Have you been able to include the same coverage of resources? Both Core Content and your own subscriptions, also promote print subscriptions 5. Have inexperienced / infrequent users been able to use them successfully? 6. Was Athens authentication simple or not? 7. Is the solution easy to manage? Ie to set up, usage stats, keep up-to-date 8. What sort of costs were involved? We would be really interested in what people have to say. Regards, Cheryl. -- Cheryl Kent, eResources Librarian At the Health Library for North Staffordshire :: A joint NHS / Keele University Library Service *UHNS staff - Have you tried Dynamed<http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=athens&profile=dynamed>? Get evidence-based clinical summaries online. * Browse the Health Library <http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/> website ::Connect with us via Mobile <http://kimtag.com/ceclibrary> :: Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ceclibrary> :: Follow us on Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/ceclibrary> Health Library for North Staffordshire, Clinical Education Centre, UHNS, ST4 6QG Tel no: (01782) 679581 This email and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If it has come to you in error you should not copy or show it to anyone; nor should you take any action based on it, other than to notify the sender of the error by replying to the sender. Keele University staff and students are required to abide by the University's conditions of use when sending email. Keele University email is hosted by a cloud provider and may be stored outside of the UK -- Cheryl Kent, eResources Librarian At the Health Library for North Staffordshire :: A joint NHS / Keele University Library Service *UHNS staff - Have you tried Dynamed<http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=athens&profile=dynamed>? Get evidence-based clinical summaries online. * Browse the Health Library <http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/> website ::Connect with us via Mobile <http://kimtag.com/ceclibrary> :: Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ceclibrary> :: Follow us on Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/ceclibrary> Health Library for North Staffordshire, Clinical Education Centre, UHNS, ST4 6QG Tel no: (01782) 679581 This email and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If it has come to you in error you should not copy or show it to anyone; nor should you take any action based on it, other than to notify the sender of the error by replying to the sender. Keele University staff and students are required to abide by the University's conditions of use when sending email. Keele University email is hosted by a cloud provider and may be stored outside of the UK -- Cheryl Kent, eResources Librarian At the Health Library for North Staffordshire :: A joint NHS / Keele University Library Service *UHNS staff - Have you tried Dynamed<http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=athens&profile=dynamed>? Get evidence-based clinical summaries online. * Browse the Health Library <http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/> website ::Connect with us via Mobile <http://kimtag.com/ceclibrary> :: Find us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/ceclibrary> :: Follow us on Twitter<http://www.twitter.com/ceclibrary> Health Library for North Staffordshire, Clinical Education Centre, UHNS, ST4 6QG Tel no: (01782) 679581 This email and its attachments are intended for the above named only and may be confidential. If it has come to you in error you should not copy or show it to anyone; nor should you take any action based on it, other than to notify the sender of the error by replying to the sender. Keele University staff and students are required to abide by the University's conditions of use when sending email. Keele University email is hosted by a cloud provider and may be stored outside of the UK