From Thursday 14 May until Wednesday 20 May the library – who is the keeper of all found objects in the buildings of Onderwijs & Navorsing 1 and 2 (and surroundings) – will show all lost objects on tables near the information desk. If you have you lost something in the past 12 months just come and take a look at our collection of scarfs, gloves, umbrellas, cases, notebook adapters, juwels, keys, cellphones etc…
Till the end of June rightful owners may claim a lost object (after Wednesday 20 May these objects will be stored again in the cabinet just outside the library). In july all objects will leave the library (objects of value will be brought to the police of Leuven).
The library has different opening hours during the Easter holidays. We are open each day from 9.00am until 6.00pm (no evening services). The library will be closed on Easter Monday, 13 April.
On the blog of David Rothman I found a nice link to the Visible Human Server where you can discover the human body slice by slice (axial, sagital, coronal). It’s a nice tool to study anatomy
Update 23 March: the library’s e-mail account is working again
There will be a transfer of the library’s e-mail account on Friday 20 March to a new mail server. During that day it will not be possible to contact us via the regular address mgas(AT)bib.kuleuven.be.
You may contact us by telephone (016/346105) or (for urgent requests) via the e-mail addresses of the individual staff members.
Ordering articles via our document delivery system (for researchers and staff) will also not be accessible on that particular day. Apologies for the inconvenience.
De campus library has temporary access to Best Practice, a new decision supporting tool for physicians. This trial from the BMJ Group is accessible until 11 March via the K.U.Leuven-network..
“Best Practice is a decision support tool that combines the latest research evidence with guidelines and expert opinion presented in a step-by-step approach, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. With Clinical Evidence content incorporated, Best Practice serves as an invaluable learning and support tool for doctors, medical students, researchers and healthcare practioners.”
The user interface is quite user-friendly – you may browse or search in the content – and you can have a look at the user guide (pdf).
Leave your comments below or e-mail your suggestions to mgas@bib.kuleuven.be. You also might like to join our poll!
February 2 is traditionally the University’s Patron’s Day. On that day, K.U.Leuven confers honorary doctorates on persons of exceptional scientific, social or cultural merit. K.U.Leuven and UCL have decided to celebrate their Patron’s Feast together in 2009 and to jointly confer the distinctions. Four eminent persons will receive the title of doctor honoris causa from K.U.Leuven and UCL on 2 February 2009: Iranian illustrator Marjane Satrapi, Palestinian philosopher Prof Dr Sari Nusseibeh, Sudanese jurist Prof Dr Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im and Italian Jesuit Paolo Dall’Oglio. Join the ceremonies or watch it online on the same day.
The Library is traditionally closed on 2 February.
Candlemas is also known as Pancake Day in Belgium.
The K.U.Leuven University Library has opened access to five new trials for E-books. While surfing on the KULeuvenNet you will have access to five major E-books platforms during the next coming weeks (until December, 19th) .
PsycBooks
PsycBOOKS contains full text in Portable Document Format (PDF) of scholarly book titles published by the American Psychological Association (APA). In 2006, the database offering includes about 900 titles, including 100 out-of-print books from 1950-2002. The books are offered via OvidSP.
NetLibrary
This platform offers access to more than 170,000 E-books. For Medicine you will find a nice selection of more than 500 Doody’s Core Titles , a significant collection of reference books.
MyiLibrary via Missing Link
On this platform of E-books you will not need no password: just click on the link “miliBib-Portal starten” on the frontpage. In the category Medicine you can choose books out of 2,500 titles.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
To access this website with more than 1,500 electronic reference books you will need to login with the following passwords. A collection of almost 200 medical books and encyclopaedia is also offered. After login, click on Access this database.
Dawsonera
On this platform Dawson offers a selection of 50 titles (out of a collection of 75,000 e-books). You need to login with one of the following passwords.
We gladly receive any feedback on these trials. After the trial period the University Library will evaluate the different platforms based on the quality of the content, the price of the product, the usability of the platform, usage statistics (in the trial period) and, of course, your feedback. Please let us know what you think of the different E-books providers by leaving a comment in this weblog or by sending an e-mail to mgas@bib.kuleuven.be.
Thanks a lot.
