EDINA services for Health and Life Sciences

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Health and Life Sciences Online

• EDINA services for Health and Life Sciences

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EDINA

• http//edina.ac.uk
• Founded in 1983 as small data library at
  University of Edinburgh
• Appointed a JISC national data centre in 1995/6
  with BIDS (Bath) and MIDAS (Manchester)

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EDINAs work

• Hosting
• Design and development
• Delivery
• User support

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Services - BIOSIS

• Web access to the BIOSIS Previews database
• The electronic version of
• Biological Abstracts (BA), the largest printed
  reference publication for life sciences research
  information
• and
• Biological Abstracts/RRM (Reports, Reviews,
  Meetings), the companion printed reference to
  books, meetings and research reviews.

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Subjects - BIOSIS

• Botany
• Zoology
• Microbiology
• Agriculture
• Pharmacology
• Biophysics and Bioengineering
• Ecology
• Experimental clinical medicine

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Services CAB Abstracts

• CAB Abstracts is compiled by CAB International, a
  global, not-for-profit organisation
• Headquarters in the UK, offices in eight
  countries including North America, Asia, Africa
• Ownership c.40 member governments including UK,
  Canada, China, and Australia
• Activities publishing, information management,
  scientific research, development assistance

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Subjects - CAB Abstracts

• Crop sciences
• Crop protection
• Forestry
• Animal sciences
• Animal health
• Veterinary medicine

• Human medicine
• Food nutrition in man
• Economics
• Social sciences
• Leisure tourism
• Agricultural engineering

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Services UPDATE

• A database of references covering a number of
  subjects produced by staff in the Thomas Parry
  Library at Aberystwyth
• Available on the Web and updated weekly
• Includes references back to January 1990
• Covers over 750 relevant journals, books,
  conference reports, tapes, videos, pamphlets and
  press notices

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Subjects - UPDATE

• Agriculture
• Biological sciences
• Conservation
• Countryside management
• Environmental studies
• Food and Nutrition
• Forestry
• Garden design
• Horses and horse riding

• Horticulture and Floristry
• Land use
• Organic farming and gardening
• Tourism and Leisure
• Town and country planning
• Veterinary studies
• Water management
• Winemaking

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Services Education Media OnLine

• Education Media OnLine is a JISC-funded set of
  ten collections of film and video
• About 300 hours of material will be available
• Films are of high quality, and are fully
  downloadable, either in full or as segments
• Films can be used freely in learning, teaching
  and research

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Subjects Education Media OnLine

• Healthcare Productions
• 25 hours of material in the field of health
  education
• IWF Knowledge and Media GmbH
• a wide selection of material from one of the
  leading science film institutes in the world - 75
  hours in 3 years
• St George's Hospital Medical School
• 9 hours of films reflecting the teaching needs of
  one of the leading medical schools in the UK
• Sheffield University Learning Media Unit
• 47 hours of medicine, statistics, law, chemistry,
  archaeology, and more

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How to access the services

• Your Workshop leader will now give you a
  temporary Athens username and password
• Go to the EDINA website at http//edina.ac.uk
• Select the service of your choice in the drop
  down box on the right of the home page
• Click on the login button
• Enter your temporary username and password
• Click the login tick