USearch Online Resources

For the new academic year, we have renamed Summon - the new title for the service is USearch. This reflects some of the changes we have made to the service over the summer - as well as searching for journals and EBooks, you can now use USearch to look for physical books in the library, and also newspaper articles, all from one search box. Why not give it a try today?
You can find USearch on the Library portal page, where you can also access information about all of our great Library resources, so it is well worth having a look at our portal page when you login to UCB Online. If you need any help or information about our resources you can contact me and I will be happy to help with this.

Library Facebook and Twitter Information

Just a reminder that if you are a Facebook user you can get regular updates and information about Library services by liking our page at www.facebook.com/ucblibrary. If you are a Twitter user you can get the same information by following us @UCBLibrary

UK Spa Awareness Week

Next week, 4th - 8th November, is UK Spa Awareness Week. Organised by the UK Spa Association, the NSAW aims to increase awareness of the mental and physical benefits that regular spa treatments can bring and how spas can help to counter the negative effects of stress for both individuals and businesses. See the website for more details.
Another Spa-related event is Spa Life 2013, which is taking place on November 12th- 13th. See the event site for more info.

The Salon and Spa Opportunities Digital Issues

The latest digital issues of The Salon and Spa Opportunities are now online.

November issue of The Salon 

25th October-7 November issue of Spa Opportunities

Volunteering Drop-in Session at UCB on 12th November

Volunteering Drop-in

Date: Tuesday 12^th November 2013

Time: 10:00-13:00

 Venue: The Workspace, 6^th floor Summer Row  

As part of Employability Week 2013, and aimed at improving your employability skills, interested students will be able to meet representatives of charities, not for profit and appropriate events organisations in a relaxed and informal environment to find out more about the range of volunteering opportunities which are open to you.

To date, there are 13 organisations that have confirmed attendance, to include; Autism West Midlands, Midland Mencap and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Charity Birmingham.

 You can book now on UCB Online (Go to Portal, click on Careers) or visit the Careers Centre, 7^th floor, Summer Row.

  

Hands On Sports Therapy Ebook Available

For those of you that have been asking me if we have a loan copy of the popular Hands on Sports Therapy book by Keith Ward, you will be pleased to know that this is now available online through the Dawson Books database via the Athens tab on the Library portal page.

New Online Sports Therapy Journal

You can now access full text articles (back to 2009) in the Manual Therapy journal, by clicking on the Athens tab at the top of the Library portal page,selecting the ScienceDirect database and typing  'Manual Therapy' in the journal/book title search box on the ScienceDirect homepage.

New Books for Specialist Hair and Media Make-up

Copies of the following two titles are now in stock. The Winston Effect: the art and history of the Stan Winston Studio, Duncan and Face to Face: amazing new looks and inspiration from the top celebrity makeup artist, Barnes.

Bupa Great Birmingham Run 2013

The Bupa Great Birmingham Run, (half marathon), is taking place this Sunday, 20th October. Good luck to anyone taking part, but if you are not running then why not go along and show your support? See the event website for all the details.

Dermalogica: The Book

For those of you who have been asking me about Dermalogica: The Book, you can access this online by clicking on the title link.

Free Access to Sage Online Journals During October 2013

Sage are offering full, free access to all of their online journals through the month of October. You need to register with the site to take advantage of this offer, but this is free and only takes a minute. More details here: http://bit.ly/16ZOdmn

Postive Health Online Journal

If you read Positive Health Online, which is on several module reading lists, you might be interested in the following information.
The new Positive Health PH Online app has just been launched and is available free for Android phone and tablet devices. The PH Online App for Android enables direct and easy access - no registration required - for Android users to the valuable and wide-ranging information resources within Positive Health PH Online www.positivehealth.com; the content is derived from the entire archive of 209 Issues of Positive Health PH Online. The App is set out in clearly, colour-coded icons designed for mobile and tablet environments which provide the gateway to the selected area of PH Online: • Current & Back Issues; Article Library; Story Boards; Book Reviews; Research; Messages • Events; Products & Services; Training Courses; PY Ads; Therapists & Clinics; Resources • Newsletter; Links; Search Panel; Search Tags; Login / Register; Contact Us https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.internet.positivehealthonline

DVDs for Advanced Prosthetics and Castings Module

We have added a range of DVDs to the Advanced Prosthetics and Castings (736) module reading list and you can find them on the upper level of Summer Row Library. If you want to view one of the DVDs, take the DVD case to the Library counter and you will be given a set of headphones so you can watch the DVD on the screen in the Library. You can see which titles are available by clicking on the  'Reading List' tab at the top of the Library portal page and entering the module number or name in the search box. If you need any help with finding your module reading lists, just call into the Library and we can show you how to do this.

Professional Beauty North 2013

The Professional Beauty North event will be taking place this weekend, 13th - 14th October, in Manchester. Professional Beauty North 2013 is an exhibition dedicated to health and beauty brands including products and services. See the Professional Beauty site for more information.

New Digital Issues of Journals

The latest digital issues of the following journals are now available.
Spa Opportunities
Spa Business
The Salon 
Leisure Management 

Hello and Welcome

Just to say a big 'hello' to all new Beauty Therapy Management, Advanced Hairdressing and Salon Management, Sports Therapy, Sports Management, Spa Management, Specialist Hair and Media Make-up, and Community Sport and Business Management students starting at UCB!
I am your Subject Librarian so I may have already spoken to your tutor group at the recent Library tutorial sessions about all our wonderful Library resources. If not, I will be attending tutorials over the next couple of weeks. If you want to call in and say hello or ask me about Library resources you can find me in Richmond House Library, to the left of the entrance door.