Research

Useful tool to help researchers select journals for publication
Through funding from the Royal Libary of Sweden there is a new tool to support researchers in the selection of journals for publication. The tool is called Journal Info and allows a quick and easy access to journal information via a website collection. The information provided about journals include genre, access, costs and quality. You can also see which databases list a particular journal, what it will cost for libraries and alternative open access journals in existence. In total there are currently 18000 journals in the database. The audience is researchers and the site exists in English and Swedish to reach as many as possible. Information has been collated from the web and is continually updated. Please make comments on this new tool and spread the information to researchers where you work and beyond.

Useful databases
The following clinical databases are available here, and they cover topics related to health management, leadership, organizational behaviour, policy, improvement, etc:

DH-Data – details of health policy documents.
Kings Fund – health management resources.
CINAHL – resources on education, information skills, personnel, etc.
PsycInfo – resources on organizational behaviour and education.

Another useful database is:
Copac – this a library catalogue which gives free access to the merged catalogues of major UK and Irish academic libraries plus the UK National Libraries, including the British Library. It will be necessary to negotiate access to these resources, with the exception of the British Library, with whom it is possible to set up a personal or institutional account. The feasibility of setting up an institutional account is currently being investigated by the NHS Institute.