Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Resource spotlight: Westlaw.ie



RCSI Library has subscribed to a new database - Westlaw.ie. This legal database will be of particular interest to our Healthcare Ethics and Law students but will also be of use to many other students across a range of disciplines.

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Westlaw.ie provides instant access to a large collection of case law dating back to 1971, including over 20,000 full-text case reports from Ireland's leading law reporting services. Westlaw.ie also provides access to legislation in consolidated, annotated and digested form making it easy to keep up to date with legislative changes. Another feature of the database is the ability to search, browse and download Irish court rules. Westlaw.ie allows you to read digests of cases and provides links to full-text versions.


Westlaw.ie also provides full text access to a number of journals, including the  Medico-legal journal of Ireland. The aim and scope of this journal is to inform professionals of current legal and ethical issues related to patient care and also provides an academic and scientific forum for practitioners and academics to debate medico-legal issues of importance to individuals and society as a whole.







You can access Westlaw.ie through the databases page of the RCSI Library website at http://www.rcsi.ie/databases


Colm O'Connor

Monday, April 3, 2017

Digital Skills week 2017 at RCSI


Departments across RCSI are coming together to offer a range of activities and events to mark National Digital Skills Week 2017 including HPEC, RCSI Library, IT, Staff Learning & Development as well as many others.


National Digital Skills Week The All Aboard initiative is funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning, which aims to identify skills and knowledge that students & higher education staff, will need to feel confident and creative when learning, working and exploring the digital world. RCSI is an institutional partner with Waterford IT for this project.

It’s a busy week at RCSI, with a range of talks, webinars and classes taking place. Topics covered will include a digital badging webinar, an online webinar looking at digital skills for health professionals and a talk by Professor GrĂ¡inne Conole looking at current innovations in technology enhanced learning.

Today, Monday 3rd April, RCSI Library will be running an Introduction to EndNote class, which will look at getting the most from this reference management software. You can book a place here.

The remaining RCSI events are below:

Thursday 6th April            Pop-Up Digital Skills Hub                                    11.00-13.00         SSG Concourse
                                            Quizzes, prizes, goodies…find out about
                                            Digital Skills training opportunities in RCSI
                                            from the Library, HPEC, Careers & More

Thursday 6th April           Top Tips for Online Searching                               16.00-17.00         Mercer PC Lab
                                             
Advice & Tips from RCSI Library on getting
                                             the most from your time online
                                             Book a place

Friday 7th April                  Digital Skills for Professional Networking &         11.00-12.00  
Mercer PC Lab                  Job Searches 
                                           Advice & skills for building your
                   networks for internships, placements & jobs
                   Book a place


Friday 7th April                 Pop-Up Stand in ERC                                                 14.00-16.00          
ERC Lobby, Beaumont
                                               

You can see the full schedule of RCSI events here and the nationwide event schedule is here