LENUS USER GUIDE

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LENUS USER GUIDE
Click on the Lenus link to view the online Irish Health Repository for Irish health
research and publications. It was launched in February 2009 and contains over 5,000
fulltext publications mainly in PDF format.
Lenus contains HSE publications, former health boards and other publications by
Irish health organisations. It also includes journal articles, theses, dissertations and
ongoing research projects.
Home: This button brings the user back to the homepage
My LENUS: My Lenus is relevant to anyone who registers on Lenus
Submit: It is possible to submit publications for inclusion once registered on Lenus
and given access rights.
Help!: A help file is available with more information
Feedback: Please use this facility to send us any comments or suggestions.
Register/Login: If you register with Lenus you can then receive alerts via email
for new content available – e.g. new articles or theses or HSE publications.
The language of the interface can be switched from English to Irish
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There is a link on the Lenus homepage to key reports in the Irish health service.
Suggestions for additions to this list are most welcome.
The latest submissions to Lenus are listed and accessible on the homepage. These
include the latest publications which have been added. Sometimes the items here
can be dated as there is an ongoing archive of older publications being submitted to
Lenus.
Also on the homepage is a list of the most viewed publications each month.
SEARCHING
To Search in Lenus you can use the simple search box on the top left hand corner of
the screen as shown. This will search for the words you enter in the TITLE of the
publications.
Use the Advanced Search feature to search for subjects/titles/authors or a
combination and you can use the publication date range as shown
BROWSING
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Communities & Collections: browsing this way will give a
breakdown of publications by the HSE by Subject, by former
health boards and by other Irish health organisations other than
the HSE.
Title: this will display an alphabetical listing by title of all items in
the repository.
Author: this will display all authors with items in the repository.
Clicking on an author’s name will bring up all publications by
them.
Date published: this will display a chronological breakdown of all
items in the repository according to year of publication.
Date submitted: this will display a chronological breakdown of
all items in the repository according to the date submitted.
Subject: this will display all items in the repository by subject.
Clicking on a subject will bring up all items relevant to that
Researchers: this will display a list of Irish researchers
registered on Lenus. Anyone working on research with relevance
to Irish health is welcome to register with Lenus.
LISTED COMMUNITIES
Current research projects: this community contains short
documents about ongoing research projects in the HSE and in
other Irish health organisations.
HSE: this community contains all publications by the HSE, former
health boards including minutes, official publications and theses.
Other Irish Health Publications: this community contains
publications by other Irish health organisations and authors on
topics relevant to Irish healthcare. This includes the Department
of Health and Children and a myriad of other Irish health agencies.
Research Articles: this contains journal articles and other
published research of Irish interest. Not all articles are in fulltext.
This is a new collection and will be updated time and staff
permitting. Staff submissions are vital for this community.
KEEPING UPTODATE
There are two ways to keep up to date with content added to Lenus.
1) RSS FEEDS are available in the bottom right hand
corner of the homepage. If you have an RSS
aggregator such as Bloglines, GoogleReader, Yahoo,
Pageflakes etc. You can add Lenus as a feed to
receive updates on content.
2) REGISTER & SUBSCRIBE TO A COLLECTION Once you register on Lenus you
can then subscribe to a collection for updates. E.g. If a
user wanted to keep up to date with HSE publications in
the area of Mental health then by clicking on HSE under
‘Listed Communities’ and then ‘Mental Health’ an Email
alerts box will appear on the right hand side of the screen.
Clicking on Subscribe will send the user an email with a
direct link to any new publications added to this
community.
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ACCESSING FULLTEXT
To access the full document click on the title from the Latest Submissions or from a results
page after a search has been conducted. A full item record will appear with a VIEW/OPEN
option at the top of the screen.
EXPORTING OR SAVING DOCUMENTS
To export a document from Lenus click on the title, at the bottom of the screen there is an
option to export the record to a reference management tool including EndNote, RefMan and
RefWorks. It is also possible to email the document to yourself or a colleague and to use
other tools to bookmark the item or save the reference.
CONTRIBUTING TO LENUS
For Authors: please register on Lenus and contact the [email protected] to be given
access to submit publications for inclusion.
For Librarians: please register on Lenus and contact the [email protected] for access
details and content guidelines.
Lenus is named after ‘Lenus’ a Celtic God of Healing
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