More copies of Medicine at a Glance

There are 10 more copies of the popular titles Medicine at a Glance now available on the Health Library shelves.

More copies of General Surgery: Lecture Notes

We have 10 more copies of the popular title General Surgery: Lecture Notes available at the Health Library – expected on the shelves later today.

More copies of Long-term Conditions: a guide for nurses and healthcare professionals

There are 4 more copies of the book Long-term Conditions: a guide for nurses and healthcare professionals available to borrow - check the shelves later today.

Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin no. 60, January 2012

Click here to access the bulletin.


This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire.

It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

Latest updates from Twitter

Latest news picked via the Twitterverse…

• @nicecomms: Have produced a new e-learning module on the management of hip fracture, in collaboration with the #BMJ 
• New health-based current awareness portal from CASH 
• Reports and briefings from the National Horizon Scanning Centre @OfficialNHSC for Cancer and Palliative Care 
• The latest Evidence Update from @NHSEvidence on Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia.
• Top Tips for GPs in #heartfailure cards have been updated by @NHSImprovement.
• @NHS Improvement: Interactive #pathway for teenage and adult aftercare (cancer) now available

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NHS Evidence maintenance - 7th Feb

The NHS Evidence site will be undergoing maintenance between 5pm and 6pm on Tuesday 7th February 2012. Apologies for any inconvenience caused during this time. This may affect access to the search facilities as well as journals and databases.

Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology - 3rd edition

We now have the 3rd edition (2011) of the Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology available in the Health Library

eJournal Help for NHS Users

We use a number of different platforms to provide you with access to our ejournal collection – such as Elsevier ScienceDirect and Wiley Online Library. It can sometimes be a bit confusing working your way around the different interfaces to find your articles and some of them have a number of strange quirks. To try to help you out we have created some online guides; here you can learn:

• Where the Athens login link is
• Find journal titles
• View journal articles
• What’s weird?

You can find the guides on our NHS eJournals Tips & Hints page.

Let me know if you find these useful or whether you have any trouble with a particular platform.

eBooks for Nurses

We have put together a collection of useful nursing textbooks that you can access online – no waiting, no overdue fines, available now.

Data Interpretation for Medical Students – new edition

The latest edition of the text Data Interpretation for Medical Students has come in and will be available to borrow later today.

Oxford Textbook of Medicine Online

The Oxford textbook of Medicine is now available online to Keele students.
You will need your IT computer username and password in order to access it off-campus – click the “sign-in” link at the top right-hand corner; follow the institution link and select Keele University from the drop-down box. You will then be prompted for your IT username and password.

Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.332, 30th January 2012

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.332, 30th January 2012 please click here

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.330 16th January 2012

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.330, 16th January 2012, please click here