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National Epilepsy Week 19th – 25th May 2025

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 This year, National Epilepsy Week takes place from 19th to 25th May with the aim of raising awareness for all those affected by epilepsy and highlighting what treatments and support are available to help those who suffer from the condition.

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  
The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

BOOKS   

JOURNALS   

  • Current journal of neurology; Tehran University of Medical Sciences, issuing body; (Dānishgāh-i ʻUlūm-i Pizishkī-i Tihrān, publisher); Iranian Neurological Association, sponsor – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2011 onwards]
  • Epilepsia open; International League against Epilepsy, issuing body; (John Wiley & Sons Inc) – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards]
  • Epilepsy currents (Online); American Epilepsy Society, issuing body; (Blackwell Science) – [available as an Open Access e-journal from 2001 onwards]
  • Neuroscience (Online); International Brain Research Organization; - [available to view as print journals at Keele campus for years 1976 to 1991; or available as a Keele e-journal from 1995 onwards]

N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT log-ins to view e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. 

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users.

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE  

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS   


KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends, straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements and collated by Health Librarians. For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/.  

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