Health Library News

 The latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin is now available on the Health Library website. Read this for articles on  managing your NHS OpenAthens username, a welcome to new starters, key information on the website, getting your evidence updates and relevant library news. If you have not received your OpenAthens bulletin to your UHNM email inbox please check whether your account can receive external emails. It is important that you can receive emails from OpenAthens in order to maintain your account and continue to access resources. Contact UHNM IT if you are experiencing problems with your email account.

If you are a Keele healthcare student studying at the CEC or on placement within the NHS, make sure you make the most of your Health Library. The Health Library, based in the CEC on the Royal Stoke site, is a joint Keele University / NHS library. Your Keele card is your library membership card. Use our good quality resources and develop your skills to make your studies a success. If you’re studying at the CEC, working on placement or just live near-by, feel free to pop in. Complete our online tutorial Welcome to Keele Students to learn more about what we offer you.

 The Health Library Team are excited to launch the first edition of their digital brochure . Take a look inside to find out more about how the resources, facilities and services can support you with your work and wellbeing. Read through the brochure and click on the menu tabs above it.

Make the most of NHS resources and develop your skills by signing up to our training opportunities. Courses are available online or face-to-face and are delivered by our qualified librarian team. The following training sessions are available to UHNM staff: NHS Knowledge and Library Hub The Knowledge and Library Hub lets you search multiple healthcare resources including NHS Core content and UHNM subscribed resources. This course includes searching for full text of journal articles and a brief look at databases and point of care tools such as BMJ Best practice. Literature Searching in Medline Database This 1 to 1 session focuses on searching the medicine databases for health literature. This session includes running and saving a search, accessing full text journals and where to search next. Searching the Cochrane Library for Systematic Reviews and Randomised Control Trials This brief 1 to 1 session will show you how to conduct and search in Cochrane Library and save your results. Clin

B aby Loss Awareness Week takes place every October and provides an opportunity for all those effected by baby loss to come together in remembrance and commemoration.  The campaign also aims to raise awareness of the impact of pregnancy and baby loss and the importance of bereavement support.  Many of the UK’s leading charities involved in Baby Loss Awareness Week also work on driving change and helping to prevent baby deaths and pregnancy loss.   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       Pregnancy loss and the death of a baby: guidelines for professionals ; Hunter, Amanda; Stillbirth & N

 Welcome to the latest issue of the Health Library for North Staffordshire newsletter, October 2024 . Find out about the latest activities at the library and our recent blog posts. This issue includes help for new NHS members of staff and new students. You can view previous newsletters from our website .

  According to the British Dyslexia Association, over 80% of dyslexic learners leave school without a diagnosis which can result in them facing barriers and missing opportunities.  The “Dyslexia Awareness Week” campaign aims to highlight the challenges faced by the dyslexic community and to challenge common misconceptions.    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       Developmental dyslexia from birth to eight: a practitioner’s guide ; Hayes, Carol; 2018; (Routledge). Dyslexia-friendly further and higher education ; Pavey, Barbara; Meehan, Margaret; Waugh, Alan; 2010; (SAGE). Neurodiversity in

 You can use the Health Library Literature Search Service to help you to get the best healthcare evidence quickly. Whether you need information for an audit, a presentation, to support your research, to help with your teaching or to give you the latest research available, you can ask us to help. What is the Health Library Literature Service? If you need evidence quickly we can run literature searches on your behalf. Our expert librarians will discuss your requirements with you and search the most relevant, good quality resources to find you the best evidence. You'll get a report including all the items - such as articles, reviews, guidelines and reports - which match your search criteria. This: Saves you time Gives you good quality resources Helps you get easy access Who can make a request? This service is available to NHS staff and Keele academics to support service delivery, patient care, research and professional development. Note that this service is not available to support a

 Make sure you maximise your potential and become the best searcher you can be. This will help you to find the right information quickly and confidently to support your studies, dissertation, professional development, research and ultimately lead to better patient care. Our etutorials will set you on the right path. Go to our Information Skills etutorial page , explore the different sections and complete the etutorials to develop your skills and learn more about our resources: What are digital and information skills? Have you got them? Your digital skills – how can the Health Library help? Information skills to support literature searching Analyse your question to get your literature search off to a good start Develop your search skills with our online tutorials Learn to use the right resource Is the information you find good quality? Make sure you use information ethically Use your digital skills to share the information you find Stay up-to-date with updates in your field More traini

  The Health Library can help you to find information effectively and efficiently by supporting your information skills development. Get the right information quickly to complete your assignments, start your research or to support your professional development. Check our Information Skills for Healthcare blog for the latest news on resources and training opportunities. We’ve now updated our blog tab pages to help you get to the essential support quickly. Literature Searching - take a look at our etutorials and blog posts to learn about the steps you need to complete to be a successful literature searcher. Databases and more… - find a list of etutorials, help pages and blog posts to help you to get to grip with some of our most popular and key resources. Access Resources - use our good quality, healthcare specific resources to find the evidence you need to support your studies, research and work, to make confident decisions and deliver evidence-based practice. More help Co

  Urology Awareness Month takes place every year in September and is run by The Urology Foundation with the aim of raising awareness of urological diseases.  This year’s theme is “Men’s Urology Health: Myths and Legends” and is aimed at highlighting prostate and testicular cancers as well as bladder issues, erectile dysfunction and kidney stones and encouraging men to speak out about these issues.   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       Minimally invasive urology: an essential clinical guide to endourology, laparoscopy, LESS and robotics ; Best, Sara L; Nakada, Stephen Y; 2020 (Springer); 2