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 Our Hot Topics blog feature is returning for this year. Our Hot Topic blog posts, featured on our Information Skills for Health blog, give you the latest evidence on featured conditions and diseases. You’ll find the latest up-to-date guidelines, recommendations and reviews to deliver best practice and support your patients. You can find all the topics we’ve covered on our Information Skills for Health blog with the Hot Topic label . Any hot topics you'd like to be covered by Hot Topics? Just let us know. Email librarian Cheryl c.kent@keele.ac.uk

 Get in touch with the Health Library easily using our online forms, available to you any day, any time. Make a request when it's convenient for you. Just complete the relevant form , submit and we'll get back to you. You can: Request books and articles not in our collections Request a literature search Suggest new stock for our collections Provide feedback on our services Download a membership form Book training Sign up for KnowledgeShare screen-shot of the find a form page showing the forms available All the online forms are easily accessible from the Find a Form page on our website.

 If you’re an early career researcher in nursing or medicine, you’ve already got enough on your plate—balancing clinical work, study, and the steep learning curve of research. That’s exactly why we’ve put together the Health Library’s Researchers’ Toolkit for NHS staff . It’s a one-stop hub designed to make your research journey smoother, faster, and a whole lot less overwhelming. Whether you’re planning your first study, polishing a dissertation, managing an audit, working on a quality improvement project or trying to make sense of the world of publication, the Toolkit is packed with practical, bite-sized guidance to help you get there confidently. You’ll find: Information about the Health Library to help you prepare Help in constructing your research question Step-by-step support for literature searching, critical appraisal, and referencing Links to trusted resources tailored to healthcare research Help with writing and publishing Think of it as your research companion—always acc...

 Whether you're settling into university life, juggling clinical placements, or stepping into your first professional role, one thing is clear: being able to find, judge, and use information confidently is a game‑changer. That’s where the Health Library’s Information Skills eTutorials come in. These short, practical online modules are designed to help you build the research and information‑handling skills you’ll rely on throughout your studies and your healthcare career—and you can complete them anytime, anywhere, at your own pace. Why bother with information skills? Searching for good information can sometimes feel overwhelming. Databases, keywords, journals, evidence hierarchies, critical appraisal… It’s a lot. But strong information‑seeking skills don’t just make assignments easier—they make you a safer, more informed healthcare practitioner. Reliable evidence underpins everything from clinical decisions to patient education, and the sooner you feel comfortable navigating it, t...

  Make sure you get to the right information you need quickly and efficiently. Learn how to improve your search skills and make the most of library resources such as databases. Elevate your assignments, enhance your career progression and upgrade your literature searching by training at the Health Library. students working at computers in a library We give you a range of training opportunities, designed specifically for students and NHS staff, by experienced, professional librarians. Book a training course Check the courses and workshops we have available to support your skills development: Searching Keele healthcare databases Searching NHS Ovid databases and other resources Critical appraisal skills Learn about health literacy and patient information Get started with MS 365 Copilot chat Sessions can be delivered online or in-person. Book a session for your team, attend an available date or arrange a 1-to-1 session. Complete an etutorial Complete your inducti...

  Get your referencing right with Cite Them Right . This is the essential book to guide you through referencing. A new edition is now available to borrow. The fully revised and updated 13th edition contains: Coverage of new sources, including registered designs and AI-generated material Guidance on working with AI tools as part of the process of working on an assignment so that students understand the implications for maintaining academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism A short test-yourself quiz which helps students to assess their understanding of key topics More help with referencing Compete our etutorial Introduction to Referencing and Plagiarism Keele students can use Cite them Right online to help you to construct references. Various referencing styles are listed, for a wide range of types of resources. Log in with your Keele username / password. Check our Referencing online guides page for more help.

 The literature search request forms - for both clinical and non-clinical topics - have been updated. You can now request your literature search to be limited by patient group, by age range. selection of age range limits Simply select the age range you are interested in. You can select more than one but leave clear if not applicable. You'll find the request forms on our website: Literature search request - clinical topics Literature search request - non-clinical topics

 New dates are available to book on our Searching Ovid Medline training course. Searching Ovid Medline Thinking of writing your own research paper but unsure where to begin? This one-hour course will help you develop a robust search strategy which can be transferred into other databases for maximum paper retrieval. Run by UHNM and Keele Librarians, this course will help you build the ‘Literature review’ section of your paper using Ovid Medline. This course is aimed at NHS staff and Keele academics and researchers working on NHS projects. You will require an NHS OpenAthens username. Wednesday 25th February 12:30pm Book your place online Wednesday 18th March 12:30pm Book your place online Get ready Prepare before you go - complete the etutorial Introduction to Literature Searching so you are ready to make the most of the training.

  We are now cashless at the Health Library. If you need to pay any library charges or purchase anything at the counter we now only take credit / debit card payments. You don't need to visit the library to pay your overdue charges. The Health Library also offers you the option of paying any library charges online via the Keele University online store. Both Keele University members and NHS staff members can use the Keele University online store. Please see our website for more details on paying library charges and instructions on how to use the Keele University online store.