Health Library News

Keele will now be renewing their subscription to NetLibrary's e-books . The package has been subscribed to through a consortium, which provides improved purchasing power. The return around decision has been reached on the back of the consortium's decision to renew the subscription. E-books are the ideal reference tool. Text is readily searched without the hassle of checking indexes and flicking through pages. It allows access to books whenever it suits you, and is an easy way of obtaining books under popular demand without the wait or the restricted loan period. Why not check out this resource to see how it can help you!

If you are having problems setting up your NHS Athens account then why not follow the new step by step guide. The guide is located under the Athens menu on the Health Library website. If you have problems viewing the split screen guide, you may need to enable your web browser to accept the cookies. Instruction will be given at the top of the screen on how to do this.

Keele students may be disappointed to learn that the University will not be renewing it's subscription to NetLibrary. NetLibrary provided access to a wide range of e-books, but the University wishes to be more selective to improve the quality of books made available. It is hoped that a number of new electronic books will be purchased from Coutts iLibrary, to be made available for the new term. For further information on e-books, please contact the Library.

The National Library for Health has now launched its latest innovations. Amongst the improvements is the new restructuring of Patient Resources area, for easier searching by topic, providing immediate access to patient information leaflets. Additional information is also now available to patients through the NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia. For health professionals there is a new online medical dictionary, which accesses Black’s Medical Dictionary and The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines. The tool section also provides a downloadable NLH toolbar to improve your searching and provide instruction on how to keep up to date with the latest research through RSS feeds. Looking for pictures and diagrams to include in you presentations; then why not check out the new Images section. This incorporates the Images.MD database, but now you can browse or run an integrated search on many more resources including Gray’s Anatomy and the ECG Library. This will provide you with a series of th...