Health Library News

The latest scheduled training timetable is now available for sessions throughout 2008. If you are looking to find the best places for health information, need help understanding the new interface used to search for journal articles or how to manage your references or information updates, then why not visit the library website and book on a course. Please remember that if the times for time-tabled sessions don't suit, you can always contact the training team on 01782 556583 to arrange training in the class, workplace or one to one session. All courses can be linked to KSF dimensions IK2 & IK3.

The Health Library will be closed on 25th August for the bank holiday. Please note that we will be open for business as usual over the Saturday and Sunday.

The British Library table of content service ZETOC is now available to NHS and Keele employees and students via their institutional Athens logins. The database can be use to subscribe to the latest table of contents from approximately 20,000 current journals, covering a wide range of subjects including science, technology, medicine, business and law, as well as a number of non-English titles from around the world. Many of the table of contents may not be directly available from the publisher's own website. The database can also be used as a citation checker, with over 20 million journals and conference records from 1993 to date. Full information on the use of ZETOC is available via the online handbook . To learn further techniques on how to keep up to date with the latest information in your field, why not book on the Health Library Current Awareness course! Please check the Health Library website for further information.

A selected number of the prestigious Oxford Handbook series are the latest to be added to the NHS national online book collection via NHS Athens. Titles include: Oxford handbook of endocrinology and diabetes Oxford handbook of general practice Oxford handbook of midwifery Oxford handbook of palliative care Oxford handbook of practical drug therapy Oxford handbook of respiratory medicine The full collection NHS subscribed e-books can be searched through a new interface via the National Library for Health . The collection predominately favours items relating to mental health and general practice. Keele staff and students from the Health Faculty can also access these national purchases. Please contact the Health Library for further details. The full list of Keele purchased e-books can be found via the main campus library website .

The 1st August is the last day for literature searching with Dialog Datastar. The new service Search 2.0 , which replaces it, is now standalone. Yesterday it received a couple of new improvements to make it comparible with the previous system. This includes de-duplication of results, which can now be run as a final step across all the databases you have searched. Unfortunately you will need below 500 results for this to work. A clipboard function has now been installed so help you save your favourite articles from different searches in the one area. The library runs a series of time-tabled training sessions , or update sessions can be arranged for individuals or groups in the library or workplace. Please check our training pages for further information. This is still a new dynamic interface, please contact Susan Smith (E-Resource Librarian) by emailing s.w.smith@lib.keele.ac.uk, if you wish to report any problems, or if you have any queries or suggestions for improvement that can be...