Health Library News

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 194 is now available and can be viewed by clicking here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services covering areas such as alzheimers, anxiety and post traumatic stress amongst others. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

Keele University has recently purchased Refworks as the new citation management software package. Access to Refworks is through the Keele Athens account , making this a far easier package to work with from home or at campus. Reference Manager will still remain on the Keele network but is no longer the supported software. Reference Manager courses will still be on going as part of the Health Library training programme . Support pages, and library based training will be available in the near future.

The monthly Health E-news produced by the Halton & St Helens Health Improvement Library Service, the Primary Care Library, and St Helens Health Partnership is now available by clicking here . The update contains information which relates to the six key areas of the Department of Health’s White Paper Choosing Health: Making Healthier Choices Easier.

Keele campus library will be running a sale of withdrawn health books from 9-5 Monday 23rd to Friday 27th Feb. Please ask enquiry staff for assistance.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 193 is now available and can be viewed by clicking here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services covering areas such as eating disorders awareness week, research, addictions amongst others. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

If you are student studying at Shrewsbury it is now even easier to avoid paying fines for books which are difficult to return. All Keele stock can be now requested via Shrewsbury Hospital Library and returned there too! No fines will accrue for the in-transit period, even if an item has been recalled! The Health Library can also accept returned items from the Shrewsbury collection, though it is best to return them prior to the end of placement. Remember to have items back at either Library before their due back date, as you will be liable to fines due on late returns.

The End of Life Care Journal is the latest addition to the Keele e-journal collection. This has been purchased to support the new palliative care course as well as the relevant sections of the current nursing curriculum. This title has not yet been added to the Keele A-Z list , but can be accessed from the publishers homepage using a Keele http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/li/eir/athens.htm.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 192 is now available and can be viewed by clicking here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services covering areas such as new publications, dementia, eating disorders amongst others. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

Did you know that you can now view the latest updates from NHS Choices, NICE, and BBC Health news on the Health Library website ? Simply click the menu button on the top left of the Health Library news box to choose which update to read. Contact the library to find out more about current awareness updates or visit the RSS directory on the National Library for Health for further sources and tutorials.

Keele main campus library is holding a book sale on the 23-27 Feb 2009. Some texts may be appropriate to health. No stock can be reserved or purchases made prior to these dates.

UHNS has now installed 5 computers in the Health Library IT suite which operate on the Trust intranet. This should provide more reliable access to the Trust network. Unfortunately a Trust login is required to access these computers, and library staff can no longer log people on. Any student seeking access to Trust policies and procedures should request access or a copy from their placement supervisor. No printers attached to any of the NHS networked computers.

Due to bad weather, the Clinical Education Centre will be closed from 4.30pm Tuesday 3rd February.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No. 191 is now available and can be viewed by clicking here . The bulletin is designed to provide current awareness updates for mental health and social care services covering areas such as new publications, dementia, eating disorders amongst others. Newsletter produced by Eastern Counties Library and Knowledge Services Alliance. Content covers updates from the Department of Health, national and international news and condition specific updates. Useful conferences and websites are also listed.

NHS staff can now once again access Neurosurgery full text online. Intermittent access to the journal has been caused by the conflicting nature of the joint library set up. Some technical problems are still apparent and full text is still not available to NHS Athens users logged into a Keele networked computer. Neurosurgery can be accessed by visiting the NHS A-Z list and logging in under the NHS Athens account.

Please note that both the Health Library and Main Keele Campus Library will be closed from 7pm tonight due to bad weather. Please remember that books can be renewed by phone (01782) 556565 or email: health.library@keele.ac.uk.

The clinics series are a collection of journals which focus on a very specific topic every issue. In many ways they act as mini books, where general interest lies in the collection and not just a single article. Through popular request we have now made it possible to borrow these journals as standard loans. Titles include: * Radiologic clinics of North America * Surgical clinics of North America * Medical clinics of North America * Otolaryngologic clinics of North America * Clinics in plastic surgery * Dermatologic clinics * Nursing clinics of North America * Obstetrics & gynecology clinics of North America * Orthopedic clinics of North America * Pediatric clinics of North America * Urologic clinics of North America * Gastroenterology clinics of North America Due to the fragile nature of journals, the difficulty in replacing lost issues and the agreement to provide inter-library requests for neighbouring services, there is no plan i...