Health Library News

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.202 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 anxiety, depression and psychology 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.

Currently there appears to be a problem accessing NHS nationally purchased online books through the National Library for Health . Alternate access is available through MyiLibrary . Please remember to login using your NHS Athens account. The problem has been reported and is currently under investigation. Edit: This problem has now been resolved

Please note that the Library will be closed Monday 4th May. Normal opening hours will operate on the Saturday and Sunday.

Please note that from today the self issues machines on the main campus library site, can be used for the return of items. Please ask local library staff for any assistance if required.

Many Keele staff and students may have noticed the @ Keele logo appearing on many of their favourite information resources. Where ever you see this symbol, it means that you can click on it to check for the resources online availability. The presence of the symbol itself doesn't mean that it will be available electronically. It has now been added to many of the publishing platforms, Keele databases, Google Scholar, Scirus and now the Library catalogue. Click here to visit the full Keele A-Z holdings. Please note that this will search for journal titles not journal content. The databases are the best tool to used for literature searching. NHS can access Keele journals under a walk in licence whilst using the Health Library IT Suite. Please note that due to copyright restrictions, library staff can not provide any copies of Keele articles to NHS staff directly.

The Main Keele Campus Library will be running a trial 24hr opening of the Library for 5 days a week from Monday 20th April to Friday 29th May. The Main Campus Library will be open from 8.50 am on Monday mornings until 10.00 pm on Saturday evenings. Please note that counter service times remain the same. The out of hours service will be staffed by security guards. Access will be available to the reading areas, group study space/rooms, toilets, vending area and the IT Suite. If you hold a green Keele card, self-issue machines can be used to check stock out. The Health Library will not be participating in this trial.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.201 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 dual diagnosis, depression and dementia 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.

BMJ Best treatments has now available on the Guardian website. Best Treatments offers high quality patient information about conditions, operations and treatments. This service was previously available via NHS Direct Online .

The library will be closed over the Easter period from Friday 10th through to Monday 13th. Normal opening hours will resume on the Tuesday.

At long last we now have online access to the New England Journal of Medicine online (http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Journal2.asp?JournalID=102417) (all articles from 1993 to present). Direct access is available via computers across Keele Campus, UHNS, and the Health Library. As a joint purchase between NHS and Keele University, you can now access offsite via an NHS Athens account. Keele Athens access is still under negotiation. Please go through either the Keele (http://sfx.exlibrisgroup.com/keele/az/) or NHS A-Z (http://www.library.nhs.uk/booksandjournals) list for access to check current availability options. Additional features of the website include a series of videos on common clinical procedures. http://click2.nejm.org/cts/click?q=137%3B67143267%3BDH0MNK1uDtUGxhYm2kKElqtKgdhlwj4NCa2esRztfNU%3D>. Some features such as the CME Exam, PowerPoint slides and PDA downloads can only be accessed through personal subscription and are not available to institutions.

The Mental Health Wiki was first started as a source of information for lawyers, but now mental health practitioners. The site contains useful updates on the Mental Health Act and links to relevant documents, along with a series of monthly updates . There are three main divisions to the information covering Case Law, Legislation and General Information General information hosts useful descriptions of relative concepts and terminology.