Health Library News

The library has now started issuing items to Medical Students over the summer holidays. Please note that all books are still subject to recall if there is a waiting list. It is best not to take items with you if planning to travel any great distance, in order to prevent complications and accruing fines if items are recalled. All recall notices are sent to your Keele email address. Please remember to check you email on a regular basis. To benefit from the extended loan, please renew items either by calling the library on (01782) 556577 or by visiting the library in person. Medical students can not currently use the online renewal services for extending loan periods.

If you request an item from the library, notification that it is available for collection is now automatically sent out by email. Items will only be placed aside for collection for a maximum of 7 days. It is therefore essentially that you remember to check your email on a regular basis and don't place stock reservations requests on order prior to going on holiday. All Keele staff and student notifications will be sent automatically to their Keele email address. NHS staff need to confirm contact details with a member of library staff. Please remember to notify us if there is a change of email address.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.205 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 Down's Syndrome, Dementia and new publications 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.

Please note that from today there has been a change of web address for NHS access to the SNOMED browser. New address: https://www.uktcregistration.nss.cfh.nhs.uk/trud/ The new link has now been updated on the Athens portal. Re-registration and acceptance of licences may be required. SNOMED is the search interface for Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms . It relates to common computerised language which is used by all computers in the NHS to facilitate communications between healthcare professionals in clear and unambiguous terms.

Keele access to the Netskills training resources will end 17th May. Netskills is a package of downloadable learning materials for complete courses from basic use of the Internet, basic programming skills to e-learning techniques and working with social networking. All courses can be fully downloaded as ZIP files until this date.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.203 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 learning disabilities, schizophrenia and social work 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.

As a result of the Hill Report , the National Library for Health (NLH) has recently under gone a merger with NICE to form NHS Evidence. The new simple NHS Evidence search is designed with a Google-like interface with numerous options for refinement of results. Further developments to the site are expected throughout the year. In the meantime it will be running in tandem with the new rebranded NLH website . Currently this site is open to all, but some material will later be hidden behind the NHS Athens login. Please contact the Health Library to enquire about update training, or book onto our Health Information on the Internet course to find out more. Please remember that there is a dedicated Outreach team to support community based training in the workplace. Further information: Press launch article

Due to the recent global outbreak of Swine Influenza, EBSCO Publishing and the DynaMed Editors have made DynaMed’s information about Swine Influenza free to health care providers and institutions throughout the world. The DynaMed topic on Swine Influenza consolidates information from multiple sources for health care providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses during this outbreak. DynaMed Editors will continue to monitor information and update this topic as needed throughout this global crisis. Additional DynaMed clinical evidence summaries can be accessed through the DynaMed link under the Clinical Knowledge Summaries . DynaMed is normally a subscribed resource (American bias), which has been made freely available in the UK only when linking through the Clinical Knowledge Summaries. Additional evaluated information is being added to the Intute website, please click here to view the latest articles and podc...

Edit: Athens authentication has now been fixed There is currently an issue regarding Athens authenticated access to Ovid resources. For the NHS this effects all major databases with the exception of CINAHL and HMIC. The issue has been reported and is currently under investigation. Alternate access to Medline is available through the Health Library IT Suite. Please ask library staff for details. A free literature search service is also available to all NHS staff, with online request form available on the Health Library website.