Health Library News

This list of local articles was compiled from a monthly update searching HMIC, AMED, BNI, CINAHL, Embase, Medline and PsychInfo. Please note that contents of list are selected on the basis of date catalogued on the database, not the publication date. The list is also subject to the publication timeline of the journal, this may not always correspond with the month it states. April Dias P.J.; Gopal S. Refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura following influenza vaccination. Anaesthesia, April 2009, vol./is. 64/4(444-446), 0003-2409;1365-2044. Local affiliation: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust Local access: NHS Athens ,Print copy held in Library Hill J.; Lewis M.; Bird H. Do OA patients gain additional benefit from care from a clinical nurse specialist? - A randomized clinical trial. Rheumatology, 2009, vol./is. 48/6(658-664), 1462-0324;1462-0332. Local affiliation: Arthritis Research Campaign National Primary Care Centre, Primary Care Sciences, Keele Universi...

The National Core Content has just secured perpetual access to the archives of JAMA for NHS Athens account holders. Access has now been extended from 1883 to present day. Full text articles can be accessed through the journals A-Z , direct from JAMA homepage or from the advanced database search .

Following a decision by Library Advisory Group, from 1 August 2009 members of the University requesting Inter-Library Loans from the British Library will be required to pay the full cost of these requests. There is no change is service for NHS employees.

From the Wednesday 1st July, there will be a new course on the reference management package RefWorks. With RefWorks you can store references in easy to use folders, save attached files and insert citations as you type in Word. It only takes couple of clicks of the mouse to generate a complete bibliography of all references in your chosen style. RefWorks is only available through the Keele Athens login. Currently no reference management package is available to NHS staff. If you work for the NHS and have interest in trying either Reference Manager or RefWorks before purchase, please contact the training team to arrange an overview. Reference Manager training is still available on request, but is no longer supported by the University.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.209 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 dementia, depression and obssessive compulsive 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.

New services are being added to the Library catalogue over the summer months. Today saw the first of the changes with the addition of Syndetic Solutions; a product which provides a front cover picture on the catalogue book listing . Not only will it make it easier for you to identify the item on the shelves, but if the image states Reviews and more , you will be able to view a synopsis or browse the table of contents to help you find out if this is the book for you! Please note that this service is not available for all titles. More information is likely to be available for newer items. Look out for internet links on the catalogue if the book is available on the Keele network. Online books allow for fully searchable text and contents links that take you straight to the required page. NHS e-books can be searched by logging into NHS Athens account on NHS Evidence .

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.

Are you an NHS employee based in community or attached to NHS North Staffordshire, NHS Stoke on Trent or North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust? If so, you can get assistance from the Outreach Librarians. To find out more about training in the workplace, literature search service and the Health Library link service please visit the Outreach Service webpage . Newly added it the Annual Service report for 2008-2009.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.208 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 schizophrenia, psychology and 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.

Some new books have been added to the NHS Core content collection, which is accessible by the NHS Athens account. Clinician's Guide to Think Good-Feel Good, A: Using CBT with children and young people. Wiley, 2005. Multidisciplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-line Professionals, A . Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009 Clinical Interviewing. Wiley,2009. Chronic Pain: A Primary Care Guide to Practical Management . Humana Press, 2009. Medical Statistics from Scratch: An Introduction for Health Professionals. Wiley, 2008. Full list of e-books can be searched here for the NHS . Keele titles are linked to the Library catalogue (please use Material Type in the Advanced Search to limit your search to online books).

The National Core Content has now extended the subscription to Zetoc: Table of Contents alert service until July 2010. This service is operated by the British Library. It will email a list of article titles available in the latest issue of a journal and is particularly useful for titles with poor or no websites and foreign titles. There is also a handy tool for check citations. Zetoc can also be accessed using Keele Athens login. To find out more about current awareness techniques, please book on to one of the library run courses .

The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that aims to facilitate high standards of reporting in health research publications. The website pulls together all available guidelines for reporting various types of health research studies, guidance on scientific writing and examples of good reporting practice. There is information on the website suitable for medical authors, journal editors and peer reviewers.

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.207 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 depression, post-traumatic stress 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.

The SNOMED browser for clinical coding terms will shortly be removed from the NHS Athens listings. Connection for Health has taken the step to develop their own registration system. Please visit Connecting for Health website for further information or click here to register .

This list of local articles was compiled from a monthly update searching HMIC, AMED, BNI, CINAHL, Embase, Medline and PsychInfo. Please note that contents of list are selected on the basis of date catalogued on the database, not the publication date. The list is also subject to the publication timeline of the journal, this may not always correspond with the month it states. April Clark AJ; Hughes N; Chisti F. Traumatic extrathoracic lung herniation . British Journal of Radiology, April 2009, vol./is. 82/976(e82-4), 1748-880X. Local affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent. Local access: NHS Athens , Print copy held in Library Ho M; Garau G; Walley G; Oliva F; Panni AS; Longo UG; Maffulli N. Minimally invasive dynamic hip screw for fixation of hip fractures . International Orthopaedics, April 2009, vol./is. 33/2(555-60), 1432-5195. Local affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicin...

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin No.206 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 addictions, alzheimer’s and schizophrenia 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.