Health Library News

All the previous problems reported with the NHS Evidence Journals and Databases access should have been resolved now. Please contact us if you are experiencing any further issues.

Remember that we will be closed over the Christmas holidays and there will be reduced opening times during next week.

Latest news picked via the Twitterverse… New online self management resource iMedicalApps launches forum for mobile medical community , giving away free apps An evaluation of the use of performance measures in health care : ... Winterwatch - how the NHS is coping with the increased demands of the cold winter months New Cochrane Library editorial: Implications for research : getting the most out of Cochrane Reviews For more Follow us Twitter …

Access to ebsco databases and journals has been restored. However journal titles from Medline with Full-text are still missing from the NHS Evidence My Journals list. This has been reported and we hope to resolve it soon. In the meantime you can view these titles by accessing the database Medline with Full-text directly from EbscoHost databases .

We are currently experiencing problems accessing full-text articles from the NHS My Journals list and the NHS HDAS databases. We have reported the problem and hope to resolve it soon. If anyone experiences any problems please can you send details of the article (journal title, year, volume etc) to the eresources librarian . Apologies for any inconvenience.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.327 Monday 19th December, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.326 Monday 12th December 2011, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.325 5th December 2011, please click here

Wiley will be carrying out maintenance on their services during Saturday 17th December. This may affect access to journals accessible via the Wiley Online Library service.

The new schedule of training courses held at the Health Library is now available. You can sign-up to learn about: Health Information on the Internet Literature Searching using Databases Cochrane Library Critical Appraisal Refworks These courses are available free to our NHS users and Keele staff and students. Book online to reserve your place.

Have your say about the university IT services . Don't leave it too late!! Survey closes 19th December 2011

The for sale book trolley has been refreshed with texts at bargain prices. Below is a selection of some of the discarded texts which have been added to the trolley. Items are sold on a first come, first served basis. Payment may be by cash or credit/debit card.   Walsh, Denis: Evidence-based Care for Normal Labour and Birth: A guide for midwives 2007, Routledge Tardiff, Kenneth: Concise Guide to Assessment and Management of Violent Patients (2 nd Ed.) 1996, American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Blumenfield, Michael: Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry 2003, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins McGovern, Margaret: Altschul’s Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (7 th Ed.) 1994, Bailliere Tindall Littlewood, Roland: Aliens and Alienists: Ethnic Minorites and Psychiatry (3 rd Ed.) 1997, Routledge Gillam, Tony: Reflections on Community Psychiatric Nursing 2002, Routledge Fuller, Geraint: Neurology: An Illustrated Colour Text (2 nd Ed.) 2006, Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone Valman, B...

Latest news selection via the Twitterverse… Atlas of Variation published: shining a light on variation in the NHS Full NMC advice on social networking Two new videos on @RCPsych YouTube channel celebrating the careers of psychiatrists Sir Michael Rutter & Sir David Goldberg In a special issue The Lancet Neurology presents four Review articles on various aspects of stroke New guidance out today to help tackle the shortgage of donor organs For more Follow us Twitter …

The Campus Library opening times for the holiday period are now available.

This is an important update for Keele users of the Refworks reference management software. For details see the Campus Library news .

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no. 324, 28th November 2011, please click here

Our latest online tutorial – Finding Information on the Internet – will help you get started looking for health-related information. You’ll learn where to look on our website for: ** Databases ** Journals ** eBooks ** We’ve got links to condition-specific Internet sites that you can try as well as a comprehensive list of literature searching sites . There are also videos that show you how to get started with popular NHS-based freely available resources such as: ** NHS Evidence ** Map of Medicine ** NICE **

The Health Library opening times for the Christmas holidays are now available

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue in the past month. Titles include: Anatomy and physiology for nurses Clinical education in the health professions / edited by Clare Delany, Elizabeth Molloy Evidence and skills for normal labour and birth: a guide for midwives / Denis Walsh Oxford handbook of practical drug therap y / Duncan Richards, Jamie Coleman, John Reynolds, Jeffrey Aronson Problem solving in neuroradiology / [edited by] Meng Law, Peter M. Som, Thomas P. Naidich Check the catalogue for the full collection.

The Map of Medicine has been updated to include pathways for new conditions as well as updates to a range of existing conditions: Anaemia Cough in children Cough in adults Crystal arthropathy Pelvic organ prolapse Hip pain Map of Medicine provides access to a variety of condition-specific evidence-based care maps. For more details see this bulletin

We have a test version of the library catalogue for use with smart phones . Get more details from here .

December 1st is World AIDS Day, an international campaign aimed at raising awareness of HIV. Between 1981 and 2007 more than 25 million people have died from the virus worldwide and currently more than 90,000 people live with HIV in the UK. The day offers an opportunity to learn more about the facts, the methods of prevention, as well as helping remove the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV. Here at the Health Library we have numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find our most popular items, information on materials recently added to our collection and periodicals related to AIDS and HIV. To locate these items simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. M O S T   P O P U L A R - Drugs in HIV and AIDS / by Adrian Palfreeman et al, 1998 - Joint ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS / World Health Organization, 2005 - HIV/AIDS and the older adult / edited by Kathleen M. Nokes, 1996  N ...

We often get asked how to find journal articles on a particular subject and users often seem to think that it is something that you can do in a couple of minutes. But you need a little more time to get to grips with the tools and techniques to search effectively. Even though we have lots of journals on the shelves, searching for articles isn’t a case of wandering along the shelves and picking out a journal that looks interesting. You need to search an index and the indexes are maintained on bibliographic databases. So… to do effective searches for journal articles you need to get to grips with online databases . Start by having a look at our FAQs – check the section on Finding Resources You can watch our introduction videos on using Internurse and using Cinahl   in our tutorials section Using Resources Don’t forget that we have a number of training courses that you can book on. And our training librarians are there to support you if you need more help – just allow more tha...

The login screen to access your library record has been updated. There is now a single set of boxes which can deal with any type of card number. This should make it easier for you to login to renew loans or reserve books, while also freeing things up for us to make further improvements. Catalogue Login Screen

Many of our very popular Oxford Handbook series are available online as ebooks. So avoid the wait and overdue charges – check out the list online . 

New printing arrangements in the IT Suite are now fully in place. Keele card printing is available via the first 8 rows of computers. Printing with EMOS cards is available from the 2 rows of computers at the back of the room.

Maintenance will be carried out on the Athens service during Tuesday 22nd November. Users may experience some loss of service, including access to administration and registration services .

Please note that the Campus Library will be open 24/7 from the night of Saturday 26th November to the night of Thursday 15th December. Full details of the opening times are available here .

Dynamed is now available to UHNS Athens users. DynaMed provides clinically-organized summaries for nearly 3,000 disease and condition topics, incorporating over 800 drug topics.  DynaMed editors monitor the content of over 500 medical journals, using a 7-step methodology for selecting and critically appraising each selected article. DynaMed is updated daily and is available via mobile devices. You can access Dynamed from our Health Information Resources page. Help is available to get you started.

The for sale book trolley will be refreshed today with more pearls of wisdom at bargain prices. Below is a selection of some of the discarded texts which have been added to the trolley. Items are sold on a first come, first served basis. Payment may be by cash or credit/debit card. ABC of Colerectal Cancer by Kerr, D. et al. 2001, BMJ Books Breast Cancer (Fast Facts) [2 nd Ed.] by Baum, M. 2002, Health Press Limited The Endocrine System At A Glance (2 nd Ed.) by Greenstein, B. 2006, Blackwell Publishing Legal Aspects of Nursing (5 th Ed.) by Dimond, B. 2008, Pearson Education Oxford Handbook of Urology by Reynard, J. et al. 2006, Oxford University Press Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics: The Anatomic Approach (3 rd Ed.) by Hoppenfeld, S. 2003, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Printing arrangements in the IT Suite will be changing. Keele card printing will be available via the first 8 rows of computers. Those wishing to print using EMOS cards will need to use the 2 rows of computers at the furthest end of the room . These arrangements will be implemented during the week of 14th - 18th November.

The majority of Keele University computers in the IT Suite will be upgraded to Windows 7 and Office 2010 during the week of 14th - 18th November. Disruption is expected to be minimal but please bear with us whilst this process is under way.

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

Message from NHS Evidence regarding the availability of the Zetoc service: “We are writing to notify you of a change in circumstances which may affect the provision of the Zetoc service to the NHS with effect from the 15th of November. Zetoc is a JISC-funded service and as such has to be compliant with JISC terms and conditions. MIMAS, the organisation which hosts Zetoc, will launch a new Zetoc platform on the 15th of November which will be configured to facilitate access to Zetoc through the JISC-supported UK Access Management Federation. The Zetoc platform will no longer be configured for use with OpenAthens.   Negotiations have been ongoing for a number of months between NHS Evidence and relevant parties to try to enable continued access to Zetoc through OpenAthens, however the NHS has been informed that they would have to join the UK Access Management Federation to continue to access Zetoc. This is not something that NHS Evidence feel that they are in a position to do on behalf...

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no. 323, 7th November 2011, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.322 31st October, please click here

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue in the past month. Titles include: Medicine, patients and the law / Margaret Brazier and Emma Cave Medical terminology and clinical procedures / Mary Bird Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and spine / edited by Scott W. Atlas Physical examination and health assessment / Carolyn Jarvis original illustrations by Pat Thomas assessment photographs by Kevin Strandberg. Neonatal behavioral assessment scale / T. Berry Brazelton and J. Kevin Nugent  Check the catalogue for the full collection.

The Trip Database has been recently updated to included additional functionality:   Easily identify new content for particular searches and or over 25 broad clinical areas (e.g. cardiology, oncology).  See the Trip blog for more details Refining the search by clinical area.  For more details see the Trip blog The Trip Database allows you to search across a range of high quality healthcare evidence.

The Map of Medicine has been updated to include new functionality to: See local care maps Bookmark your favourite care maps Change your default view Search within each care map Print a single care point Map of Medicine provides access to a variety of condition-specific evidence-based care maps. For more details see this bulletin

To read the Mental Health and Social Care current awareness bulletin no.321, Monday 24th October 2011, please read here

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on health inequalities which have been published in the previous two months. Sources covered include: NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October , and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease. Organized by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) every year, World Osteoporosis Day involves campaigns by national osteoporosis patient societies from around the world with activities in over 90 countries. International Osteoporosis Foundation, World Osteoporosis Day,   http://www.worldosteoporosisday.org/ For any one interested in learning more about osteoporosis, here at the Health Library we have numerous resources related to the subject.  In the lists below you’ll find both our most popular items and information on materials recently added to our collection. To find these books simply click on the title and follow the link to our online catalogue . M O S T   P O P U L A R -  Osteoporosis / by Anthony D. Woolf -...

NHS Evidence have reported that they are experiencing ongoing problems delivering their journals and databases service . Be assured that they have a team working on it and they will be issuing regular updates.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.320, Monday 17th October, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.319, Monday 10th October, please click here

The for sale book trolley will be refreshed during this afternoon. Below is a selection of some of the discarded textbooks which will be added to the trolley. Items are sold on a first come, first served basis. Payment may be by cash or credit/debit card. Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home (3rd Ed.) by Alexander et al. 2006, Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier Psychology and the Teacher (6th Ed.) by Child 1997, Continuum Education Medicine (2nd Ed.) by Axford 2004, Blackwell Publishing A Textbook of Family Medicine (2nd Ed.) by McWhinney 1997, Oxford University Press Medicine, Patients and the Law (4th Ed.) by Brazier 2007, Penguin Core Clinical Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2nd Ed.) by Gupta et al. 2006, Hodder Arnold Core Clinical Cases in Psychiatry by Clark et al. 2005, Hodder Arnold Oxford Textbook of Critical Care (1st Ed.) by Webb et al. 1999, Oxford Medical Publications Clinical Infectious Diseases (1st Ed.) by Root (Ed.) 1999, Oxford Universit...

Our Medical Current Awareness page lets you browse thru the latest headlines and journal articles from the main medical journals such as BMJ, the Lancet, JAMA and New England Journal of Medicine. You can sign-up for email updates.

NHS Evidence are piloting a new service – Important New Evidence –  which will highlight recently published evidence relating to specific conditions.

Latest release from NHS Evidence on I mproving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma - “A summary of selected new evidence relevant to the NICE cancer services guidance manual 2006 (partially updated 2010)”

Please read this notice regarding teaching activity in the IT Suite.

Our Nursing Current Awareness page lets you browse thru the latest headlines and journal articles from the main nursing organisations and journals. You can subscribe to email updates.

We have upgraded the access route to the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. This title is now available to NHS users via your NHS Athens login. You can browse thru our journal subscriptions via our journals page

An expensive umbrella has been foud in the library/IT Suite and is now in our lost property. The umbrella will be returned to its rightful owner upon an accurate description of the umbrella.

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue in the past month. Titles include: British national formulary 62 September 2011 Illustrated textbook of paediatrics / edited by Tom Lissauer, Graham Clayden Legal aspects of nursing / Bridgit Dimond Medical guidelines 2011/12: general adult medicine Nursing guidelines 2010/11 / Bedside Clinical Guidelines Partnership New ebooks available include: Anatomy and physiology for midwives / by Jane Coad with Melvyn Dunstall. Examination of the newborn : a practical guide / Helen Baston and Heather Durward. Manual of perioperative care in adult cardiac surgery / by Robert M. Bojar. NHS 2010-2015 from good to great. Preventative, people-centred, productive Quality caring in nursing  : applying theory to clinical practice, education and leadership / Joanne R. Duffy. Check the catalogue for the full collection.

The Book Sale in the Health Library is now over but there are still a few books left unsold. These remaining books have been further reduced in price and will be available for a limited time only (until Monday 1 7th October ) on the Book Sales trolley in the Rotunda of the Health Library. The book sales trolley is maintained throughout the year so keep an eye out for new items on the trolley after Monday 17th October.

The BMA is offering a number of free prize draws. You could win copies of medical books, see: BMA News for BMA members  Student BMA News - for student offers

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.318, Monday 3rd October, please click here

The new schedule of training courses held at the Health Library is now available. You can sign-up to learn about: Health Information on the Internet Literature Searching using Databases Cochrane Library Critical Appraisal Refworks These courses are available free to our NHS users and Keele staff and students. Book online to reserve your place.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care current awareness bulletin no.317, 26th September 2011, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no. 316, Monday 19th September 2011, please click here

We have developed a range of online learning modules to help you to use our facilities, services and resources effectively. These are mainly aimed at our new nursing students but anyone can have a look to see if they can help. It wont take long to have a look; most last only a few minutes and you can jump to the section you need. We’ve included presentations, videos and quizzes for you to have a go yourself. Get started with our Welcome Tour to help to learn all about what we can do to for you. Then check out the Finding Resources module to help you to locate the resource you need. The Using Resources section will give you a basic introduction to getting started with books, journals and databases. Once you gain more confidence try our Information Skills section to learn how to search for information effectively. Look in the Library for our leaflets and bookmarks.

Keele University staff and students will now be able to access Keele e-resources off-campus by using their normal Keele log-in , so no more ATHENS! We hope this will make the process easier for you and also increase the use of our resources. More information available here .

Facebook for all the latest news and information about the Health Library . Twitter for day to day news as well as the latest news affecting the NHS in North Staffordshire .  YouTube for videos to help you get to grips with our facilities, services and resources.

The Health Library will be holding a Book Sale between Saturday 24th September and Friday 30th September. Hundreds of recently discarded medical and nursing textbooks covering a wide range of subject areas will be available at bargain prices. Included in the Sale will be some books from our existing Book Sales trolley which will now be available at reduced prices.  Come along and get yourself a bargain - first come, first served! Books can be paid for by cash or debit card. Check our opening hours .

Welcome to all the new students starting here at the Clinical Education Centre. We are here to support you throughout your studies, providing you with access to information resources, study space and training. You can find out all about our services for you on our website Drop by and take a look. Have a look at our online Welcome tour or take a look at our frequently asked questions page to get the basics.

The journal “Lancet Neurology” is now available online to our NHS UHNS Athens users. You can search for our journal titles via the NHS My Journals list – see our journals web page for links.

The journal “Movement Disorders” is now available online to our NHS Athens users. You can search for our journal titles via the NHS My Journals list – see our journals web page for links.

NHS Athens users can now access BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care for free during 2011 as part of a promotion for the title. Click the sign in button on the right-hand side, then follow the Athens links to login with your NHS Athens username and password.

NHS Athens users can now access the Handbook of Practice Management online via a link from our Healthcare Resources page . From the introductory section: “Handbook of Practice Management is not just a factual guide. It is also a source of professional wisdom about managing a general practice. The authors, two practice managers and two GPs, have worked in a variety of practices and the Handbook draws on their wide experience.”

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue this month. Titles include: Ankylosing spondylitis in clinical practice / Joachim Sieper, JÃrgen Braun. A-Z of neurological practice: a guide to clinical neurology / Andrew J. Larner ... [et al.]. Frozen section library: head and neck / Qihui 'Jim' Zhai New solutions for the heart : an update in advanced perioperative protection / Bruno K. Podesser, David J. Chamber (editors). Young people and alcohol: impact, policy, prevention, treatment / edited by John B. Saunders, Joseph M. Rey Check the catalogue for the full collection.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.315, Monday 12th September 2011, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.314, 5th September 2011, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.313, Monday 29th August please click here

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

There will be maintenance to the Athens systems during 6th September. This may cause some disruption to the My Athens portal, self-registration services and admin functions. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. You can find links to Athens news items on our Athens page .

The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) has moved web address. You can now find it at http://www.casp-uk.net/ Our web pages have been updated. For more help on Critical Appraisal see our Critical Appraisal links or attend our Rapid Critical Appraisal training session .

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.312, Monday 22nd August 2011, please click here

The screen for the Library catalogue has been updated this week. You can still get all the same functionality to help you to find the items you need but it now has a much simpler search interface and cleaner screen. Catalogue Search Screen You can read more about the changes here .

Athens will be carrying out a major upgrade during Tuesday 23rd August. This will affect administration and self-registration functions between 5:00 and 15:00. For more information follow the news links on our Athens page. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Health Library will be closed for the Bank Holiday, Monday 29th August. Remember that electronic resources are available online using your Athens username and password. Check our website for more details about e-resources.

The Athens system will undergo maintenance during 23rd August. This may affect admin services, access to resources and registration services for short periods throughout the day. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Please note that the NHS Evidence - Journals and Databases website will undergo maintenance during 16th August, at 5-6pm. There may be some disruption to services during this time.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.311, 15th August 2011, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.310 8th August 2011, please click here

The Cochrane Library have updated their interface and article display screen. Enhancements include easier navigation and improved links. You can read all about it here New functionality for the Cochrane Library

The access route for the ejournal Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery has changed: American Version – is now available via NHS Athens for our UHNS users. British version – is now available to UHNS users via an additional username and password. Please see the entry on the NHS My Journals list for details. You can access the NHS My Journals list using your Athens username and password. These access routes will hopefully avoid the IP access problems that we have been having and provide additional access off the NHS network.

We are running a survey for our print journals throughout August, September and October to assess how much they are being used. If you use a print journal either just to browse or whether photocopying an article, please can you make sure that you complete the tick-box attached to the front of the journal. Thanks. You can search for print journal titles via our catalogue.

Click here to access the bulletin . This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on health inequalities which have been published in the previous two months. Sources covered include: NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

Click here to access the bulletin This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

Refworks will be updating to a new version at the end of this year. In preparation for this move you can now try out the new version – please see the Campus Library Refworks web page for more information, including guides and video. Note that Refworks is only available to Keele users via their Athens username.

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue this month. Titles include: Fundamentals of skeletal radiology / Clyde A. Helms.  Interprofessional teamwork for health and social care / Scott Reeves ... [et al.].  Oxford handbook of general practice / Chantal Simon, Hazel Everitt, Francoise van Dorp  Psychology in the real world : community-based groupwork / Guy Holmes with Mandy Barratt ... [et al.] The importance of vision in preventing falls / College of Optometrists  Check the catalogue for the full collection.