Health Library News

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.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.309, 1st August 2011, please click here

We are currently experiencing a problem with some access to the Keele Athens. This will affect access to our resources for some students. It is being looked at and we hope to have it corrected later today. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.