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Book purchase suggestions

From the Campus Library: At the recent Student Experience event in the Students Union, one of the suggestions was that we should make available some way for library users to suggest books for purchase. This is now available under test. It is accessible from the ‘My Library’ drop-down menu on most catalogue screens, or from here . Please note that to avoid being spammed by booksellers it is controlled by the same authentication as that used when you come to renew loans or reserve items. Purchase suggestions will be checked regularly. Provided that we have your email address you will be notified whether we are progressing with purchase or not: all purchases have to be related to academic requirements and funding is limited, so we can’t buy all the books that we would like to. Please let us know what you think of this new facility. Health Library users can also make stock suggestions using the form available in the library.

Training cancellations week 9th-13th April

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the training courses scheduled for the week Mon 9th to Fri 13th April, including: Literature Searching (NHS) scheduled 10th April at 6:00pm Cochrane Library scheduled 11th April at 2:00pm Rapid Critical Appraisal (Systematic Review) scheduled 12th April at 11:00am You can find more information about our training schedule via our training web pages . Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Mental Health Current Awareness Updated

The current awareness page for Mental Health has been updated to include the ejournal titles: Current Opinion in Psychiatry Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Pyschiatry Please note that many of the titles included in this update are only available to NHS Athens users working for North Staffs Combined Healthcare.

Latest updates from Twitter

Latest news picked via the Twitterverse… @nicecomms: The NICE Guidance App for Android and iPhone smartphones is available now @thekingsfund: What will the Health and Social Care Bill mean for the NHS in England? Read @profchrisham 's editorial in @bmj_latest ... @nhslocal: Jargon buster dictionary | NHS local @thekingsfund: Hospitals: what do they do and how much does it cost? @jappleby123 looks at the data in today's @bmj_latest ... @nhslocal: A-Z Conditions | NHS local @nicecomms: Find out how our quality standard on patient experience can help improve standard of dignity for the elderly ... #nhscommissioning resources from Health Libraries Group newsletter added to delicious stack For more Follow us on Twitter …

Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin no. 61, February 2012

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.

Access Control at the Health Library

In order to enhance security at the Health Library in the light of current changes on the hospital site, we will be implementing access control from 5:30 p.m. to closing time, and at weekends. This will start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday 15th March. From this time you will need either: a current valid Keele card, or: an NHS Library membership card with the number starting 5081 The card should be presented to the proximity reader inside the north lobby of the CEC outside the Library’s secondary entrance. This will unlock the Library door. Please ensure that it locks securely behind you. Access control will operate between the following hours: Mon – Thu    5:30 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. Fri               5:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Sat              10:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Sun             1:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. If you do not have your Keele Card or NHS library membership card on you, please call the Library Desk on 01782 679500, and we will let you in. I apologise for the short notice, but we had bee

Latest Training Programme for April-June now available

The training program for April to June is now available. We offer a range of free courses to our Keele and NHS users, both staff and students. You can check out all the latest dates online   or by picking up a flyer at the counter. We have a new course for UHNS users which will give users an opportunity to get to grips with Dynamed and Medicines Complete . To book a course complete our online form or contact us  

National Horizon Scanning Centre links

Links to reports and briefings from the National Horizon Scanning Centre have been added to the subject links pages : Anaesthetics Audiology Cancer Cardiology Dentistry Dermatology Diabetes Gastroenterology Health Promotion Mental Health Midwifery Musculoskeletal Neurology Obstetrics & Gynaecology Occupational Therapy Paediatrics Radiology Renal The National Horizon Scanning Centre considers new and emerging technology in healthcare.

World Glaucoma Week 2012 - Related Health Library Resources

11- 17 March 2012 An international event aimed at raising awareness of glaucoma and its effects. This year, centring on the theme, "Don’t Let Glaucoma Darken Your Life" the week of events looks at not only the development of screening and prevention activities, but also such topics as the psychological anguish a patient may face and the importance of an early diagnosis. As usual here at the Health Library we have numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find information on our most popular items, materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items simply follow the link or ask at the counter. M O S T   P O P U L A R                 - Atlas of glaucoma / edited by Neil T. Choplin and Diane C. Lundy                               - Textbook of glaucoma / by M. Bruce Shields                      - Glaucoma / edited by Roger Alan Hitchings       N E W   T O   S T O C K      - Shields textbook of gl

Email Notice Problems

message from the Campus regarding problem affecting email services: If you are a library user with a non-Keele email address you should be aware that you may not be receiving notices from the library at the moment to warn you of overdue books, holds awaiting collection, etc. Particularly affected are hotmail and live.com email addresses. This is due to security issues outside our control. The problem is being worked on and should be fixed soon. Please remember that the due date for your loans will be on the date slip provided with the item and are also viewable via your account information on the library catalogue.

Ejournal Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry available for North Staffs Combined Healthcare Athens users

NHS users working for North Staffs Combined Healthcare can now access the journal title the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry online using their NHS Athens username and password. To find any of our subscribed journal titles go to the NHS My Journals link from our journals page , and login with your NHS Athens username.

March Book Sale

Books for sale. The ‘For Sale’ book trolley has been refreshed with more titles. 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. West, Robert: Smoking Cessation (Fast Facts Series) 2004, Health Press Chapel, Helen: Essentials of Clinical Immunology (5 th Ed.) 2006, Blackwell Krishna, M. Thirumala: Essentials of Allergy 2001, Martin Dunitz Helen, Maggie: Coping with Suicide 2002, Sheldon Press Streubert Speziale, Helen J.: Qualitative Research in Nursing (4 th Ed.) 2007, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Walshe, Kieran: Healthcare Management 2006, Open University Press Bray, John J.: Lecture Notes on Human Physiology (4 th Ed.) 1999, Blackwell Science Arif, Saimah: Immune, Blood, and Lymphatic Systems (Crash Course Series) 1998, Mosby Wincze, John P.: Sexual Dysfunction 2001, The Guilford Press Souhami, Robert: Cancer and its Manage