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EMOS printing / photocopying will no longer be available after 30th June . Please make sure that you use your credits by that date. You can get a refund for credit on working EMOS cards up to 5th October. All Keele users should switch to using their Keele cards for printing / photocopying as soon as possible. Remember that you can top up your Keele card via the reloader machines in the photocopying room – cash machine and debit/ credit machine NHS users can update their membership card so that it can be used to pay for printing (on the Keele network) and photocopying. You can then top up your membership card using the reloader machines in the photocopying room.

The interface to NHS Evidence Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) has been updated. The new features of HDAS include: Clearer screen designs and styles Advanced search – search screen Improved thesaurus layout and functions Advanced search – search preview Access the database from our Healthcare Resources page using your NHS Athens username and password. You can get help using the new interface from our updated online guide or book on a training course to get the most out of your searching.

The Health Library’s ‘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.   Irvin, Thomas T.: Wound Healing: Principles and Practice 1981, Chapman & Hall Driscoll, P.A. et al.: Trauma Resuscitation: The Team Approach 1993, Macmillan Johnson, Gina: The Minor Illness Manual (2 nd Ed.) 2000, Radcliffe Medical Press Frayn, Keith N.: Metabolic Regulation: A Human Perspective (2 nd Ed.) 2003, Blackwell Publishing Morison, Moya J.: A Colour Guide to the Nursing Management of Wounds (Clinical Skills Series( 1992, Wolfe Publishing Ltd. National Institution for Clinical Excellence: Principles for Best Practic in Clinical Audit 2002, NICE Dawson, Beth: Basic & Clinical Biostatistics (4 th Ed.) 2004, McGraw-Hill David, Jill A.: Wound Manag...

From NHS Evidence: "Please note the Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) site will be unavailable from 17:00 today (29 May) until 09.00 on 30 May when the new site goes live. This period of downtime is necessary to upload the new databases onto our systems." You should still be able to access the baseline resources eg medline and Cinahl via Ebsco etc. You can find a list of all the resources on your My Athens page. Go to the Journals and databases page , under the NHS Athens section sign in with your NHS Athens username and password, and page down to the My Athens Resources section.

We now have a Keele card cash reloading machine. You can add credit to your Keele card using cash. There is a minimum of 50p. Note that the machine does not give change. The reloader is available in the Photocopier Room. Remember that we also have a reloader that you can use with your credit / debit card. Keele University will soon be implementing a new printing / photocopying strategy. Keep a look out for more news later. Because of the new printing / photocopying strategy we will be removing the use of EMOS print / photocopy cards shortly. All Keele users are advised to switch to using their Keele cards. Otherwise please keep an eye on the EMOS credits that you have available and ensure you use up those you have. We have an EMOS machine at the counter if you want to check what credit you have got left. More news will be released about printing changes later.

Dementia Awareness Week   2 0 – 2 6     M a y     2 0 1 2   ‘ Dementia ’ is a term used to describe a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person. Symptoms include memory loss, difficulty with communication and reasoning and mood changes.   Dementia is progressive, and the most common manifestations are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Dementia Awareness Week aims to raise awareness and to ‘remember the person’ behind the disease.   You can find out more about dementia here at the health library. In the lists below you’ll find our most popular items, information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. 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 - Hearing the voice of people with dementia: opportunitiesand obstacles / by Malcolm Goldsmith - Dementia: challenges and new directions / edit...

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.

The Health Library will be closed over the Jubilee Bank Holiday 4th and 5th of June. Remember that you can renew your books and still access many of our resources online.

EBSCO will be performing scheduled maintenance on 1 June 2012 from 13:00 – 22:00 GMT. Users may experience access issues to ebsco databases and journals during this time.

The current awareness pages have been re-vamped to help you to find the information you need. You can now find resources to help you to keep up-to-date with: Current news —such as issues affecting the NHS and its services Professional news —latest developments & guidance affecting your profession Research news —in-depth awareness of research in your study / work area You will also find help to learn how to set up database alerts, where to go to find bulletins and the latest guidance, and how to use social networking tools such as twitter, blogging and RSS feeds.

BMJ Case Reports is available via Athens to our UHNS users. You can find out what BMJ Case Reports are looking for and how to prepare your submission via these guidelines . Also watch the video to hear hints and tips from the editor. Contact the eResources Librarian for the fellowship code. 

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.347, 14th May 2012, please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin, no.346, 7th May 2012, please click here

Our NHS users may experience some problems accessing the JAMA titles. There seems to have been an upset on our My Journals A-Z list and the incorrect holdings are appearing. Users can access titles directly via the JAMA network page , click the Athens sign in link and follow the links to login in with your NHS Athens username and password. We will correct the problem as soon as we can. Apologies for all the inconvenience caused.

There will be Athens maintenance taking place on 19 May 2012. There could be some disruption to all Athens services during this maintenance window. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue in the past month. Titles include: 100 cases in orthopaedics and rheumatology / Parminder J. Singh, Catherine Swales.  Aromatherapy for health professionals / edited by Shirley Price, Len Price Nurses' guide to teaching diabetes self-management / Rita Girouard Mertig Study skills for Master's level students: a health and social care workbook / Debbie Casey, Liz Clark, Sally Hayes  Therapeutic relationship in the cognitive behavioral psychotherapies / edited by Paul Gilbert and Robert L. Leahy  New ebooks include: Developing advanced assessment skills: patients with long-term conditions / edited by Ann Saxon and Sue Lillyman.  Doing a literature review in health and social care: a practical guide / Helen Aveyard.  Initial management of acute medical patients: a guide for nurses and healthcare practitioners / edited by Ian Wood, Michelle Garner.  The insider's guide to the MR...

We are expecting changes to the NHS Evidence HDAS interface during the end of May. To account for this we have cancelled some courses in May and the beginning of June related to this resource. These are: Literature Searching Healthcare databases (NHS) Finding the Evidence The normal training schedule will resume 11th of June. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.345, Monday 30th April 2012 , please click here

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.344, Monday 23rd April 2012 , please click here

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The Health Library will be closed Monday 7th May 2012 for the May Day Bank Holiday. Remember that you can access many of our resources online .