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The Health Library will be closed for the May Bank Holiday on Monday 6th May. Don't forget that all our eresources are available online 24/7.

We are aware that there are on-going problems accessing the full-text of some of our NHS-subscribed ejournals. Until these issues are resolved please get in touch with the Health Library or email the details of your article to the eresources librarian at c.kent@keele.ac.uk and we will try to locate the full-text for you.  You can find more help on our eJournals for NHS Users information page. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Spottingthe Sick Child is an interactive tool from the Department of Health, aimed at all healthcare practitioners and students as well. It will help you to learn how to assess an acutely sick child. The resources include real life cases, videos and test scenarios, as well as give you an introduction to the relevant national guidelines. You need to register to complete the activities and track your own progress.

The Map of Medicine lists care pathways for a wide range of conditions and diseases. You can get information about diagnosis and assessment, treatment and referrals and on-going care. It includes primary care pathways as well as acute care pathways. You can also see the reference list that has been used to develop the care plan. The database also includes pathways from our local NHS organisations as well as general pathways and pathways from other NHS organisations. You will need your Athens username and password to access the Map of Medicine with all its full features. There is a freely available version, though you are still required to register. You can access the Map of Medicine from our Healthcare Resources page . Find out more about Map of medicine via this YouTube video

We have added more books to the sales trolley; including the following: ABC of major trauma. Driscoll, P. (3rd ed.) BMJ:2000 An introduction to orthodontics. Mitchell, L. (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press:2007 Beginning reflective practice. Jasper, M. Nelson Thornes:2003 Clinical epidemiology: the essentials. Fletcher, R. (4th ed.) Lippincott:2005 How to do a research project. Robson, C. Blackwell:2007 Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression. Segal, Z. Guilford:2002 Oxford handbook of psychiatry. Semple, D. (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press:2009 Principles of human physiology. Stanfield, C. (4th ed.) Pearson:2011 Psychiatry (Oxford core texts). Gelder, M. (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press:2005 Reflective practice in nursing. Bulman, C. (4th ed.) Blackwell:2008 Browse the sales trolleys for a bargain. First come, first served. You can pay at the counter with cash, debit / visa card or your Keele card.

Nurses and nursing students can sign-up to receive the latest article updates from a range of ejournals, including: American Journal of Nursing British Journal of Nursing Evidence-based Nursing Journal of Research in Nursing Nursing Research Nursing Standard Nursing Times As well as: Nursing and Midwifery Council news Royal College of Nursing news You can sign-up to receive updates in your inbox. This is delivered via the Health Library’s Current Awareness Service   You can find out more about our Current Awareness Service here:  

Our NHS Athens web page has been updated. Information has been organised using bullet points to help you to find the sections more easily.

The Healthcare Resources page for our NHS users has been updated to help you to find the type of information you need quickly. The resources are split up under a number of headings and new resources have been included: NICE Resources NICE have developed a new range of different resources: NHS Evidence is now called Evidence Search Clinical Knowledge Summaries Medicines Information and awareness service Evidence Updates NHS Athens Resources The links for the NHS Athens tools, such as ejournals, ebooks and databases have been improved. NHS Athens Help There is a new section where you can find links to all our Athens help resources such as the online guide and etutorial. Other Sections The resources available in the Reviews and Reports section have been updated. See the Healthcare Resources page for more details.

If you are embarking on an elective in the next few weeks, to ensure you do not incur any fines it is advisable to return your books to the library before starting your placement. Students are welcome to continue to borrow items, but please be aware that normal requirements to renew items, and the possibility that items will be recalled or fines incurred for late return/renewal, will still apply.

We have completed our prize draw for the etutorial survey today. Health Library manager Jonathan Hutchins drew the winning entries this morning. Health Library manager Jonathan Hutchins with Mariet Schepers, training and information support librarian and lead for the etutorial project All winners will be contact by email and asked to come to the Health Library to collect their prize.Thanks to everyone who competed the etutorial survey and gave their feedback. Our etutorials are available to help you to find and use our popular resources. You can still provide feedback via the online form.

Keele Libraries subscribe to the Medline database. It contains the details of thousands of articles including subject terms and abstracts as well as bibliographic details such as author, journal title and date of publication. You can search across thousands of medical-based journals for the subjects that you are interested in. There are lots of features to help you to focus your search, including: MeSH terms – medical subject headings Patient focus limits like patient age or gender Date limit feature to limit to the date range that you need Publication type selection – for example so that you can concentrate on reviews, controlled trials or case reports and so on Search history to allow you to view your previous searches Search combinations to combine your searches using AND or OR to increase the focus of your search or expand your search to include more elements You can also save your searches or email results to friends or fellow students. You can link to Medline v...

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.

Athens / Eduserv will be carrying out major network upgrades during Wednesday 8th May, from 20:00 to 23:00. All Athens services may be affected for short periods during the maintenance window. This will affect access to ejournals, ebooks and databases.

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You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue in the past month. Titles include: Adult development and aging / Bert Hayslip Jr., Julie Hicks Patrick and Paul E. Panek  Infection and immunity / John H.L. Playfair and Gregory J. Bancroft  Oxford textbook of public health / edited by Roger Detels ... [et al.].  Physics in nuclear medicine / Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps.  Qualitative data analysis : an introduction / Carol Grbich  The student's guide to exam success / Eileen Tracy  New eBooks include: Acute stroke nursing / edited by Jane Williams, Lin Perry, Caroline Watkins.  Applied psychology : current issues andnew directions / edited by Rowan Bayne and Ian Horton.  Clinical obesity in adults and children / edited by Peter Kopelman, Ian Caterson, William Dietz.  Medicine at a glance / edited by Patrick Davey.  Users' guides to the medical literature : essentials of ...

Our NHS users can access the full-text of a range of electronic journals. We subscribe to a number of ejournals on behalf of our NHS users. You can also access the NHS Core Content collection which is provided nationally to all NHS users by NICE / NHS Evidence. Sources of NHS-based eJournals To check whether you can access a particular journal title use the NHS Evidence My Journals list to search for the title you are interested in. You need to log in using your NHS Athens username and password to see the full list of your organisation’s subscriptions. Then enter the journal title into the search box and click search. Example My Journals search screen Most of our titles are available off-site too, using your Athens username and password. Get access to the NHS Evidence My Journals list via our Journals page   You can find more help on using the NHS Evidence My Journals list in our online guide   You’ll also find more help on accessing t...