Health Library News

Some of you may have received an email from libhelp@keele purporting to be from the Library talking about a new library system and asking you to activate a new library account. Please DO NOT click on this - it is a scam and the link actually goes to a server in Iran which has nothing to do with Keele University, Campus Library or the Health Library. More advice about Internet safety is available from IT Services: http://www.keele.ac.uk/it/students/myaccount/policiesandprocedures/

Just a reminder that we will be open for reduced hours over the Christmas holiday period. Please check our website for the opening times if you are planning to visit. Online electronic resources will be available as normal. You can: renew your borrowed items online view ebooks find ejournals use databases We have a range of online help , including etutorials, videos and guides.

For those of you who might be away from campus during the holiday period, here is a reminder of how to access our eresources: To check or renew your books Most books should have a return date for after the Xmas holidays. If you do need to renew your loans or you want to check your account then you can do so online via the catalogue . You will need to enter your Keele computer username and password. To read an ebook We have many online ebooks including some popular reading-list texts. Just search the catalogue for the title you are looking for and click the appropriate login link. You can get more help on using ebooks from our Using eBooks etutorial . To access our databases to search for articles Use the links to the databases on your subject page: medicine , midwifery or nursing . These links take you directly to the correct login screen. You will need to enter your Keele computer username and password. You can find an example of how to do this in the vid...

We are led to believe that the problems users have been experiencing over the past week, trying to access NHS Athens resources, have now been resolved. If you have any problems accessing our online resources please report it via the technical support form or contact Cheryl , the eresources librarian.

I hope that you have found some useful resources over the past year, during this series. You can find links to all the resources mentioned, as well as many more, via our delicious bookmarks . Here we also include links to support and provide information about a wide range of conditions and diseases. You can also look through the previous blog entries if you need a reminder about a particular resource. Don’t forget that you can sign up to receive updates in your inbox from our blog; so you’ll always know about the latest resources we have on offer. You can also follow us on Twitter or stay in touch via Facebook .

There appear to be on-going problems accessing NHS-subscribed resources using NHS Athens usernames / passwords. Access seems to be patchy and is affecting access to databases, ejournals and ebooks. We have informed both NICE (main supplier of databases) and Eduserv / Athens. Please report any problems that you are having so that we can escalate the issue.

If you are a researcher either at Keele University or with one of our NHS partners we can support you in a number of ways. We have now added a list of research funding organisations to our researchers page .

If you need a bit of help finding the information you need, then book yourself onto one of our training courses and we’ll show you the way. For: help finding information on the Internet support in using our resources making the most of your NHS Athens account help putting together a literature search finding systematic reviews learning about critical appraisal and more… You’ll find all the details about our courses here . New training dates are available for 2014. Why not book online now or get in touch with our training team .

The Athens systems will be undergoing maintenance on the 5th and 10th December between 7 and 9 am. This may affect users ability to access ebooks, ejournals and databases at that time.

You can browse all the latest titles added to the catalogue in the past month. Here is a selection of new titles. New books include: A time to speak: diary of an NHS whistleblower / Graham Pink Aunt Minnie's atlas and imaging-specific diagnosis / edited by Thomas L. Pope, Jr. Care planning in mental health: promoting recovery / edited by Angela Hall, Michael Wren, and Stephan D. Kirby Electives and international midwifery consultancy : a resource for students, midwives and other health professionals. Tiger stripes and tears/ Gaynor D. Maclean Introduction to community nursing practice / Jane Arnott ... [et al.] Psychosocial nursing care : a guide to nursing the whole person / Dave Roberts Qualitative methods for health research / Judith Green and Nicki Thorogood Revision notes in psychiatry / Basant K. Puri, Annie Hall and Roger Ho Safeguarding babies and very young children from abuse and neglect / Harriet Ward, Rebecca Brown and David Westlake The modernization o...

Here is a resource to help your patients. It is a library of mobile apps that are aimed at patients and have been reviewed by the NHS to ensure that they are clinically safe. There are official NHS apps as well as apps developed by external providers. Some are free, others need to be paid for. Many of the apps also include a rating. There are apps for: A range of conditions and treatments Health living eg mental health, smoking cessation, fitness and weight-loss Health Information eg. where to find services Social Care