Health Library News

Thanks to a pilot project being run by representatives in the UK academic sector, over a thousand ejournals are being made available to NHS users. You can read more about the pilot project here . All the ejournals can be accessed via our NHS Journals A-Z list . You can also browse through the list of titles via a spreadsheet on our website, go to our journals information page and click the link for the file NHS Pilot – Access to academic-licensed research . Most of the titles are only available via the NHS network; Science Direct and Springer titles included in the project are available via NHS Athens username / password. The pilot is expected to end 31 st October 2014.

It is now easier to find our Quick Reference collection and DVD collection. You’ll find them on our new bright red shelving unit in the centre of the rotunda. New shleving for the quick reference collection The Quick Reference collection includes dictionaries and thesauri – useful for finding all your relevant keywords and search terms. The DVD collection includes dvds for anatomy, communication skills and Spotting the Sick Child .

Please be advised that the Wiley Online Library and subsequently The Cochrane Library is currently planned to undergo scheduled maintenance on the weekend of the 7th June 2014 from 10:00am, for approximately 5 hours. The Cochrane Home page will be available but reviews and search functionality will be unavailable.

The Health Library will be closed for the Spring Bank Holiday, Monday 26 th May. Don’t forget our online resources are available 24/7

The Card Loader, for use with debit/credit cards, located in the photocopier room at the Health Library, has now been fixed and should be working as normal.

The Bedside Clinical Guidelines provide assistance for the consistent, evidence-based management of patients in acute hospital settings. They are published by The Bedside Clinical Guidelines Partnership and are used within the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS). There are 7 titles in total. All are available as ebooks via the UHNS Intranet: Emergency Medicine guidelines Medical guidelines Neonatal guidelines Nursing guidelines Obstetric guidelines Paediatric guidelines Surgical guidelines We also hold print copies of the following: Neonatal guidelines (2013-15) Obstetric guidelines (2013-15) Paediatric guidelines (2013-14) A number of guideline sets are also available to Keele students on specific reading lists, via Keele’s KLE. You can find out more about this set of guidelines from our website .

The Card Loader, for use with debit/credit cards, located in the photocopier room at the Health Library, is currently out of order. You can use the cash loader to add money to your Keele or NHS Library card. Keele card holders can also add money to their card online . Apologies for the inconvenience caused. The problem has been reported to our provider.

There is planned maintenance, by the publishers, for Psychiatry Online today  Wednesday, 7 th May. Please be advised that the site/services will be periodically unavailable during this time. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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: Clinical procedures in primary eye care / David B. Elliott Clinical skills for OSCEs / Neel Burton Constructing grounded theory / Kathy Charmaz. Introduction to leadership : concepts and practice / Peter G. Northouse Nursing law and ethics / edited by John Tingle, Alan Cribb Oral radiology : principles and interpretation / edited by Stuart C. White, Michael J. Pharoah Oxford handbook of general practice / Chantal Simon, Hazel Everitt, Francoise Van Dorp, Matthew Burke Studying for your midwifery degree / by Siobhan Scanlan, Hilary Walker Succeeding in your medical school OSCEs / by Bhoresh Dhamija The Foundation Programme at a glance / Stuart Carney, Derek Gallen New ebooks include: Advanced practice nursing : core concepts for professional role development / [edited by] Michaelene P. Jansen, Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher Cardiac nursi...

Places are going fast for the Health Literacy C onference on 20th June 2014 at Keele Hall. Further information can be found on the UK Health Literacy Group’s website or contact Sue Weir (s.weir@keele.ac.uk) for details.

Remember that the Health Library will be closed for Monday 5th May. You can still access our online electronic resources . Campus Library opening times are available here .

Keele Library Latest: EBSCO Databases - Off-campus access - Update : Off-campus access to EBSCO should now be fully available again. To access go to http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=shib&cus...

From our colleague at the Stoke Public Health Improvement Service : Book now for this 1-day conference in Health Literacy on 20th June 2014 at Keele Hall, Staffordshire. Places are rapidly filling up so early booking is recommended. Health literacy is a national priority in public health and health inequalities - and of key interest to clinicians, researchers and the general public alike. We have plenary sessions from national and international health literacy experts, including Professor Michael Wolf (Northwestern University, Chicago) Dr Kristine Sorensen (Maastricht University) Prof Gill Rowlands (Kings College, London) who will present their view on the current evidence, impact and future implications of Health Literacy Research on Healthy Living, from their respective international perspectives of the US, Europe and the UK. Further information can be found on the UK Health Literacy Group’s website or contact Sue Weir (s.weir@keele.ac.uk) for details. Co...