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NICE HDAS should now be working as normal. Please report any problems.

The British Library is currently running a Twitter based competition for all PhD authors and current doctoral students, inviting them to say why their doctoral research is/was important, using the hashtag #ShareMyThesis. Twitter competition -  https://twitter.com/search?f= realtime&q=%23sharemythesis& src=typd Competition web page -  http://www.bl.uk/share-my- thesis/ Can you summarise how important your research is in 140 characters or less?

NICE have reported that there are currently problems accessing the NICE HDAS databases. They are working on it urgently. You can use the "Alternative Logins - when HDAS isn't working" options on our Healthcare Resources page to access the databases directly.

NICE Evidence have informed us that there are ongoing problems with the NHS Athens registration form. This may be preventing you from registering for an Athens username. The following fixes have been suggested: Use Google Chrome Internet browser Make sure you tick all the optional boxes Use a short landline number for the telephone number Use off-NHS network if possible If you are still experiencing ongoing problems please ask your Athens administrator to set up an account for you manually. You will need to provide the following compulsory information (note we will not be able to process the form without this information): Compulsory Information Your title Your first name Your surname Your trust email address The NHS organisation / trust that you work for or are on placement with Your job role and job title Whether you are a permanent or temporary employee What your contract termination date is (if applicable) The department that you currently work in ...

January 25 th to January 31 st 2015 Cervical cancer is an uncommon type of cancer that develops in a woman’s cervix.  However, globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer and it is the fourth most common cause of death in women suffering from cancer.  Cervical cancer is now a largely preventable disease thanks to cervical screening and the HPV vaccination programme. However, every day in the United Kingdom nine women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and three will ultimately lose their life to the disease. The focus of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (CCPW) is on all things to do with cervical cancer including information about symptoms and causes of the disease and ways to prevent it. For more information please see the Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust website at: http://www.jostrust.org.uk RELATED HEALTH LIBRARY RESOURCES For anyone studying cancer and its effects, the Health Library offers numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists...

We have 2 new titles to support the Prescribing Safety Assessment: Pass the PSA (Brown et Al, 2014), find at shelfmark RM138.B7 Exam Student Success in the Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) (Savickas and Kayyali, 2014), find at shelfmark RM138.S2 Exam Image of example PSA book You can find both these titles in the Exam section opposite the main Health Library doors.

Are you keeping up-to-date with all the relevant news and latest research in your area? Our new etutorial Current Awareness – Keeping Up-to-date can help you. Learn: What is current awareness? What are the different levels of information? What resources are useful to monitor? What tools can help you to keep up-to-date? Where you can find more help on the Health Library website?

Do you need some help when trying to appraise the evidence that you find? There are a wide range of tools that can help you to critically appraise the articles and research that you find. They help you to ask the right questions about a paper to assess its validity, results and relevance. We have put together a list of tools that might help you in our new etutorial Critical Appraisal Tools . You will learn: What critical appraisal is What aspects of the research presented you need to think about What tools are available to help you to appraise articles

Here is a selection of new titles added to the catalogue this month. Browse all the latest titles here or check out “New Books” display in the library. New books include: Applying nursing process : the foundation for clinical reasoning / Rosalinda Alfaro-LeFevre Chest radiology : the essentials / Jannette Collins and Eric J. Stern Critical care medicine at a glance / Richard Leach Effective time management skills for doctors: making the most of the time you have / Sarah Christie Handbook of clinical audiology / editor-in-chief, Jack Katz Health assessment in nursing / Janet R. Weber and Jane H. Kelley Patient-centred leadership : rediscovering our purpose Renal pathophysiology : the essentials / Helmut G. Rennke and Bradley M. Denker The emergency practitioner's handbook : for all front line health professionals / Mary Dawood foreword by Robin Touquet What doctors really think: 16 years of wit, wisdom and lies / Phil Hammond, with cartoons by Fran Orford New e...

Do you know what the evidence hierarchy is? It is something that might be able to help you to appraise the evidence you find in your literature search. Our new etutorial Evidence Hierarchy will explain what it is, and includes examples of different types of study.

Keele Library Latest: New feature in Catalogue Plus :  This morning's upgrade to Catalogue Plus included a new Shelf Browse feature.

When you are completing your assignments or developing a research project you need to be very clear about the question you are trying to answer. Our new etutorial Identify your Question will help you to breakdown and analyse your question so that you are clear and focused about the information you need to look for.

Why not start the year by following the Health Library on Twitter? You can keep up-to-date, via your mobile devices, wherever you are, with the news from the Health Library by following us on twitter. For a quick step by step guide check the help page on our website. You will be able to: Learn about new resources Get updates about any changes at the Health Library Discover more about our services Keep up-to-date with important health-related headlines Screen-shot of the Health Library twitter feed

Keele Library Latest: Catalogue Plus upgrade : In order to install a small stability upgrade to Catalogue Plus it will be unavailable for a period of about 15 minutes at about 7.30 am tom...

Don’t know where to start when looking for information? Our new etutorial Introduction to Literature Searching will take you through all the steps you need to consider in order to develop your search strategy. You will learn: Why a search strategy is important How it can help you to find the information you need About the 7 steps that can help you develop your search plan

The PICO etutorial web address has changed to http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/training/informationskills/1identifyyourquestion/usingpico/ This is on account of a slight re-arrangement of the Information Skills etutorials section on our website to account for new etutorials that will be brought online soon.