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Develop your information skills and learn how to complete a literature search – our Information Skills etutorials can help Our Information Skills etutorials are short, interactive tutorials that help you to develop the skills you need to find information effectively. Start with an Introduction to Literature Searching – complete the starter search plan for your project or assignment. Then go on and complete more etutorials to improve your search skills . You can complete and save our etutorial reflection document to keep a record for your eportfolio. Here is a quick taster of the skills you can develop:

If you are embarking on an elective in May and June: You are welcome to continue to loan items from the library, but please be aware that normal loan periods will still apply. Items may be requested by another user and recalled.  Late return of requested items will still incur fines. Automatic renewals will run as normal, but if you wish to try to avoid having an item potentially due for return at a time when you really cannot come in, you can attempt to renew your books early via you account on Library Search.

The Health Library will be closed Monday 1st May 2017 for the Bank Holiday. You can still access online resources via our website .

We are currently updating our Current Awareness Bulletins to include the latest ejournals that we subscribe to. You can sign-up to receive a current awareness bulletin which will include the table of contents and a selection of articles from ejournals based on a particular topic. You can view a list of bulletins available, along with the ejournals included via our Current Awareness Service dashboard page . You can find details of all the updates released on our Information Skills for Health blog . Here is a taster of the updates so far: Surgery latest research and news page update A&E latest research and news News and Research on Musculoskeletal Diseases Get the latest from our Oncology Journal Titles Get the latest from our Anaesthesiology Journal Titles The Latest Midwifery News Keep Up-to-Date with Medicine Updates

If you are not sure how to find or use our online resources, then try our Getting Started etutorials . You’ll learn how to get access, how to search and how to access full-text. eTutorials are available for our most popular online resources, both Keele and NHS. Most are very short; you can jump to the section you need and most include either step-by-step instructions or video demonstrations. All our etutorials allow you to download and save our etutorial reflection document which you can add to your portfolio.

There are some changes to the Health Library opening hours for the Easter holidays as follows: Good Friday 14 th  April: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Saturday 15 th  April: 11:30 am to 5:30 pm Easter Sunday 16 th  April: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Easter Monday Bank Holiday 17 th  April: CLOSED

Dynamed is an evidence-based, clinical reference tool providing you with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of diseases and conditions. A simple and easy to use search tool helps you to find clinical summaries and guidelines as well as the latest practice-changing research. Screen-shot of the Dynamed search page Use Dynamed to support you during clinics, ward rounds and case discussions. Access It Find a link to Dynamed on our Healthcare Information page . Use your NHS Athens username to login. Available for UHNM users only. More Help Try our etutorial Using Dynamed Check our Dynamed help page Find more Dynamed blog posts on our Information Skills for Health blog