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There will be reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays.  Please see our web page for more details .   Online resources  will be available 24/7.

If you are away this Christmas don’t take any books with you – you can access our ebooks online.  Most of our ebooks collections can be found on Library Search . UHNM users can also access the ebook collection on Clinical Key . If you are a Keele user – you’ll need to login with your Keele computer login details. If you are an NHS user – you’ll need to login with your NHS Athens username. For more help: Complete our short etutorial Using eBooks Check the blog posts from the Information Skills for Health Find more help from the Campus Library

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Thank you to everyone who kindly donated items which will make such a difference to people in crisis this Christmas. Here is  Health Library staff member Janet Ford pictured surrounded by some of the donations to the Food Bank appeal. Janet with foodbank donations It is still not too late to donate to the appeal which has been extended until after Christmas, any non-perishable food and toiletries will be much appreciated. If you work at UHNM and are unable to bring the donations to the library please contact Rachael Lewis on  01782 679563  or  rachael.lewis@uhnm. nhs.uk  who can arrange collection from your department.

Are you struggling to find the information you need? Are you worrying about using databases? Fear not. You can try our online etutorials to help you to develop your information searching skills and get started using some of our fab-u-lous resources. Our etutorials include: Short bite-size learning Interactive elements (like characters, quizzes and click and see) Multimedia (such as video and audio) Downloadable plans Downloadable reflection document for your portfolio Learn more about our resources from the Getting Starting etutorials . If you need to develop your literature searching skill then try the Information Skills etutorials . Not sure where to start? Then Check Your Skills to see where the gaps are in your knowledge. screen-shot from the Check Your Skills etutorial

The Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin , produced by the NHS Outreach Team is now available via the Health Library website. Issues are added to the website as they become available, so you can always find them online. The bulletin aims to draw attention to key documents, guidance and evidence-based reviews on clinical effectiveness. It is published on a monthly basis. For more information contact the Outreach Team.

There will be reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays.  Please see our web page for more details .   Online resources  will be available 24/7.

Keele Library Latest: New books added in November : In November we added over a thousand new items to library stock. Lists of them, subdivided by Library and in shelfmark order, are available ...

Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in the UK, with most people being diagnosed over the age of 60. However it shouldn’t be. It’s treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. This December, Bowel Cancer UK have brought back their annual campaign DECEMBEARD. This campaign encourages men cross the country men to put away the razors and growing beards for December to raise awareness and money to support our vital research and lifesaving work to stop bowel cancer.  Whether you’re new to facial fuzz or an experienced beard grower it’s easy to join in; just clean shave on 30th November and watch your beard blossom. Already bearded? Ditch or dye your beard for December and get sponsored to sport a new look for the month. For more information surrounding Bowel Cancer   please visit the NHS Choices and Bowel Cancer UK websites: http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cancer-of-the-colon-rectum-or-bowel/Pages/Introduction.aspx https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/ RE...

Information Skills for Health: Proquest database problems on UHNM network Fixed : The Proquest database provides NHS athens users with access to ejournals and articles on the Medline and PsychInfo databases. The problem we...

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There will be reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays. Please see our web page for more details .   Online resources will be available 24/7.