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Check out what your academic staff research? #AcBookWeek 23rd April

It is Academic Book Week this week – “a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books”. You’ll find a taste of some books authored by members of staff on display by the Library entrance. Here’s another highlight… Geriatric Medicine: an evidence-based approach. Author: Frank Lally & Christine Roffe Book cover for Geriatric Medicine Both Frank and Christine work for the Institute of Science & Technology in Medicine, at Keele University. You can find more details of their research via their Keele Profile Pages – Frank and Christine

Another taster of what your academic staff write about? #AcBookWeek 23rd April

It is Academic Book Week this week – “a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books”. Have a look at our display in the Library. Here is another highlight of a book title written by a member of staff… An Introduction to Evidence-based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare. Author: Dr Alison Pooler Book cover of An Introduction to Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare Alison lectures at Keele University and is interested in research in respiratory medicine and chronic diseases. You can find more details of her current publications on her Keele Profile Page .

Maintenance of Eduroam WiFi at Royal Stoke University Hospital

At 07:30 on Thursday 26th April there will be some maintenance on the Eduroam WiFi at RSUH which will result in a 10 minute outage.  Once the maintenance has been completed you may need to re-connect to Eduroam again on your devices to access the service.   If you have any problems connecting to Eduroam on Thursday or have any questions please contact a member of the ICT Services Team who will be happy to assist. 

What research do your academic staff conduct? #AcBookWeek 23rd April

It is Academic Book Week this week – “a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books”. Why not check out what your academic staff write about, here is a taster… Self-assessment in Paediatrics. Author: Tom Lissauer & Will Carroll Book cover of Self-Assessment in Paediatrics Will Carroll is the Academic and Clinical Lead for Respiratory Paediatrics, UHNM. You can find more details of his research interests and publications on his Keele Profile Page .

What do your academic staff write about? #AcBookWeek 23rd April

It is Academic Book Week this week – “a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books”. So we thought we would highlight a few of the titles written by our healthcare-based academics here at Keele University. You’ll find a taste of some books authored by members of staff on display by the Library entrance. Why not check out what your academic staff write about, here is a taster… Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities. Edited by Sue Read Image of book cover for Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities Sue is a Professor of Learning Disability Nursing at Keele University. You can find more details of her research interests and publications on her Keele Profile Page .

Here's how we helped - Jan-Mar 2018

Here's how we've helped you during January to March 2018: 141 Training sessions delivered - why not book on our training courses ? 51 Completed literature searches - you can make a request online 211 Inter-library loans supplied - request an article online 136 New athens usernames registered - get access to our NHS online resources Image of our stats for Jan to March 2018

Search for an Author on Library Search #AcBookWeek

It is Academic Book Week this week – do you want to read books by our academic staff? Why not check whether we have their books in our collection? Use Library Search to search for book titles by a particular author. 1. You’ll find a link to Library Search on the Health Library homepage . Click the Library Search option. screen-shot of library homepage 2. Click the option "Search Books and more" to focus your search on book titles. screen-shot of Library Search 3. You can just type the authors name into the search box. screen-shot of an example author search The results are presented in a list. screen-shot of example search results 4. If you need to focus your search further, use the Advanced Search option.  screen-shot showing the advanced search option 5. Select to search by author and enter the author’s name or part of their name. You can enter more than one name.  Use the other filter options if you want to. Advanced

Academic Book Week 23rd to 28th April 2018 #AcBookWeek

It is Academic Book Week this week – “a celebration of the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books”. So we thought we would highlight a few of the titles written by our healthcare-based academics here at Keele University. You’ll find a taste of some books authored by members of staff on display by the Library entrance. Photo of book display The Academic Book Week project is running a competition to find the top Books by Women that Changed the World . There is a selected list of 20 titles and you can vote for your favourite and most influential title.

Students on Electives (Medicine) - no change to library loan rules

If you are embarking on an elective or placement at the end of April or 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 thus need to be returned. 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.

Get Started with Library Resources

Make sure you know how to make the most of the resources we provide for you: Healthcare focused Full-text available Search tools with helpful options Try our Getting Started etutorials to learn more. Watch the video to find out what’s on offer

Essential OpenAthens maintenance: Saturday 14 April 2018

On Saturday 14 April 2018 Athens/ Eduserv will be carrying out essential maintenance affecting all administrative functions and some end-user/patron services. More details around exact timing will be added to the  status page  in due course.  OpenAthens administration and user functions: The administration area will be unavailable for up to three hours. OpenAthens users will be unable to: register for a new account; reset their password; change their email address; activate their account. The sign-on service should not be affected but considered ‘at-risk’ for the duration of the maintenance period. Access to the administration area will be re-enabled at the earliest opportunity but account list / search features will be unavailable for up to a further six hours. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

SSoTP eJournal Changes

SSoTP have informed us that they no longer wish to have a library service from us. This means that SSoTP staff will not be able to access current ejournal subscriptions purchased by the Health Library. Thus the following titles will be removed from the NHS A-Z journal list for SSoTP staff. A & A Case Reports Acta Cytologica Aesthetic Surgery Journal Age and Ageing American journal of nursing (AJN) American journal of occupational therapy American Journal of Surgical Pathology ANAESTHESIA Anesthesia and Analgesia Anesthesiology Annals of Oncology Annals of Surgery BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Bone & Joint Journal Brain BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY British Journal of Surgery Cancer Cancer Cytopathology Cancer Nursing Cancer Research Circulation Clinical cancer research Clinical journal of pain Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology Critical Care Medicine Current opinion in anesthesiology

National Bowel Cancer Screening Awareness Month - April 2018

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. Bowel cancer screening can save lives. Screening aims to detect bowel cancer at an early stage, when treatment has the best chance of working. The test can also find polyps (non-cancerous growths), which might develop into cancer. Polyps can easily be removed, to lower the risk of bowel cancer. Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest stage will survive bowel cancer however, this drops significantly as the disease develops. Taking part in bowel cancer screening is the best way to get diagnosed early and early diagnosis saves lives. For more information surrounding Bowel Cancer please visit the NHS Choices and Bowel Cancer UK websites: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/bowel-cancer-screening/ https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/screening/ Look out for the UHNM Bowel

SSoTP Library Service Changes

SSoTP have informed us that they no longer wish to have a library service from us. What does this mean? SSOTP staff can still use the Health Library for: Borrowing books (current members only) Using computers Athens admin help Access to NHS Core Content via your athens username remains the same. The Health Library will no longer provide: Literature searches Training; courses or 1-1 training Inter library loan requests Access to Health Library purchased eJournals What should I do? If you want to borrow books or use the computers, do nothing! If you need a literature search, require training or need to request articles and books, then contact: the library service at SSSFT  or 01785 221584. If you need any further information please ask in the library or contact Sally.Thomas2@ssotp.nhs.uk