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Are you frustrated with searching the Internet? Can you find the right evidence at the right time to support patient care? Are you struggling to get access to full-text articles? Do you know how to appraise the research you find? We can help you to develop your skills so that you can find the evidence to support decision-making and patient care. Our courses include opportunities to: Get help finding the right information via the Internet Learn how to conduct a literature search and use our databases to get information quickly Find high-level good quality systematic reviews and evidence summaries using the Cochrane Library and similar resources Start to develop your critical appraisal skills Get to grips with Refworks (Keele only) Our courses are free, provide lots of hands-on opportunities and are usually completed in 1 to 2 hours. Why not book online now , or contact our training team .

You don’t need to take lots of books home with you this summer, you can read the ebook instead. Our ebook collection is available online via Library Search . Use Library Search to search for a book title or to search for books on a particular topic. Once you have found a title you like, look for the “View Online” tab to see if it is available as an ebook. Click the tab and you’ll get the link you need to follow to access the book. Keele users will need their Keele computer login details to log on, whilst NHS staff will need their NHS Athens username and password. Screen-shot of an ebook entry on Library Search For more help on finding and using ebooks, see our help page .

Last week we took part in the Keele Digital Festival (2018). We showcased our etutorials and demonstrated how we can support students to develop their digital literacy skills. Thanks to everyone who attended; hope you all enjoyed the festival and found our presentation interesting. Here is our video which highlights all the different opportunities that we offer, to help you to develop your digital skills. If you would like to learn more, come and talk to us at the Health Library.

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Diabetes is predicted to become a huge crisis for the future health of the U.K.’s population. It is a health condition that can have a major impact on one’s life and once at an advanced stage, diabetes can cause a host of other health complications. Knowledge of the causes of diabetes is a prerequisite to reducing the risk of becoming a diabetic. Diabetes afflicts more people in the U.K. than any other serious health condition. There are 4.6 million Type 1 sufferers and an estimated 12.3 million people are potential type 2 diabetics. 2018’s campaign is seeing Diabetes UK try and create further   awareness of the condition and encouraging people to share their experiences of living with diabetes. For more information surrounding diabetes please visit the NHS Choices and Diabetes UK websites: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes/ https://www.diabetes.org.uk/get_involved/diabetes-week RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES For anyone studying the importance of improving both th...

Keele Library Latest: New books : It may be the summer, and the exams may be over (for many, not all!), but the Library continues to add new books to stock all year round. Li...

Important message from Keele IT For the past few years IT Services has run a disaster recovery exercise on the central IT service. ​ This year we will be conducting tests on two separate  Saturdays: 9th June 2018 and 14th July 2018 . Each day will commence at 07:00 and continue until the early evening. ​ This is our opportunity to measure the levels of disruption to key services in the event of building and/or network loss. ​ ​ ​Please see below the list of services which will be at out of action or affected during the day Services which will be out of action on June 9th: Staff and student printing Lecture capture system administration and playback, scheduled recordings will still take place if scheduled before the 9th June Some commercial and business systems External access to Keele systems via the VPN Some local S: drive and network filestore ​​ ​ (Directorates, Primary Care, 50% of taught students)​  Some disruption to PC logins in Labs or O...