Health Library News

This information affects NHS, SCONUL and Alumni members. If you have a library card for the Health Library at Royal Stoke or the Library, Education and Resource Centre at County Hospital you will have set up a password for an online library account, which you access through the library catalogue  Library Search . This is used to login to your account to view your book loans, renew items and place requests on items.  The system which manages the login details is changing to increase security. Please be aware if you have a password that is fewer than 8 characters you will find that from January 2020 that you will not be able to log in to Library Search. Also any members who have  not logged into their library account at all during 2019 will also find their password will not work. To avoid this - please  login to your account at least once in 2019, and if needed reset your Library Search password to meet the new security criteria. If you have not logged in or res

If you are planning to visit the Health Library over the Christmas holidays please check our reduced opening hours for this period.

Information Skills for Health: RefWorks downtime December 21st, 2019 : Message regarding RefWorks: "ExLibris is  moving the RefWorks data center to a new server  on  December 21, 2019 .  We are expecti...

KCOM (for UHNM IT) are undertaking maintenance on the network in the CEC on 19th and 20th Dec between 8 am and 12 noon. At some point for a couple of minutes: each PC [staff and customer, NHS & Keele] will lose network connection each phone, including ongoing calls, will cut out and reboot self-service unit will be affected Health Library till will be affected We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Health Library is holding a Foodbank Collection appeal, between December and  January. If you would like to make a donation, there is a donation point in the Health Library  to deposit your item(s). The Foodbank is currently short of the following: Long Life Milk Tinned Rice Pudding Tinned Fruit Tinned Vegetables Tinned/Packet Potatoes Tinned Tuna. Pasta Sauces Biscuits Chocolates Toiletries - shampoo/shower gel/toothpaste/deodorants The Foodbank does amazing work, providing 3 days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food  and support to local people who are referred to them in crisis. To learn more about their  work, visit newcastlestaffs.foodbank.org.uk . Basket of food on the Foodbank collection table Your help will be greatly appreciated by the Foodbank. Thank you

Most people experience grief when they lose something or someone important to them. Therefore, National Grief Awareness Week is used as a tool for raising awareness of all aspects of grief and loss on a national scale. Campaigns such as this have been created in the hope of offering access to a choice of tailored bereavement support to all those grieving in the UK and to those working with the bereaved; as well as to ensure immediate access to support for all types of bereavement in local communities across the country. For more information surrounding grief, please visit The Good Grief Trust and NHS Choices websites: https://www.thegoodgrieftrust.org/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/coping-with-bereavement/ RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of and supporting those who are suffering from the effects of grief or bereavement loss, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and