Health Library News

   The Health Library will have reduced opening hours over the Easter holiday weekend. Good Friday, 15th April :  9 am - 5 pm Saturday, 16th April :  9 am - 5 pm Easter Sunday, 17th April : 9 am - 5 pm Easter Monday, 18th April : Closed You can still  access content online .

 The excellent search engine NICE Evidence Search is being decommissioned 31st March 2022. You will not be able to use this resource after this date. Reference to NICE Evidence Search has been removed from the Health Library website. Alternative resources you might like to consider are: TRIP NHS Knowledge and Library Hub You can find links to these resources as well as additional help on our NHS Resources page .

 The way to check for NHS journals is changing! The NHS A-Z list is being withdrawn. 31st March 2022. This list will no longer be available. Switch to using Browzine. Browzine is a third party tool provided by Health Education England. No login is required to browse the list. Access to full-text articles will vary depending on your organisation: select the right list from our journals page . More help Get step-by-step instructions to using Browzine to view NHS journals Check our journals help page for tutorials, videos and blog posts More hints and tips are available on our NHS ejournals help page Contact the eResources Librarian if you need any help accessing our NHS ejournals

 HDAS the Healthcare Databases Advanced Search facility will close 31 st March 2022. After this date, all your saved searches and alerts will be deleted . Export your saved searches or alerts NOW ! When it’s gone, it’s gone. How to export your saved content Check the instructions on the HDAS website Read our blog post for videos and instructions on exporting from HDAS and importing into Ebsco, Ovid and Proquest More Help Please contact our training team if you need any assistance.

 Nurses working for UHNM and North Staffs Combined Healthcare can now access a range of key nursing-specialist journal titles from the RCN. Journals include: Cancer nursing practice Emergency nurse Learning Disability Practice Mental Health Practice Nurse Researcher Nursing Children and Young People Nursing Management Nursing Older People Nursing standard Primary Health Care You can find the titles on our browzine list of journals . Just log in with your NHS OpenAthens username when prompted to access the full-text. Because of the way RCN have configured their website, a few articles may not be accessible but you can request them free of charge.

At last, we’ve come to the end of our A-Z. Well done if you stuck with us all the way. Time to take a break. More Help Find out more about the Health Library from: Health Library website Using the Health Library online tutorial Introduction to the Health Library video

Let us know what you think of our service. Send us your feedback Request new stock for our collections – we’ll investigate your request and let you know if we can purchase it Provide feedback for our online tutorials Check Your Skills Getting Started tutorials Information Skills tutorials Just send us a comment, compliment or complaint You can contact anyone at the Health Library if you just want to have a chat.

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** NHS HDAS (healthcare advanced search database) will close 31st March 2022. ** If you use NHS HDAS to complete your literature searching and set alerts then you need to act now! If you use NHS HDAS to search Cinahl, Medline, Amed, Embase or any NHS bibliographic database, then you need to act now! Which database should you search? Which platform hosts them? Check our online tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to find out. Make the switch! Move any saved searches and alerts to the database host platforms Start your literature searching on the host platforms Get more help from our NHS databases help page Contact the training team for help using the host platforms

Make sure you look after yourselves. The library can play a part. Evidence supports the value of reading to improve health and wellbeing, so we have introduced a collection of books based on the Reading Agency’s Reading Well and Mood-boosting books. Take a look at our Reading Well collection . You can browse the collection online or thumb through books in the library. Books are available on standard loan. This collection is gathered together and shelved by the main doors. You’ll find texts on self help, inspirational stories or just something for a bit of a laugh.

Why not come along and visit us? We are located on the ground floor, in the Clinical Education Centre, at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Here are some instructions on how to get here, along with a Google Street map view. We’re in the really distinctive round building you can see from the A34. The library is usually a quiet place to study or catch up on some paperwork. You can use the silent study room if you need. We also have NHS and Keele networked computers, as well as provision for photocopying, scanning and printing. More Help Please check our opening hours before you visit Contact the Health Library here if you need to.

 The Royal Marsden Manual online is now available to all NHS staff, courtesy of Health Education England.  The Royal Marsden Manual includes procedures and guidance; all evidence-based, including references. You can log in with your NHS OpenAthens username to access the full-text; make sure you select the OpenAthens option from the login page. Royal Marsden home page - login option is top-right

How do you stay up-to-date with the latest news or research? Make sure you don’t miss out! Let us help. Sign up to stay up-to-date. KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates for NHS staff Get the latest good quality evidence from our KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates. Tell us what you are interested in and we’ll set up your profile. You’ll then get updates straight to your inbox. Evidence includes: summaries, research, reports, reviews, guidelines, patient information and more. Learn more about KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates from our Current Awareness page . Library Bulletins Our NHS Outreach staff create a number of regular bulletins aimed at community staff working in primary care. These include: Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin (Monthly) Health Inequalities Bulletin (Bi-Monthly) Mental Health & Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin (Monthly) To stay up-to-date with the latest research on covid-19 / coronavirus check out our Covid-19 Evidence Bulletin. Find links to ...

Get expert help from our training team so that you get great quality evidence and make the most of our resources. We have a range of Training opportunities to help you to get to grips with services and resources on offer at the Health Library. Most training is currently being delivered remotely online. Keele University Students Medicine, midwifery and nursing students can book training to help them to develop their information skills and get the best evidence for their assignments and dissertation. Scheduled courses are delivered as part of the Keele “In a nutshell…” series. Sign-up for a scheduled course or arrange a 1-to-1 session with our training team. Find out more on our Keele training page . Keele University Staff Keele University staff working in the faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences can request a 1-to-1 induction with the Health Library training team. Find out how to use specialist healthcare resources to support your teaching and research and make the most...

 Improve your skills to get good marks, produce a good dissertation, complete your research project and write academically. Make the most of our collections to develop your study skills. Check out our special Study Skills collection . Here you’ll find books – both in print and as ebooks – to help you to: Manage your study time Develop your writing skills Make better notes Plan your dissertation Develop critical thinking skills Present your work Use the Search option to look for a particular study skills topic You can access some titles online – check whether the ebook is available for your user group (Keele or NHS) and login with either your Keele login details or your NHS OpenAthens username. You can request a title from campus library and pick it up at the Health Library.

Researchers working with Keele or our NHS organisations can get support from the Health Library. Whether you are completing research, working for a post-graduate qualification or working on a work project, clinical audit, quality improvement or innovation project, we can help.     NHS Researchers can take a look at our Researchers Toolkit . Here you’ll find help and sign-posting on:   Developing your research question   Completing background reading and recent published research   How to refresh your digital skills   Preparing your project   Funding opportunities   Sharing your results   Keele researchers can check our Keele Researchers page for help on:   Finding resources   Training   Sign-posting to Keele researchers’ support services   External websites and support organisations   More Help   Check the training section   on our website for online induction, guides, tutorials, videos and how-to instr...