Health Library News

 The Health Library will be closed May Day Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May (2022). For access to online resources please check our website .

  Virtual wellbeing week is being run 25th April to 1st May . It is aimed at healthcare staff and encourages you to take a moment to recognise, reflect and reconnect. You can join a range of events organised by Together We're Better: Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent . Reading can support health and wellbeing and help develop empathy. We'd encourage you to take a look at our Reading Well book collection - this is especially created with mood enhancing and self-help books. You can visit the library to view the collection or browse online . Why not take some time out for yourself and read something different? #SSOTStaffWellbeing

 If you are embarking on your final placement in April / May: 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 your account on Library Search. Also all library books must be returned and any outstanding fines settled before the end of your course. Loans will not extend beyond the course end date/graduation.

  Get the right evidence for your studies, revalidation, professional development and work. Search the Proquest databases for good quality, topic-specific articles. Which databases? Our users can access a range of databases from different platforms (Ebsco, Ovid, Proquest). Keele staff and students have access to healthcare databases mainly from Ebsco and Ovid NHS staff can access BNI, Medline, PsycArticles and PsycInfo from Proquest NHS staff can complete our tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to learn more about NHS databases and platforms. Who can access them? Proquest databases are purchased for you. They are not freely available on the Internet. You will need a login to access them: NHS staff can log in using your NHS OpenAthens username / password. You can find step-by-step instructions on our blog post Log on to the Proquest platform for NHS databases . Register online for your NHS OpenAthens username. Where can you access from? Use the easy access...

  Get the right evidence for your studies, revalidation, professional development and work. Search the Ovid databases for good quality, topic-specific articles. Which databases? Our users can access a range of databases from different platforms (Ebsco, Ovid, Proquest). Keele staff and students have access to Maternity and Infant Care from Ovid NHS staff can access AMED, Embase, Emcare, HMIC, Medline and Social Policy and Practice from Ovid NHS staff can complete our tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to learn more about NHS databases and platforms. Who can access them? Ovid databases are purchased for you. They are not freely available on the Internet. You will need a login to access them: Keele staff and students – access your resources immediately on campus via the Keele network. Off-campus you will need to log in using your Keele login details. Find more information on the campus online resources help page NHS staff can log in using your NHS OpenAthens use...

  Get the right evidence for your studies, revalidation, professional development and work. Search the Ebsco databases for good quality, topic-specific articles. Which databases? Our users can access a range of databases from different platforms (Ebsco, Ovid, Proquest). Keele staff and students have access to AMED, Cinahl, Medline and PsychInfo from Ebsco NHS staff can access Cinahl and Medline from Ebsco NHS staff can complete our tutorial Which NHS database do you need? to learn more about NHS databases and platforms. Who can access them? Ebsco databases are purchased for you. They are not freely available on the Internet. You will need a login to access them: Keele staff and students – access your resources immediately on campus via the Keele network. Off-campus you will need to log in using your Keele login details. Find more information on the campus online resources help page NHS staff can log in using your NHS OpenAthens username / password. You can find ste...

 Complete a successful literature review by following these top tips from Rachael, one of our training and information support librarians. The Keele University Study Matters podcast team talked to Rachael about literature reviews. Listen to the podcast to: Learn what a literature review is Get Rachael's top tips for completing a successful literature review Learn to avoid common mistakes Find out how conducting a literature review can support your general skills development Get tips for academics supporting students Listen to the podcast on the Study Matters channel .

 Want to read for fun and share with others? Our colleagues at the Health Library at County are running a virtual reading group. You can get involved via MS Teams, email or Facebook. Just email the team at library@uhnm.nhs.uk for more info.

  Bowel cancer is a general term for cancer that begins in the large bowel. Depending on where the cancer starts, bowel cancer can also be referred to as colon or rectal cancer. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and the second biggest cancer killer. Nearly 43,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK. The 3 main symptoms of bowel cancer are: persistent blood in your poo – that happens for no obvious reason or is associated with a change in bowel habit a persistent change in your bowel habit – which is usually having to poo more and your poo may also become more runny persistent lower abdominal (tummy) pain, bloating or discomfort – that's always caused by eating and may be associated with loss of appetite or significant unintentional weight loss In order to raise awareness for Bowel Cancer, the team at Bowel Cancer UK are using 2022’s campaign to bring everyone together; as they believe that together we can save more lives. ...

Wellbeing event: Recognise :: Reflect :: Reconnect Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent ICS are holding a week-long virtual event: Recognise, Reflect, Reconnect between Monday 25th April and Sunday1st May. This is aimed at NHS staff, giving you the opportunity to recognise the challenges faced over the past 2 years, reflect on your actions, emotions and wellbeing, reconnect with family, friends, colleagues, activities, hobbies, YOU. Look out for events on the Together We're Better [Staffordshire and stoke on Trent] website and twitter account .

 Here's a reminder that we will have reduced opening hours over Easter: 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 Online resources will still be available - please check our website . Best wishes from everyone at the Health Library for the Easter break.

  Get ready for your assignments, exams or dissertation. Update your skills so that you can find the right evidence you need quickly. Prepare yourself to make your studies more successful. Are you ready? Complete our etutorial Check your skills to find out if you’re ready. Get your action plan to start to update your skills. Starting with an Internet search? Be prepared for Google: take a look at our presentation Finding Good Stuff on the Internet , then follow up with Evaluating Information on the Internet to make sure you only use good quality information. Completing your dissertation? Want to submit the best assignments? Start with an Introduction to literature searching . We’ll take you through the steps you need to complete to make sure you get the evidence you need. Make the most of library resources – book a webinar to learn how to use healthcare databases. Get ready to revise for your exams Borrow from our specialist collection of Medical Exam Revision ...

 Apologies, there will be some disruption in the Health Library today whilst new furniture is being assembled. Silent study - will be closed today Printer room - will be closed today. NHS computers and printer will not be available today. Keele printer will not be available today.  Training room Keele network - please collect Keele printing from the main IT suite printer.

 There are been some significant changes to Health Library resources over the past few months. This has been because of changes to resources provided by external suppliers, changes to library resources and the knock-on effect of these changes to other services. To make sure that you are up-to-date with everything, here is a summary: Deleted or Decommissioned Find an article from a reference etutorial - deleted due to reference to decommissioned NHS resources Finding articles for a project etutorial - deleted due to reference to decommissioned NHS resources HDAS (healthcare databases advanced search) - decommissioned by NICE Health Library Current Awareness Service (netvibes) - deleted due to reliance on decommissioned functionality from Google Feedburner Health Library Facebook page - withdrawn due to poor usage Keele researchers web page - deleted; support for Keele researchers now available via the Research and Innovation Support Hub  (Keele login required) NHS A-Z journals ...