Summary of recent eresources changes

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Health Library Facebook page - withdrawn due to poor usage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 list - decommissioned by NICE / HEE
NICE Evidence Search - decommissioned by NICE
Nursing and Healthcare Assistants Dashboard - withdrawn due to poor usage
Searching NHS databases using HDAS sway - deleted due to decommissioned NHS resources
Y3 Keele Medical Students Induction - deleted due to decommissioned NHS resources

New

Articles for the NHS web page - new web page detailing new tools available to help NHS staff find full-text articles
Browzine journals lists - new journal lists for our supported NHS organisations
Find full-text articles and journals for the NHS sway - new sway explaining how users can find full-text for articles and journals using the new tools; includes video demonstrations
KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates - new current awareness service, allowing users to register for regular evidence updates
LibKey Nomad - new tool helps NHS users get to article full-text quickly
Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines - new resource, evidence-based handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub - new resource from HEE, search engine for selection of NHS-based resources
Royal Marsden Manual Online - online nursing procedures available to all NHS staff
UHNM bitesize training webinars - sessions available for the new Knowledge and Library Hub as well as literature searching via Medline

Updated

Articles web page - updated to accommodate new NHS resources
Current Awareness etutorials - updated to include KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates
Current Awareness web page - updated to include KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates
Ebsco database - available to allow NHS users to search bibliographic databases directly
Finding NHS Resources etutorial - updated to accommodate new NHS resources
Getting Started web page - updated with changes to etutorials
Medical Masterclass - renewed subscription, check for access rules
NHS Library Induction etutorial - updated to accommodate new NHS resources
NHS Online Library for UHNM Staff sway - updated to accommodate all recent changes
NHS Resources web page - updated to remove decommissioned resources and include new resources
Ovid database - available to allow NHS users to search bibliographic databases directly
Proquest database - available to allow NHS users to search bibliographic databases directly
Nursing and Healthcare Assistants web page - updated to include new NHS resources
TRIP database - updated to include NHS OpenAthens authentication route

More help

For more help with NHS eresources:

Diabetes Awareness Month - November 2024

According to the charity Diabetes UK, there are 4.3 million people living with a diagnosis of diabetes in the UK. The NHS spends approximately £10 billion a year on diabetes – almost 80% of this is spent on treating the complications. Diabetes Awareness Month takes place every November with the aim of highlighting the health challenges diabetes presents and providing help and support to those affected. RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES   The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books , journals , journal articles and patient information . BOOKS Textbook of diabetes ; Holt, Richard I. G.; Flyvbjerg, Allan; 2024 (Wiley-Blackwell); 6 th edition. Diabetes care at a glance ; Phillips, Anne; 2023

Request Online...

We have a number of services that you can request online via our website: Inter-Library Loan (ILL) – if we don’t have a book or article that you need, you can request an inter-library loan and we will try to find it from another library. Literature Search Service – if you don’t have time to do your own literature search we can do it for you. Complete our online form to make your request. Information Skills Training – we offer a comprehensive training programme throughout the year. You can book on a scheduled course via our online booking form . Stock Suggestion – if you think we are missing a vital text from our collection you can make a stock suggestion online . Anything else? Just use our Contact Us Online form if you want to get in touch about any other issues. You’ll find all our contact details on our website if you want to contact us in any other way.

Health Inequalities Bulletin no. 35, October - November 2012

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on health inequalities which have been published in the previous two months. Sources covered include: NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

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