Health Library News

  Oxford University Press’s (OUP) major research book collections will move to the  Oxford Academic  platform . This means that that books from our  Oxford collections  will be available alongside journals in a single place for the first time. It is expected that content will move 14th July. Once this content has moved to  Oxford Academic , the current product sites will still be accessible for a period of dual running. During this time, we encourage you to explore and familiarize yourself with Oxford Academic before redirects go into place on July 20th. After this date, the content will no longer be available on the current product sites. There may be some disruption during the implementation, 14th to 20th July, please contact the library service if you encounter any problems.

 NHS nurses have access to a wealth of online information resources . Make sure you make the most of those resources . Check our training options to help you to find the best evidence to keep up-to-date and maintain best practice. Improve your information skills - complete our online tutorials to learn more about the information skills you need and how to can improve them Book on a library training course - attend one of our scheduled training courses to learn more about how to search for the best evidence Arrange a one-to-one session - contact our training team to arrange a personalised one-to-one training session to discuss your information needs

The Health Library will have reduced opening times on the below dates. Saturday 18th June 2022 : 10 am - 4.45 pm Sunday 19th June 2022 : 10 am to 2.15 pm Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

  This week is the HEE NHS KLS awareness week for NHS libraries (13th to 17th June 2022). What do you know about your library service? Do you know where we are? Our library service is covered by 3 sites: Health Library for North Staffordshire , based at the CEC, at the Royal Stoke University Centre Health Library at County , based at the PGMC, at the County Hospital, Stafford site Keele University Campus Library ,  based on the Keele campus site Do you know who can use us? The library service is available for NHS staff working at University Hospitals of North Midlands North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare CCGs within Staffordshire GP practices with Staffordshire Some services are also offered to staff working at Midlands Partnership Trust Do you know why we’re here? We’re here to support you in your work and professional development, to help you deliver the best possible patient care. How do we do that? We provide resources and tools to help you to

 The Health Library will close early on Saturday 11th June, at 4:45pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

  Develop your skills, make the most of library resources and find the information you need quickly. Complete our online tutorials - try a video , presentation, tutorial, infograph or quiz.   We have re- organised our etutorials . You can now find all the tutorials you need to develop your information skills in one place – the Information Skills eTutorials page . Organised into 12 sections you’ll know exactly where to start:   1. What are information skills?   What are information skills, why do you need them and have you got them? Complete the tutorials here to find out.   2. How can the library help?   Find out about the library facilities, services and resources and how we can support your studies, work and professional development.   3. Introduction to literature searching   Get started with literature searching. Learn about the steps you need to follow and create your own literature search plan.   4. Analyse your question   You need to know what you are looking for – complet

  Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are specialist wards within hospitals that provide treatment and monitoring to the sickest of patients. Such areas are staffed by specially trained healthcare professionals and often contain sophisticated monitoring equipment. ICUs are also sometimes called critical care units (CCUs) or intensive therapy units (ITUs). Intensive care treatment is needed if someone is seriously ill and requires intensive treatment and close monitoring, or if they're having surgery and intensive care can help them recover. People who are patients within these areas, normally have issues with one or more of their organs, e.g. they are unable to breathe on their own and therefore require the additional medical care provided from an ICU. The aim of National Intensive Care Week is to celebrate the incredible work that happens in critical care; and to say thank you to those professionals who work within such areas. For more information surrounding Intensive Care medicine