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 Make the most of your Health Library Keele University students studying in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences can use the Health Library at the Clinical Education Centre, Royal Stoke University Hospital site. Your Keele card is your library membership card. Use your library service to make sure you use good quality resources and develop your skills to make your studies a success. If you’re studying at the Clinical Education Centre, working on placement or just live near-by, feel free to pop in.  We're here to help. Find out more about our facilities, services and resources – take a look at our Health Library Showcase for Keele Students . You can watch a video or complete a short tutorial.

Upcoming access system upgrade to BMJ Best Practice Message from BMJ regarding BMJ Best Practice === We are writing to notify you of a significant upgrade that is underway to replace the BMJ Best Practice access system. We will be implementing this necessary system upgrade between November 2023 and January 2024. We do not anticipate any downtime of our service while this upgrade takes place. Why are we making these changes? To ensure the reliability and stability of our service and to support future access enhancements.     What does this mean for you?   You will be logged out of BMJ Best Practice -  When the switch to the new system happens, you will be logged out of the BMJ Best Practice app and website. You will be able to log back in again immediately. Check your login details -  You will notice messages alerting you that you will be logged out of the app. Please use the link provided to check your details are up to date. This will ensure that you can use the 'forgotten passwor

  Make sure you find the best information for your assignments so that you succeed on your course. Keele students have access to some great training opportunities at the Health Library. Start with your Health Library induction Make sure you attend the Health Library induction arranged by your tutor. Missed it already? Complete the online tutorial Keele students Library Welcome to learn how we support you. Complete our online tutorials Start to develop your searching skills by completing our short online tutorials . You’ll learn about the skills you need and develop them to help you complete good quality literature searches. Book a Nutshell course Sign-up to an … In a Nutshell workshop and discover more about ebooks, your online reading lists, how to find journal articles, managing your references and lots more. Sessions are available online as well as face-to-face. Arrange a 1-to-1 training session Book a training session with one of our experience librarians to get

This webinar is available to UHNM staff. Join Elsevier and Danish Institute of Public Health on Tuesday 31 October for a 45 minute webinar to raise awareness this #Pinktober about Breast Cancer Screening, The session will focus on people with intellectual disabilities, as part of the activities of EMPOWER - Elsevier’s project which aims to make healthcare truly inclusive.  Dr. Ximena Alvira, Clinical and Research Manager at Elsevier, will be moderating a dialogue panel joined by researchers: Trine Allerslev Horsbøl, RN, MScN, PhD Lau Caspar Thygesen, professor, PhD from the Danish Institute of Public Health Dr. Janne Bigaard, MD, PhD from Danish Cancer Society  They will discuss Breast Cancer screening in research and practice, as well as the importance of including people with intellectual disabilities. Register online

 Make sure you’ve got the right skills to get the best evidence for your studies. Complete our online tutorial Check Your Skills . Take the quiz to find out how to: prepare for your project organise your search select the right information from your results   Get your action plan to find out how to improve your skills and find information more effectively. Take the time to develop your skills to become a successful information searcher. More eTutorials Find more etutorials to help you to develop your digital skills on our Information Skills eTutorials page. Book Training Book a training session with one of our experience librarians to get more support for your searching.

 Get ready for your studies and find out where to get the best information for your assignments – at the Library! Watch the video for a quick overview of key resources for Keele students. Accessing Keele resources You will need to use your Keele login / password to log in to online resources. Library Search Library Search is our library management system and catalogue. It includes information about all the books at the Health Library as well as those at Keele Campus Library and the Health Library at County (Stafford). Search Library Search for books and borrow titles from any of these libraries. You can also perform basic searches across Keele-subscribed resources such as journals and databases to find articles on your topic. Midwifery and Nursing Databases Get good quality evidence for your assignments by searching specialist nursing and midwifery resources. These include databases such as Amed, Cinahl and Maternity and Infant Care. Go to the Midwifery and Nursing Databas

 Read the latest issue of the NHS OpenAthens Update (October 2023)  for UHNM staff. Get hints and tips on using the Health Library and OpenAthens resources to find evidence quickly and save you time.

  Studying with Keele on a remote online course? The Health Library can help you. We are a specialist healthcare library supporting Keele students and NHS staff . We can help you to make the most of library services available to you. Complete this online presentation Online Health Library for Keele University Online Remote Learners and learn more about: Health Library service Library services for NHS staff Working with multiple resources Where to find resources Key resources you’ll need Hints and tips using resources Information Skills etutorials Training opportunities How to stay in touch with the Health Library What did you think about our tutorial – complete our feedback form to help us to improve our service.

Bone and Joint Week takes place every year with the aim of highlighting one of the most widespread health issues - musculoskeletal health.  This year the focus is on taking action against unfair inequalities in musculoskeletal health and access to MSK health services.   RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES    The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic, from basic bone and joint anatomy to diagnostic tools and MSK management and treatment. 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 Bones and joints: a guide for students ;  James Harcus & Christine Gunn ; 2022 (Elsevier), 8 th  edition. Petty's musculoskeletal examination and assessment: a handbook for therap

Make the most of what the Health Library can offer you. Find out how we can make studying easier. Complete our short online tutorial Using the Health Library to learn about: How to visit the Health Library Our collections in the Library How to borrow items Study facilities IT facilities Where to go for online access Where to search for resources Training opportunities Specialist Services Help options What did you think about our tutorial – complete our feedback form  and help us to improve our service.

  Are you studying at the Clinical Education Centre (CEC) or on placement at local NHS sites? Then don’t forget that you can use the Health Library at the CEC. Want to know what we can offer you? Complete our short presentation Keele Students Library Welcome to learn more… Who are we? Where can you find us? View a photo gallery of the library What is our study environment like? Check out the IT facilities What can you borrow? How can you access online resources? Complete our online tutorials to develop your searching skills Book a training session for more help Please let us know what you thought of this presentation by completing our feedback form . This will help us to improve our service.

Keele University students studying in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences can use the Health Library at the Clinical Education Centre, Royal Stoke University Hospital site. Your Keele card is your library membership card. Use your library service to make sure you use good quality resources and develop your skills to make your studies a success. If you’re studying at the Clinical Education Centre, working on placement or just live near-by, feel free to pop in. Find out more about our facilities, services and resources – take a look at our Health Library Showcasefor Keele Students . You can watch a video or complete a short tutorial.