Health Library News

  Are you open to learning something new? UHNM staff should take a look at our latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin In this issue:   BMJ Case Reports, Journal of the Week, a look back to #KNOWvember 2023, how to get easy access to full-text, trials and tribulations of full-text access   NHS OpenAthens Updates January 2024  

 Welcome to the latest version of the Health Library newsletter . Here you can get a quick round up of the latest news at the Health Library including: Library Search accounts Look after yourself this winter What did you learn this #KNOWvember Hot Topics! Journal of the Week World Aids Day Cervical Cancer Prevention Week Highlights of 2023 Take a look at the Health Library newsletter online .

 We've been publishing our Hot Topics! on key winter illnesses. Get best practice, key recommendations, guidelines and patient leaflets to ensure you are delivering the best evidence-based practice. Topics covered so far include: Hot Topic! RSV – respiratory syncytial virus Hot Topic! Norovirus Hot Topic! Flu Hot Topic! Covid-19 Hot Topic! Measles

  According to Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust, every day in the UK nine women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and two lose their lives to it.  Nearly all cases are caused by an infection with certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV). There are tools available to help prevent cervical cancer, such as cervical screening and the HPV vaccination.  However – there is still more to be done - which is why Jo’s Trust continue with their annual campaign, Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, in order to raise awareness of these tools and to tackle inequalities in cancer prevention.   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 article...

 This year we are going to be highlighting some of the journals in our journal collection via a Journal of the Week blog post on our Information Skills for Health blog. So whether you're looking for something specialist or generalist, full of research, offering career support or promoting best practice, there's bound to be something for you. But let's start with what journals are and why you need them - read our blog post or take a look at this infograph:

 We've updated our website to help you get straight to the service you need: Home page - your quick links have been moved further up the page, getting you to the most popular options for our main user groups  Using the Health Library  section - all the options are now presented in easy to read boxes Find section - you can now link quickly to all the different types of resources that we offer Specialist support  section - get quick access to forms related to the main sections, the Inter-library loans service and the Literature Search request service Training section - you can link straight to popular content has been included in the top section Information Skills etutorials - it's now easy to move down the page and view all the sections by using the jump links If you need any help finding the right information please get in touch health.library@keele.ac.uk

   Library Search provides the library catalogue which includes all the books in the collections held at the Health Library (CEC), Campus Library and Health Library at County. NHS staff use Library Search differently from Keele University staff and students. Make sure you make the most of your library membership by learning how to use Library Search to get the information you need. We have recently updated our instructions for logging in to Library Search - check out the steps to follow here.  And here are 5 things you can check on your Library Search account . To learn more about what Library Search can do for NHS users, explore our tutorial Library Search for NHS users .

 We're so much more than just books. Find out in 40 seconds what else we can do for you: We're here to support your studies and work, whether you are a Keele student or work for our NHS partners.  Explore our website  to learn more about our services, facilities and resources.