Your digital skills – how can the Health Library help?

Use your digital skills to find the right information that you need for your assignments, studies, work, research and patient care. The Health Library also helps you to find the right information that you need for your assignments, studies, work, research and patient care.

We’ve got resources to support your skills development, resources to give you the right information and experience to help you to find the right path to achieve success in your information searching.

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Here’s a quick introduction to the facilities, services and resources you can access at the Health Library:

Get to know the Health Library

1. Watch the Health Library video for a brief overview of how we support our users

2. Complete our tutorial Using the Health Library for a photo-tour and more information about our facilities and services.

Find out more from your induction tutorial

We have a number of inductions to help our different user groups get started at the Health Library

More eTutorials

Find all our online tutorials on the Information Skills web page on the Health Library website.

More help

Contact the Health Library if you need any help finding the information you need.

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Get the latest evidence updates via KnowledgeShare

Stay up-to-date with the latest published evidence. Save time by getting evidence sent straight to your inbox: save effort by getting tailored content linked to your interests. NHS staff can sign-up for KnowledgeShare Updates to get: Regular updates Evidence sent by email Topic specific Include clinical, specialty topics, such as diseases and conditions Include management-based topics, such as leadership, patient safety, education, quality improvement and much more Tailored to your work-role Content includes reports, reviews, guidelines, evidence summaries, research and more Get full-text links where available Watch this video for a quick overview: Ready to sign-up? Register for your updates in the most convenient way for you: Join the library at the same time – complete our joint membership form Download and complete an MS Word form and email it to us Complete a short online form Self-register on KnowledgeShare You will need your NHS OpenaAthens username to check your K

Maximise your potential with engaging tutorials from the Health Library

Keep your skill set up-to-date with the Health Library Information Skills etutorials . Check out our latest poster below for more details. eTutorials A4 poster by Cheryl Kent

Take a look at our Reading Well collection during Virtual Wellbeing Week

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

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