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  Rare Disease Day takes place every year on 28 February (or 29 February in leap years) – the rarest day of the year.   It is a global movement aimed at working towards equity in social opportunity, healthcare and access to diagnosis and treatment for all those living with a rare disease. According to rarediseaseday.org, a disease is classified as rare if it affects fewer than 1 in 2,000 people.   There are estimated to be over 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease with 72% of such diseases being genetic. 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   ...

  Discover how ClinicalKey can support your research or clinical practice, from accessing high-quality images and journals to utilising clinical calculators, NICE guidelines, and patient education materials. Click here to register for the event: If you can’t make this date, the Health Library can also deliver an introductory session on Clinical Key face to face or online via MS Teams, on a 1-2-1 basis or as a group session for you and your team. To arrange a session, please email:  Olga.Pattison@uhnm.nhs.uk   If you are a Researcher: Discover: How to access thousands of images and videos that you can use for non-commercial purposes How to subscribe to your favourite journals How to organize your searches and content through tags How to monitor CME credits by the hours spending on ClinicalKey If you are a Clinician or Nurse Discover: How to support your diagnose with concise Clinical Overviews feed by the latest evidence based content available How to...

 Referencing is an essential element you need to complete when you are writing up your assignments or articles. Make sure you are using information ethically and avoid accusations of plagiarism. Follow the advice below to ensure that you are prepared to reference and don't waste time at the end of your project. Key Steps Follow these key steps to make sure you reference well: Plan early in your project how you are going to keep your references Choose your referencing style Check with your tutor or the publisher you want to send your article to for their referencing style or requirements Keep a record of the references of the resources you use Be consistent Resources We have a number of resources to help you to manage your references: RefWorks for Keele students - all Keele students have access to this. You can store and then export your references. RefWorks for NHS users - this is only available for NHS staff who are involved in research or are completing a long-term project suc...

 Want to get the best evidence quickly? Need to get the right information and latest research to write great assignments? Make sure you plan your literature search to get the best information efficiently. Key steps Follow these key steps to save time. Take time to prepare your search plan Analyse your question to focus your search Develop your search skills and learn to combine searches and use a thesaurus Make sure you use the right resources to get to the best information for your question Evaluate your search results for good quality evidence Use information ethically to avoid plagiarism Learn about different ways to communicate your work Stay up-to-date with new information during your project Good quality resources Use good quality resources. Our library services subscribe to healthcare focused resources including books, ebooks, journals and databases. These will help you to find good quality information. Take a look at our resources pages to access these essential reosu...

 You can now check online for the latest print books and ebooks added to the libraries' catalogue Library Search. Just go to the online collection and start browsing. This collection includes new items added to the Health Library (at the CEC, Royal Stoke Hospital) as well as Campus Library and the Health Library at County (Stafford). Health Library members can borrow from any library, simply log in to Library Search and make a request. Or contact the team at the library if you need any help. If you think something is missing from our collection you can make a stock suggestion by completing our online form .