Health Library News

Here is a quick reminder of how to access the Keele University databases, ejournals and articles when you are off-campus. To access our ejournals for articles When you search the Keele A-Z list of journals for a journal title you will be given a link to the publisher’s site for the journal page. The publisher sites are all different but you need to login to be able to access the full-text. Look for a login link to the Shibboleth login or Institutional login, then select Keele University. You will be presented with a login screen where you can enter your Keele computer username and password. Here is an example of how to login to a journal. To access our databases to search for articles Use the links to the databases on your subject page: medicine , midwifery or nursing . These links take you directly to the correct login screen. You will need to enter your Keele computer username and password. You can find an example of how to do this in the video below: Yo...

For those of you who might be away from campus during the holiday period, here is a reminder of how to access our eresources: To check or renew your books Most books should have a return date for after the Xmas holidays. If you do need to renew your loans or you want to check your account then you can do so online via the catalogue . You will need to enter your Keele computer username and password. To read an ebook We have many online ebooks including some popular reading-list texts. Just search the catalogue for the title you are looking for and click the appropriate login link. You can get more help on using ebooks from our Using eBooks etutorial . To access our databases to search for articles Use the links to the databases on your subject page: medicine , midwifery or nursing . These links take you directly to the correct login screen. You will need to enter your Keele computer username and password. You can find an example of how to do this in the vid...

Medicines Complete have updated their home page and login screen. The home page now looks like this: Screen-shot of Medicines Complete home page To login you will need to click the “ Sign in ” link on the right-hand-side. You are then given a number of options: Screen-shot of Medicines Complete login options NHS Users (using an Athens username and password) Click the option “ Sign in via OpenAthens ” Enter your NHS Athens username / password when prompted Keele University Users (using your Keele computer username and password) Click the option “ Sign in via your home organisation ” Enter the organisation Keele University and click the link when it is presented. Enter your Keele computer username and password when prompted Contact the eResources Librarian if you experience any problems.

Don’t forget that we have 2 new etutorials to help you to get the right username and password to access our eresources: Keele Access to eResources - for Keele users; learn how to use your Keele username and password to access eresources off-campus NHS Athens Registration - for NHS users; learn how to register for an NHS Athens username and password to access NHS-based eresources

There are now 2 new etutorials to help you to get the right username and password to access our eresources: Keele Access to eResources - for Keele users; learn how to use your Keele username and password to access eresources off-campus NHS Athens Registration - for NHS users; learn how to register for an NHS Athens username and password to access NHS-based eresources