Health Library News

Due to an upgrade to the IT and telephone systems we now have new telephone numbers. The main numbers are: Library:    01782 (6)79500 Renewals:    01782 (6)79577 Inter-Library Loans:    01782 (6)79579 All numbers are listed on our Contact Us page .

The Athens service will be carrying out maintenance 31st May. This may affect admin services, access to resources and registration services for short periods throughout the day. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

NHS Evidence have reported that there is a problem with the links to full-text articles which should be available from the HDAS search results and the My Journals list. They are currently working to resolve the problem and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Health Library will be closed Monday 30th May for the Bank Holiday. Remember that you can still access our electronic resources online.

We are expecting significant disruption during 31st May and 1st June as our IT networks and telephone systems are migrated. This may result in the loss of our computer systems and telephone services throughout the Health Library. We ask for your patience during this period and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Over the year we will be ending our subscription for a number of print journals. Many of these journals will be available online via our subscribed databases. When we have received the last issue of the print journal a poster will be displayed in the journal display area for that journal to indicate where you can find it. You can find the holdings for all print journals via the catalogue . eJournals available via Keele subscription can be found on the Keele A-Z list. NHS ejournals can be viewed on the NHS Evidence My Journals list – NHS Athens login is required. See our journals page for more information. NHS users should note that they can request a temporary login to the Keele network in order to access Keele networked resources.

Training courses for Cochrane Library and NHS Literature Searching, available on the 1st June have been cancelled due to IT work expected that day. Please see our available training schedule if you are interested in a training course; book a course online .

The main page for the NHS Evidence Health Information Resources (HIR) has changed. This is now promoted as a "Journals and Databases" page. Here you can still link to the main NHS-provided databases and to our subscribed e-journals and e-books. Options are available from the NHS Evidence Journals and Databases page Please note that the "sign in" option at the top left of the screen is NOT for your Athens username. This is to allow you to register and sign on to the main NHS Evidence website. The Athens login screen is available from within the individual options ie databases, journals, eBooks or NHS Athens. The Health Information Resources web page on the Health Library website will be updated as soon as possible but if you do find any errors then please let the eResources librarian know. The list of links to other resources  has been removed from the NHS Evidence Journals and Databases page, however we do have a comprehensive list of suggested literature ...

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The training session on Literature Searching for NHS users, which was due to be held tomorrow the 6th May, has now been cancelled due to lack of response. Details of all our training sessions are available online .

The previous problem reported with full-text links from NHS Evidence databases (HDAS) and My Journals has now been fixed.

NHS Evidence have reported that there are problems accessing full-text articles from the NHS Evidence databases (HDAS) and My Journals lists. They are working to resolve the issue and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

A list of our latest titles is now available for you to view . We also have a number of new ebooks this month.

Click here to access the bulletin. This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire. It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Bandolier, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

The Specialist Collections on the NHS Evidence HIR website will be changing. There will no longer be any bulletins, RSS Feeds or page updates. NHS Evidence will be updating during May to incorporate topic pages. The Health Library website and Current Awareness Service will be amended over the next couple of weeks in order to reflect these changes.

Remember that there is a change to the Health Library opening hours over the Royal Wedding and Bank Holiday. The Campus Library will be open 24/7 during Easter and May although there may be a restricted counter service at some times. Remember that you can still access all our online resources - see the Quick Links on the Health Library home page.

NHS Athens users trying to access our ejournal titles provided via the Science Direct database from Elsevier will need to use the Science Direct login option (at the top of the page). Follow the links to login to Athens again in order to access the full-text. Elsevier do not supply a direct link. Use the Login option at the top of the page and follow the links to Athens All available titles can be browsed via the NHS Evidence My Journals facility after logging in via Athens. Example of an Elsevier Science Direct title on the My Journals list

Remember that there is a change to the Health Library opening hours over the Easter Holiday. Please note that there will not be any extended loan period to cover the University Easter vacation period. All loan periods will be as normal except when the Health Library is closed. The Campus Library will be open 24/7 during Easter and May although there may be a restricted counter service at some times. Remember that you can still access all our online resources - see the Quick Links on the Health Library home page.