Health Library News

If you want to use a computer at the Health Library check out the facilities available via our IT facilities web page .

Here is a selection of new titles added to the catalogue this month. Browse all the latest titles here or check out the “New Books” display in the library. New books include: Equipment in anaesthesia and critical care : a complete guide for the FRCA Daniel Aston, Angus Rivers, Asela Dharmadasa. Essential clinical skills for nurses : step-by-step / edited by Catherine Delves Yates Hodson and Geddes' cystic fibrosis / Andrew Bush, Diana Bilton, Maragaret Hodson Law and ethics for midwifery / Elinor J. Clarke Murtagh's general practice / John Murtagh New clinical genetics / Andrew Read and Dian Donnai New ebooks include: Before we are born [electronic resource] essentials of embryology and birth defects / edited by Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, Mark G. Torchia. Gray's anatomy for students [electronic resource] / by Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W.M. Mitchell illustrations by Richard Tibbits and Paul Richardson photographs by Ansell Horn. Nu...

The following current awareness feeds have now been updated: Infection Control Leadership and Management Musculoskeletal If you are already subscribing to the email update there should be no need to change your subscription. You can subscribe on the relevant topic page. The feeds are now combined using feed.informer rather than Yahoo.Pipes.

We are hoping to refurbish the Rotunda. What would like to see? ??? ** new chairs  **  group study space  **  more power points  **  self-service  **  casual seating  **  help point  **  individual study space  ** ??? Let us know what you would like to see here: Add a comment to this blog entry Fill out an ideas form in the library Contact the Health Library We won’t be able to carry out every idea but we’re open to suggestions.

The following current awareness feeds have now been updated: Medicine Midwifery Nursing If you are already subscribing to the email update there should be no need to change your subscription. New subscribers can request an email update here . The feeds are now combined using feed.informer rather than Yahoo.Pipes.

There are plenty of copies of this popular title "Robbins Basic Pathology" by Kumar et al in the Health Library. Check the shelves at classmark RB 111 K8.

Are you an NHS member of staff working for UHNM? You can attend one of our training courses to help you to develop your literature searching and information skills. Courses available include: Health Essentials Online Literature Searching Healthcare Databases Cochrane Library and Others Rapid Critical Appraisal All courses are free to UHNM staff. You can book online .

You can now access the Keele Wifi service (Eduroam) across many of the main buildings at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. This includes all floors of the main Lyme, Trent and Maternity buildings as well as the Courtyard Annexe and HCSA. You may not find a Keele connection absolutely everywhere across the site and please be mindful that you won’t have the same bandwidth available in the main hospital areas as within Keele-based buildings (for obvious clinical considerations). However hopefully this will represent an improved service to Keele students and staff. Useful access that you might like to consider: Keele App – to access your library account BNF / BNFc App – for up-to-date drug reference (use your NHS Athens username) Dynamed – evidence-based point-of-care resources (use your NHS Athens username) Twitter App – keep up-to-date with news at the Health library by following our @CEClibrary twitter feed NHS staff wanting to use the hospital wifi sh...

You can find "Timely Discharge from Hospital" by Lees at RA 971 8 L3.

The Health Library will be closed for the Bank Holiday on Monday 31st August. Online resources will still be available.

If you are struggling to access the full-text for our NHS Journals then check out our NHS Journal Help page . Here you can find: Hints and Tips Help for problem journals Help for problem platforms Log of know journal problems

If you want to make the most of your literature searching and find information efficiently then follow our 7 steps to searching. Our etutorial Introduction to Literature Searching will tell you all about it.

We also have texts relating to public health in the Health Library. You can find this book "From Public Health to Wellbeing: the driver for policy and action" (Walker & John) at RA 485 W2.

The Health Library will be closed for the Bank Holiday on Monday 31st August. Online resources will still be available.

If you have a question about the Health Library but are afraid to ask, then check out our FAQs page – the answer might be there.

If you are a member of academic staff at Keele University why not check out our Information for Academic Staff page . Here you'll find out about our services that can help to support your teaching: Using our eTutorials Information Skills Training Literature Search Service Stock Suggestion

Make sure that you know how to find journals and articles using our NHS-based resources. Our quick tutorials will get you started with our NHS journals list and HDAS databases: Finding Articles Finding an NHS eJournal Using HDAS – NHS databases   There are more etutorials available on our website.

We have a number of services that you can request online via our website: Inter-Library Loan (ILL) – if we don’t have a book or article that you need, you can request an inter-library loan and we will try to find it from another library. Literature Search Service – if you don’t have time to do your own literature search we can do it for you. Complete our online form to make your request. Information Skills Training – we offer a comprehensive training programme throughout the year. You can book on a scheduled course via our online booking form . Stock Suggestion – if you think we are missing a vital text from our collection you can make a stock suggestion online . Anything else? Just use our Contact Us Online form if you want to get in touch about any other issues. You’ll find all our contact details on our website if you want to contact us in any other way.

The book "Examining Trust in Healthcare" (Pilgrim et al) is on the shelves at classmark RA 418 P4.

If you want to access our NHS-subscribed online resources, you'll need to register for an NHS Athens username / password. This will allow you to login to databases, journal collections and ebooks to access the full-text. Our NHS Athens page includes all the links you will need to maintain your Athens username. As well as give you information and advice on how to register.