Health Library News

Want to share an unusual clinical case, complication or diagnosis? Then you can submit your own BMJ Case Report. BMJ Case Reports are available to UHNM staff. The Health Library subscription includes the opportunity not only for you to access full-text of published content but also for you to submit your own cases. You can find more information on our BMJ Case Reports support page .

You can check your literaturesearching skills to see if you need more help to find the right information effectively. We have created a new etutorial and we’d like your feedback on it. This etutorial is aimed at new Keele students to help them assess their skills and give them an action plan to improve them. Why don’t you have a go … Check your literature searching skills Get an action plan to improve your skills and let us know... Complete the feedback form at the end of the tutorial Screen-shot of the Check Your Skills etutorial

Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, allowing you to search across a range of resources such as ebooks, ejournals, medline, images and videos. It is available to UHNM Athens users. It has lots of features to help you to find and access information, allowing you to save and share content with your colleagues. You’ll find step-by-step instructions to the main features on our Information Skills for Health blog : Get Started – login and get started with Clinical Key Activate your Clinical Key account – for access to more features Accessing eBooks – browse or search the collection for key texts Smart Search – get started with Smart Search “Clinical Focus” filter – helps you to focus your searches quickly Finding Journals – check which journals are available in your specialty Stay up-to-date with research from your key journal titles Saving Articles – learn how to save content and organise in folders Presentation Maker – save and export images in Clinical K...

The Health Library will be closed for the Bank Holiday, Monday 29th May. Online resources remain available via our website .

We supported our members by delivering 87 training sessions last quarter, Jan-Mar 2017. To find out more about our available training and book on a course see the training section of our website . 87 training sessions delivered last quarter

Last quarter (Jan-Mar 2017) 323 NHS staff registered for an Athens username, so as to access our online resources . For information about NHS Athens and how to register see our web page here . 323 new athens users last quarter

Last quarter - Jan to Mar 2017 - we supplied 93 inter-library loans. Remember if you can't find what you are looking for within our collections, then you can apply or an inter-library loan. Complete the online form or ask for a form at the library. 93 Inter-Library Loan Requests Supplied last quarter

The Health Library service completed 70 literature searches for our members Jan-Mar 2017. To request a literature search complete our online form or speak to a member of staff . 70 Literature Searches complete last quarter

We have received news that e-Learning for Healthcare will be unavailable Thursday 18th May between 8 am and 12 noon as follows: ________________________________________ We have (...) planned some system downtime to increase the capacity of our servers.  The downtime is scheduled for Thursday 18 May 2017 between 8am and 12noon. The e-LfH Hub and the e-LfH website will be unavailable during this time.  NHS Trusts colleagues who access our content on their own systems via an AICC link will also be unable to access e-learning programmes.  If you have any concerns or questions about this short period of downtime please email: support@e-lfh.org.uk .  Please share this notification with colleagues who may be affected. We hope you continue to explore e-LfH to access more of our free e-learning programmes. For regular updates about e-LfH content please follow us on Twitter: @HEE_TEL ___________________________________________________

If you are embarking on a placement or elective during May - July: You are welcome to continue to loan items from the library, but please be aware that normal loan periods will still apply. Items may be requested by another user and recalled. Late return of requested items will still incur fines. Automatic renewals will run as normal, but if you wish to try to avoid having an item potentially due for return at a time when you really cannot come in, you can attempt to renew your books early via you account on Library Search.

Develop your information skills and learn how to complete a literature search – our Information Skills etutorials can help Our Information Skills etutorials are short, interactive tutorials that help you to develop the skills you need to find information effectively. Start with an Introduction to Literature Searching – complete the starter search plan for your project or assignment. Then go on and complete more etutorials to improve your search skills . You can complete and save our etutorial reflection document to keep a record for your eportfolio. Here is a quick taster of the skills you can develop:

If you are embarking on an elective in May and June: You are welcome to continue to loan items from the library, but please be aware that normal loan periods will still apply. Items may be requested by another user and recalled.  Late return of requested items will still incur fines. Automatic renewals will run as normal, but if you wish to try to avoid having an item potentially due for return at a time when you really cannot come in, you can attempt to renew your books early via you account on Library Search.

The Health Library will be closed Monday 1st May 2017 for the Bank Holiday. You can still access online resources via our website .

We are currently updating our Current Awareness Bulletins to include the latest ejournals that we subscribe to. You can sign-up to receive a current awareness bulletin which will include the table of contents and a selection of articles from ejournals based on a particular topic. You can view a list of bulletins available, along with the ejournals included via our Current Awareness Service dashboard page . You can find details of all the updates released on our Information Skills for Health blog . Here is a taster of the updates so far: Surgery latest research and news page update A&E latest research and news News and Research on Musculoskeletal Diseases Get the latest from our Oncology Journal Titles Get the latest from our Anaesthesiology Journal Titles The Latest Midwifery News Keep Up-to-Date with Medicine Updates

If you are not sure how to find or use our online resources, then try our Getting Started etutorials . You’ll learn how to get access, how to search and how to access full-text. eTutorials are available for our most popular online resources, both Keele and NHS. Most are very short; you can jump to the section you need and most include either step-by-step instructions or video demonstrations. All our etutorials allow you to download and save our etutorial reflection document which you can add to your portfolio.

There are some changes to the Health Library opening hours for the Easter holidays as follows: Good Friday 14 th  April: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Saturday 15 th  April: 11:30 am to 5:30 pm Easter Sunday 16 th  April: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Easter Monday Bank Holiday 17 th  April: CLOSED

Dynamed is an evidence-based, clinical reference tool providing you with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of diseases and conditions. A simple and easy to use search tool helps you to find clinical summaries and guidelines as well as the latest practice-changing research. Screen-shot of the Dynamed search page Use Dynamed to support you during clinics, ward rounds and case discussions. Access It Find a link to Dynamed on our Healthcare Information page . Use your NHS Athens username to login. Available for UHNM users only. More Help Try our etutorial Using Dynamed Check our Dynamed help page Find more Dynamed blog posts on our Information Skills for Health blog

There are some changes to the Health Library opening hours for the Easter holidays as follows: Good Friday 14 th April: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Saturday 15 th April: 11:30 am to 5:30 pm Easter Sunday 16 th April: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Easter Monday Bank Holiday 17 th April: CLOSED

If the next few weeks you are embarking on your final placement before graduating: You are welcome to continue to loan items from the library, but please be aware that normal loan periods will still apply. Items may be requested by another user and recalled. Late return of requested items will still incur fines. Automatic renewals will run as normal, but if you wish to try to avoid having an item potentially due for return at a time when you really cannot come in, you can attempt to renew your books early via you account on Library Search. All items must be returned and any outstanding fines paid before you graduate.

Last quarter 81 training sessions were delivered at the Health Library. Healthcare staff can develop their skills to help them find the evidence to support decision-making. Learn more about the #amilliondecisions campaign.