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Are you frustrated with searching the Internet? Can you find the right evidence at the right time to support patient care? Are you struggling to get access to full-text articles? Do you know how to appraise the research you find? We can help you to develop your skills so that you can find the evidence to support decision-making and patient care. Our courses include opportunities to: Get help finding the right information via the Internet Learn how to conduct a literature search and use our databases to get information quickly Find high-level good quality systematic reviews and evidence summaries using the Cochrane Library and similar resources Start to develop your critical appraisal skills Get to grips with Refworks (Keele only) Our courses are free, provide lots of hands-on opportunities and are usually completed in 1 to 2 hours. Why not book online now , or contact our training team .

You don’t need to take lots of books home with you this summer, you can read the ebook instead. Our ebook collection is available online via Library Search . Use Library Search to search for a book title or to search for books on a particular topic. Once you have found a title you like, look for the “View Online” tab to see if it is available as an ebook. Click the tab and you’ll get the link you need to follow to access the book. Keele users will need their Keele computer login details to log on, whilst NHS staff will need their NHS Athens username and password. Screen-shot of an ebook entry on Library Search For more help on finding and using ebooks, see our help page .

Last week we took part in the Keele Digital Festival (2018). We showcased our etutorials and demonstrated how we can support students to develop their digital literacy skills. Thanks to everyone who attended; hope you all enjoyed the festival and found our presentation interesting. Here is our video which highlights all the different opportunities that we offer, to help you to develop your digital skills. If you would like to learn more, come and talk to us at the Health Library.

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Diabetes is predicted to become a huge crisis for the future health of the U.K.’s population. It is a health condition that can have a major impact on one’s life and once at an advanced stage, diabetes can cause a host of other health complications. Knowledge of the causes of diabetes is a prerequisite to reducing the risk of becoming a diabetic. Diabetes afflicts more people in the U.K. than any other serious health condition. There are 4.6 million Type 1 sufferers and an estimated 12.3 million people are potential type 2 diabetics. 2018’s campaign is seeing Diabetes UK try and create further   awareness of the condition and encouraging people to share their experiences of living with diabetes. For more information surrounding diabetes please visit the NHS Choices and Diabetes UK websites: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes/ https://www.diabetes.org.uk/get_involved/diabetes-week RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES For anyone studying the importance of improving both th...

Keele Library Latest: New books : It may be the summer, and the exams may be over (for many, not all!), but the Library continues to add new books to stock all year round. Li...

Important message from Keele IT For the past few years IT Services has run a disaster recovery exercise on the central IT service. ​ This year we will be conducting tests on two separate  Saturdays: 9th June 2018 and 14th July 2018 . Each day will commence at 07:00 and continue until the early evening. ​ This is our opportunity to measure the levels of disruption to key services in the event of building and/or network loss. ​ ​ ​Please see below the list of services which will be at out of action or affected during the day Services which will be out of action on June 9th: Staff and student printing Lecture capture system administration and playback, scheduled recordings will still take place if scheduled before the 9th June Some commercial and business systems External access to Keele systems via the VPN Some local S: drive and network filestore ​​ ​ (Directorates, Primary Care, 50% of taught students)​  Some disruption to PC logins in Labs or O...

Keele Library Latest: Updates to the Online Reading List System : Talis Aspire, the Library's online reading list system, has had a makeover and has got some great new features! See the new featu...

Did you Check Your Skills when we asked you to? Have you tried any of our etutorials yet? Check Your Skills again to see if you have improved and learnt something new. Check Your Skills info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .

Ready to get started on your literature search plan – here’s a bit of revision of the steps involved. Literature Searching Revision info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .

Make sure you understand what plagiarism is and how important it is to create a reference list – this is essential for every assignment you complete. Learn more from our etutorial Introduction to Referencing and Plagiarism . Introduction to Referencing info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .

The Health Library will be closed for Bank Holiday Monday, 28th May 2018.

All the journal titles in our NHS journal collection are listed in the NHS A-Z journal list . Here you can: search for a journal title find out whether you can access the full-text view which holdings are covered in full-text learn where you can access the full-text from You need to make sure that you log on using your athens username, so that you see the list specific to your Trust. Please remember that we don't always buy journals titles directly from the publisher, full-text may be available via the databases or packages that we buy. Any title where we have full-text will be listed on the A-Z list, and will include a link to the website, database or platform where you can access it from. For more information about how to find an NHS-subscribed journal see: Finding NHS eJournals Quick step-by-step demo

The Health Library has had to cancel the additional titles within Medicines Complete, available to NHS Athens users from UHNM and North Staffs Combined Healthcare. This is because: 1. Pharmaceutical Press, the publishers, have severely restricted the number of users allowed access. 2. This means that the resource represents poor value for money. Access to the additional titles within Medicines Complete will end 31 st  May 2018. Staff in the UHNM pharmacy department should contact the Medicines Information Manager for alternate routes to drug / medicine texts. Medicines Complete is still available to all NHS Athens users to access the BNF and BNFc.

The Health Library will be closed for Bank Holiday Monday, 28th May 2018. Remember that online resources will still be available.

When you find resources or information on the Internet that you want to use in your assignments or dissertation, how do you check that they are suitable to use? Our etutorial Evaluating Information will take you through the quick CRAAP checklist. Evaluating Information info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .

With 5.4 million cases in more than 3.3 million people diagnosed annually, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Fortunately, skin cancer is also one of the most preventable forms of cancer and highly treatable when detected early. Changes to a mole or freckle can be a sign of skin cancer, which is why it's so important to see your doctor straight away. Early detection makes it easier to treat. Seeing your doctor could save your life. For more information surrounding Skin Cancer please visit the NHS Choices and Skin Cancer Foundation websites: https://www.nhs.uk/be-clear-on-cancer/symptoms/skin-cancer#CEYTjqjKif07s7uj.97 https://www.skincancer.org/get-involved/skin-cancer-awareness-month RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES   For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of, and supporting those who suffer from Skin Cancer, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resource...

Learn how to use search techniques so that you can find the most relevant information quickly and effectively – try our etutorial Develop Your Search Skills . Develop Your Search Skills info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .

If you are looking for information around patient conditions and treatments, learning to frame a clinical question will help you to concentrate on the information you need. PICO is a tool that can help you – learn more about the PICO tool and how to use it to frame a clinical question by completing our etutorial Using PICO . Using PICO info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .

When you’re looking for information on the Internet make sure you get to the good stuff quickly and don’t waste time on irrelevant information. Our etutorial Finding Information on the Internet gives you some hints and tips as well as some examples of good quality resources. Finding information on the internet info card You can find all our etutorials online via our website .