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 If you missed the Breast Cancer Awareness webinars run by Elsevier earlier this month then you can catch-up with the recordings: Breast Cancer Awareness with CoppaFeel - learn more about CoppaFeel, a UK-based charity aiming to raise awareness of breast cancer, particularly with younger people. Find out how to check your own breasts as well as learn more about the educational resources they have to support patients. This webinar lasts about 40minutes. 5 Reasons why you should be talking about breast cancer - find out more about the latest evidence available about breast cancer, including risk factors, diagnosis and treatment. This recording lasts about 40 minutes. Both presentations also briefly mention the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer services. You can find links to the videos on the elsevier web page here .

Do you work for one of our NHS partners: UHNM, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare, Clinical Commissioning Groups or GP practices in Staffordshire? Are you completing a piece of research or working on a specific project? Be it clinical research, audits, quality improvement, innovation projects, new service developments or your personal work. Did you know the library can help? We have resources and expertise that can help you to: Clearly identify your question Complete your background reading Refresh your information and digital skills Identify what has been published recently Prepare your project Think of funding possibilities Run your project Share your results Publish your research No matter how small or large, or how complicated or simple, we will try to help so that you can succeed.  Take a look at our NHS Researchers page for more information and get in touch if you need help.

 If you work as a healthcare or nursing assistant then the Health Library can support your career development and educational activities. Here is how we can help: Join the Library At UHNM you have access to 2 libraries: Health Library for North Staffordshire - based in the Clinical Education Centre (CEC) on the Royal Stoke site. Health Library at County - based in the post-graduate medical centre on the County Hospital (Stafford) site. Your library membership covers both sites and you can use whichever library is most convenient for you. You will need to complete a membership form to join -  this is available from our website . Your membership allows you to borrow from our book collections as well as access a range of other services. Register for NHS OpenAthens Username An NHS OpenAthens username will give you access to the NHS online resources that we subscribe to for UHNM. You register by completing an online form - go to  our OpenAthens page  for more information ...

 Welcome to all the foundation year doctors to UHNM, who have started this year. I hope that you are settling in and have found your feet. Here is a reminder of how the Health Library can support you in your work and in your career going forward. Join the Library At UHNM you have access to 2 libraries: Health Library for North Staffordshire - based in the Clinical Education Centre (CEC) on the Royal Stoke site. Health Library at County - based in the post-graduate medical centre on the County Hospital (Stafford) site. Your library membership covers both sites. You will need to complete a membership form to join - this is available from our website . Your membership allows you to borrow from our book collections as well as access a range of other services. Register for NHS OpenAthens Username An NHS OpenAthens username will give you access to the NHS online resources that we subscribe to for UHNM. It is important that you register for an account so that you can access ebooks, journa...

   There may be some disruption to access to the NHS PCs in the Health Library on Thursday 22nd October, as maintenance work takes place to upgrade the machines to Windows 10 machines. This work will take place throughout the day. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

  The menopause is a natural part of ageing that usually occurs between 45 and 55 years of age as a woman's oestrogen levels decline. Studies have shown that menopause symptoms can have a significant impact on attendance and performance in the workplace. As our populations are living longer, working longer and with so many women working within the NHS it is important to support staff during this time to stay well and thrive in their workplace. World Menopause Day is a worldwide awareness call for women who face health issues when approaching, during and beyond the menopause. The International Menopause Society’s World Menopause Day Awareness Campaign highlights the opportunity of using the menopausal period to assess female-specific risk factors and preventing the development of cardiovascular disease. For more information surrounding the menopause, please visit the British Menopause Society, NHS Employers and NHS Choices websites: https://thebms.org.uk/ https://www.n...

Elsevier / Clinical Key are offering activities during the week 12th to 16th October to help increase awareness of breast cancer and help you to learn about the resources you can access from Clinical Key. You can take a quiz or sign-up for a webinar. Tuesday 13th - Take a quiz and win a book!. Learn more about how Clinical Key can help you to find information about breast cancer. Wednesday 14th - Sign-up for a webinar "5 Reasons why you should be talking about breast cancer" Friday 16th - Sign-up for a webinar "Breast cancer awareness with CoppaFeel!" You can find all the details about the activities and join in by going to the elsevier Breast Cancer Awareness page. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine which includes full-text access to a wide range of journals and ebooks. All UHNM staff can access Clinical Key via their NHS OpenAthens username. For more help on using Clinical Key see our blog posts on the Information Skills for Health blog .

 The sway presentation NHS Online Library for UHNM Staff has been updated with 2 new tutorials: Library Search for NHS Users - to help NHS staff to use the library's catalogue Library Search Searching NHS Databases using HDAS - to help users to use HDAS to search the NHS bibliographic databases NHS Online Library For UHNM Staff Learn more about the online resources and services that are available to you. Go to this Sway

 There may be some disruption to access to the NHS PCs in the Health Library on Thursday 8th October, as maintenance work takes place to upgrade the machines to Windows 10 machines. This work will take place throughout the day. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

  Find out more about how the Health Libraries can support you in your work, studies or research: See our tutorials: Using the Health Library or NHS Online Library for UHNM staff Join the library today!                                                          

  You can borrow a Keele networked laptop from the Health Library. Please come to counter with your library card and one can be issued to you. You will need to wipe down the equipment before and after you have used it. If you are an NHS member you will also need to request a temporary Keele login in order to log on to the laptop.    Laptop loans are available for 1 day only. Please return the laptop to the counter at least 15 minutes before the library closes. 

  The Keele IT Suite will no longer be available via the Health Library. For the foreseeable future it will only be available to Keele University medical students. Please contact CEC reception to arrange access.    Keele networked laptops are available for loan within the Health Library. 

The latest 3 issues of our Covid-19 evidence bulletin have now been added to the website. Here you can find a summary of the latest published research around covid-19 / coronavirus. Topics available include: Infection control Diagnosis Treatment and other resources If you want to look at research in a specific area, specialty or impact of covid-19 you can request a literature search , and our librarians will do a search for you. I have added a number of links relating to covid-19 / coronavirus to our website . You can find information relating to: Public health information Shared practice Topic summaries Reviews and guidelines and many more topics A number of publishers have been making content relating to covid-19 / coronavirus freely available. You can find links to these on our coronavirus subject links page, under the medical research heading .

  As of Monday 21 st September the Library opening times will be extending to Monday – Thursday 8.30 am – 8.00 pm Friday 8.30 am – 7.45 pm Saturday – Sunday 10.00 am – 8.00 pm   Available services : book browsing, loans and returns, inter-library loans, study spaces and a limited number of NHS PCs due to social distancing. Logins to use the Eduroam wifi on your own device can also be issued.   The book bin in the CEC exit porch is available for returned items during CEC opening times.   Entry to the library is via the wooden doors so ensure you have your library card as you will need to swipe in. (Those without a valid library card will need to use the intercom and sign in). This is to ensure compliance with track & trace requirements.   For your safety there is a one way system in place for the library and CEC. Please follow signage.   As per government guidance, a face covering should be worn in the library. Please observe soci...

 A migraine is usually a moderate or severe headache felt as a throbbing pain on 1 side of the head. Many people also have symptoms such as feeling sick, being sick and increased sensitivity to light or sound. Migraine is a common health condition, affecting around 1 in every 5 women and around 1 in every 15 men. They usually begin in early adulthood. The Migraine Trust’s 2020 campaign “#GiveUpForMigraine” is linked to the belief that migraines are triggered by certain things e.g. alcohol or hormones. Everyone’s experience is different, and some things may be due to the migraine itself rather than a separate trigger. However, many people who suffer from migraines avoid certain things to try and help their migraine. Therefore, the campaign asks friends and family members of migraine sufferers to give up something they like doing for a month and donate the money they would normally spend instead. For more information surrounding migraines, please visit The Migraine Trust and ...

The West Midlands Deanery is running a trial for a pathology collection of resources developed by Elsevier and made available via Clinical Key . This collection is going to be made available to Trusts across the West Midlands region. However, are you aware that UHNM staff in the pathology department already have access to this collection , via our subscription to Clinical Key? The collection includes a number of key resources such as: Top Journals Journal of Molecular Diagnostics American Journal of Pathology Human Pathology Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology Forensic Science International Cardiovascular Pathology Surgical Pathology Clinics Clinics in Laboratory Medicine Top Books Rosai and Ackerman’s Surgical Pathology Enzinger and Weiss’s Soft Tissue Tumors Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management  by Laboratory Methods Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease Dabbs: Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry Odze and Goldblum Surgical Pathology of the  GI Tract,...

I have put together a short online presentation, Library Search for NHS users , to help NHS staff to use Library Search. Library Search is the library catalogue that will help you to find books and ebooks, that you can borrow or read online. In the presentation you will find links to step-by-step instructions on how to use the basic features. First slide for the Library Search for NHS users presentation - book shelves at the library

  Walk-in access to the Health Library resumes on Monday 17 th August.   Library opening times will be Monday – Friday 9 am – 4.30 pm.   An appointment to collect books or to use NHS PCs is no longer required   Available services : book browsing, loans and returns, inter-library loans, study spaces and a limited number of NHS PCs due to social distancing. Logins to use the Eduroam wifi on your own device can also be issued. Until advised by Keele University, the IT Suite and Keele networked PCs remain unavailable. The book bin in the CEC exit porch will be available for returned items between Monday – Friday 8.00 am – 5pm.   Entry to the library will be via the wooden doors so ensure you have your library card as you will need to swipe in. (Those without a valid library card will need to use the intercom and sign in). This is to ensure compliance with track & trace requirements.   For your safety there is a one way system in place fo...

We are encountering an intermittent problem with the automatic approval process for new and renewed NHS OpenAthens accounts. Accounts which are registered with an NHS-based email address should be approved automatically by the system. However it looks like some are not being approved but are being added to the "waiting" list. These accounts will be processed manually. However if you are experiencing problems do get in touch with your OpenAthens administrator. The problem has been reported. Apologies for the inconvenience.

You can now find online books to support your medical exams. We have added a sub-collection to the Medical Exam Revision collection on Library Search. You can now browse through the titles available online. Go to the Medical Exam Revision collection and select the sub-collection. Medical Exam Revision Collection Please check the availability of the title for Keele or NHS users. You will need to log on with either your Keele computer details or your NHS OpenAthens username.