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  Where do you start with your literature search? Your question! Before you dive into Google have a think about the question you are trying to answer. Try to break it down so that you’ll know exactly what to look for. How do you do that? I’m glad you asked. Complete our tutorials Complete our etutorial Identify Your Question to learn how to breakdown your question into component elements Develop a clinical question by learning about Using PICO Try More Analysis Tools to help you to analyse different types of healthcare-based questions Try it now Go straight to our Information Skills eTutorials page on the Health Library website to access all our etutorials. Need more help? Please contact the Health Library if you need any help. Check our Information Skills for Health blog for more news about our etutorials.

  Do you know what referencing is? Do you know why it is important? Completed our updated etutorial Introduction to Referencing and Plagiarism and make sure you get it right. Learn more about how to develop your information skills by completing our online tutorials .

 Have you tried any of our etutorials? Did you watch our videos or complete an online induction? Let us know what you thought about it.  We are always looking to improve our service and value your comments. How could we have done better? Please complete our feedback form . Need more help? Please  contact the Health Library  if you need any help. Check our  Information Skills for Health blog  for more news about our etutorials.

 Use the advanced features of Clinical Key to save you time: Save content – save content to read later or keep a list of useful items to refer back to; save searches you need to re-run Presentation Maker – use the presentation maker to quickly add images to a powerpoint presentation Patient leaflets – you don’t need to start from scratch to develop information leaflets for your patients. Start by checking the bank of leaflets in Clinical Key. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. Save Content Save content such as clinical overviews, chapters, journal articles, images and more to collate your own easy-access library of content. You can use tags to group content together for particular projects. You can add 1 or more tags to an item. Save useful searches to keep as a reminder or to re-run at a late...

  Staff at UHNM can access a wealth of full-text, evidence-based resources to support in-depth reading for research and professional development. Refresh your knowledge on key topics or search for the latest research and developments. Clinical Key includes thousands of ebooks and hundreds of journals, as well as multimedia resources; all accessible via your NHS OpenAthens username. You can: Find Books The book collection includes specialty titles and key textbooks. You can browse for books by specialty, A-Z or title. You can search across the collection via keyword and filter to resource type. Read books online or download chapters to read offline later. Watch our video to learn more about finding books on Clinical Key: Search Journals The journal collection includes full-text access to a wide range of key journals. You can browse for journals by specialty, A-Z or title. Check which journals are available in your specialty. You can complete simple searches across the collection via...

  If you want to find the best evidence, then you need to complete a literature search. You need the best evidence to make clinical decisions, to write assignments, to complete research and to deliver patient care. Completing a literature search will help you to find the best evidence effectively from the most appropriate resources. Learn how to develop a literature search plan by completing our tutorials. Complete our tutorials Start with our interactive tutorial Introduction to Literature Searching . Learn about the steps you need and complete your own plan along the way Download our Literature Search Plan to keep a record of your own searches Keele students can complete the Literature Searching in a Nutshell tutorial Download a reminder and add your own search details to our Literature Searching Overview and Action Plan Get a quick reminder of all the steps from our Literature Searching Flashcards tutorial Listen to this podcast from  Study Matters ...

 Do you need an answer quickly? Want to double-check your decision? Elsevier’s Clinical Key gives you access to quick answers at the point of care. It includes uptodate, evidence-based clinical overviews, clinical calculators, practice guidelines and patient education leaflets. You can browse through the content, filter by specialty or topic or use the simple clinical search engine to get straight to the information you need. Access Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff. Access it via the Health Library NHS Resources page or log in here via OpenAthens. Watch this video for help logging in and activating your account. Get started quickly by learning more about the Clinical Key interface: Need more help? Check our Clinical Key help page for online tutorials, videos and articles. Contact the Health Library

Make sure you stay up-to-date with all the news at the Health Library - read our latest Health Library newsletter:  Health Library Newsletter issue 3 (January 2023)

 We’re here to support you in your studies and work. Whether it is updating your skills, finding that key piece of information or just having a quiet space to sit, check how the Health Library can help you: All staff and students who are members of the Health Library can also use the Keele University Campus Library and the Health Library at County (Stafford). Watch these videos for a brief introduction to each library service: Health Library for North Staffordshire Keele University Campus Library Health Library at County Learn more about the Health Library and what we can do for you from our induction tutorials: Using the Health Library NHS Library Induction NHS Online Library for UHNM Welcome to Keele University Students All our tutorials are freely available, no login required. Complete them at your own pace, whenever you want to. Download the reflection document to keep a record of your learning. Please make sure you let us know what you think of our tutori...

The festive period, with the usual overindulgences of food and alcohol, takes a real toll on your liver and by January it is probably crying out for a break! This time of year certainly highlights the damage we can do to our liver by overeating and drinking alcohol and, according to the British Liver Trust, UK liver disease is on the rise. They say that 90% of liver disease is preventable, with the three main preventable causes being obesity, drinking alcohol and viral hepatitis.   Love your Liver Awareness Month is a campaign run by the British Liver Trust and is designed to raise awareness of the risks and causes of liver disease and encourage people to take active steps to a healthier lifestyle to improve their liver health. RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES   For anyone suffering with liver disease themselves, those treating patients with a liver condition or anyone studying liver health, the Health Libraries both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resour...

  How can the Health Library help remote learners? We've got a new presentation  for Keele University students within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, who are studying via online-only courses . It will be particularly useful for those students who also work within the NHS.  Get to grips with the online resources available to you, to support your course - complete our online presentation Online Health Library for Keele University Remote Learners . Need something else? Just let us know .

 You are living in a digital society. Do you have the right digital skills and information skills to study and work to your best? Complete our tutorials to find out: Watch our video What are digital skills? to find out what skills you need and how the Health Library can help you get them Watch our video Introduction to Information Skills to learn more about the skills you need to find information efficiently and effectively Take our quiz Check Your Skills to find out what skills you have. Get your action plan to find out how you can improve them All our tutorials are freely available, no login required. Complete them at your own pace, whenever you want to. Download the reflection document to keep a record of your learning. Please make sure you let us know what you think of our tutorials by completing the feedback form . Try it now Go straight to our Information Skills eTutorials page on the Health Library website to access all our etutorials. Need more help...

 Looking for the best evidence? Have you got the right skills? Complete our online information skills etutorials to develop the right skills to find the best evidence. They can help you to make confident healthcare decisions, start your research on the right foot, or complete your assignments with the best evidence. We have developed online tutorials especially for healthcare staff and students to help you to find the right information at the right time from the right resources. You can: Watch a video Complete an interactive tutorial Take a quiz Follow a presentation Download a worksheet All our tutorials are freely available, no login required. Complete them at your own pace, whenever you want to. Download the reflection document to keep a record of your learning. We’ll be blogging about the different tutorials over the next few weeks. Check in with our news blog to learn more about how they can help you. Please make sure you let us know what you think of our ...

 Unfortunately the Health Library will have to close early today:  4th January 2023 5:30pm Online resources can be accessed via the Health Library website . Apologies for the inconvenience.

 Are you ready for 2023? No, me  neither. But you can stay on track by keeping uptodate with news from the Health Library. Watch our blogs, follow us on Twitter, look out for our newsletter, sign up for a bulletin We'll get the news out to you: best resources to search to find the right information update your skills to help you to find information quickly latest evidence straight to your inbox latest training courses to book Stay in touch Health Library News blog Information Skills for Health blog Follow us on Twitter @CECLibrary Current awareness options If you need any help just let us know: email health.library@keele.ac.uk or phone 01782 679500

 A quick reminder that the Health Library will have reduced opening hours over the Christmas holiday period: Friday 23rd Dec :: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday 24th to Tuesday 27th Dec ::  Closed Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th Dec :: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday 31st Dec ::  Closed Sunday 1st to Monday 2nd Jan ::  Closed Tuesday 3rd Jan onwards ::  normal opening times You can check your Library account online by logging in to  Library Search . Online resources are available  via our website .

As we head into winter with darker days, poor weather and winter pressures, make sure you take a moment to look after yourselves. Health Education England and the Reading Agency have crowd-sourced a list of uplifting resources for NHS staff. The full suite, which includes books and digital resources, were recommended by NHS people for NHS people. Ideal for boosting your mood. Why not try something different to help with your wellbeing? Books Come to the Health Library and browse through our Reading Well collection . You'll find self-help books, poetry and fiction titles. Just the ticket to relax your mind. Podcasts Want to listen to a story? Try... Nothing much happens - bedtime stories for adults to aid relaxation Desert Island Discs - listen to episodes from this popular radio show Online Resources Yoga Pilates - to get moving - gently! - check this youtube programme providing an introduction to pilates Your Mind Plan - A five question interactive quiz to get your personal pl...

 Get the hints and tips you need to write your first academic paper - complete our NEW! presentation: Writing an Academic Paper . This presentation is aimed at students and early career NHS staff who are looking to publish their first paper. Learn more about: your audience targeting a journal the writing process outlining  and more...

 The Christmas elves have been busy in the Health Library and our Christmas Tree of Journals is up! With thanks to library assistants Janet and Helen for putting the tree together.

 The Health Library will have reduced opening hours over the Christmas holidays. Please check before you visit. Opening Times: Friday 23rd Dec :: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday 24th to Tuesday 27th Dec :: Closed Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th Dec :: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday 31st Dec :: Closed Sunday 1st to Monday 2nd Jan :: Closed Tuesday 3rd Jan onwards :: normal opening times You can check your Library account online by logging in to  Library Search . Online resources are available via our website .