Health Library News

Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin no. 60, January 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:18:00 +0000

Click here to access the bulletin.

This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire.

It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on clinical effectiveness that have been published in the previous month. Sources covered include NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.

Latest updates from Twitter

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:42:00 +0000

Latest news picked via the Twitterverse…

@nicecomms: Have produced a new e-learning module on the management of hip fracture, in collaboration with the #BMJ
New health-based current awareness portal from CASH
Reports and briefings from the National Horizon Scanning Centre @OfficialNHSC for Cancer and Palliative Care
The latest Evidence Update from @NHSEvidence on Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia.
Top Tips for GPs in #heartfailure cards have been updated by @NHSImprovement.
@NHS Improvement: Interactive #pathway for teenage and adult aftercare (cancer) now available

For more Follow us on Twitter…

NHS Evidence maintenance - 7th Feb

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:10:00 +0000

The NHS Evidence site will be undergoing maintenance between 5pm and 6pm on Tuesday 7th February 2012. Apologies for any inconvenience caused during this time. This may affect access to the search facilities as well as journals and databases.

Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology - 3rd edition

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:08:00 +0000

We now have the 3rd edition (2011) of the Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology available in the Health Library

eJournal Help for NHS Users

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:44:00 +0000

We use a number of different platforms to provide you with access to our ejournal collection – such as Elsevier ScienceDirect and Wiley Online Library. It can sometimes be a bit confusing working your way around the different interfaces to find your articles and some of them have a number of strange quirks. To try to help you out we have created some online guides; here you can learn:

Where the Athens login link is
Find journal titles
View journal articles
What’s weird?

You can find the guides on our NHS eJournals Tips & Hints page.

Let me know if you find these useful or whether you have any trouble with a particular platform.

eBooks for Nurses

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:56:00 +0000

We have put together a collection of useful nursing textbooks that you can access online – no waiting, no overdue fines, available now.

Data Interpretation for Medical Students – new edition

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:45:00 +0000

The latest edition of the text Data Interpretation for Medical Students has come in and will be available to borrow later today.

Oxford Textbook of Medicine Online

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:22:00 +0000

The Oxford textbook of Medicine is now available online to Keele students.
You will need your IT computer username and password in order to access it off-campus – click the “sign-in” link at the top right-hand corner; follow the institution link and select Keele University from the drop-down box. You will then be prompted for your IT username and password.

Mental Health and Social Care Bulletin no.332, 30th January 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.332, 30th January 2012 please click here

Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.330 16th January 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:05:00 +0000

To read the Mental Health and Social Care Current Awareness Bulletin no.330, 16th January 2012, please click here

Incorrect notes on NHS Journals List

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:18:00 +0000

Incorrect notes about access are appearing on the ejournal entries on the NHS Evidence My Journals list. The error has been reported and we hope a correction will be available soon.
The note refers to access via IP address only however many of the titles where the note is appearing are accessible via NHS Athens such as the main platforms like Wiley and Springer.
Apologies for any confusion caused.

Changes to the Campus Library Opening Times

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:32:00 +0000

The 24/7 opening hours at the main Campus Library to cover the main exam period has now ended, however there is news for next year.

Athens maintenance 30th January

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:38:00 +0000

The Athens service will carry out maintenance during January 30th. This may affect Athens logins, registration, administration and access to resources for short periods during the day.

More journal access moves online for NHS users

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:45:00 +0000

We have moved access to a number of our journals online – you can browse the list of new online titles here

These titles are available to our NHS users at:

North Staffs Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
NHS North Staffs or Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership: North
NHS Stoke on Trent or Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership: Stoke
University Hospitals for North Staffs

To find any of our subscribed journal titles go to the NHS My Journals link from our journals page , and login with your NHS Athens username.

Cancer Talk Week 2012 - Related Health Library Resources

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:09:00 +0000

From January 23rd-29th Macmillan Cancer Support will be promoting an event to get people talking about cancer. Many people find it hard to talk to their family about the emotional effects of cancer, but this support can be vital in helping fight the disease. And it’s not just families that can help. There are experts, doctors and a whole community of people online going through the same thing there to listen. Cancer Talk Week aims to highlight these available resources and offer patients and their loved ones the support they need.

For anyone studying cancer and its effects, the Health Library offers numerous resources related to the subject. In the lists below you’ll find our most popular items, information on materials recently added to our collection and available periodicals. To locate these items simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter.

M O S T P O P U L A R

- Palliative care consultations in advancedbreast cancer / edited by Sara Booth.

- The biology of cancer / by Robert Allan Weinberg

- Cancer nursing: care in context / edited by Jessica Corner and Christopher Bailey

N E W T O S T O C K

- Breast cancer nursing care and management / edited by Victoria Harmer, 2011

- Nutrition and cancer / edited by Clare Shaw, 2011

P E R I O D I C A L S

- Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Oxford University Press.

- British journal of cancer, Nature Publishing Group

For more information on go to www.macmillan.org.uk

More Journals now accessible online for UHNS Athens Users

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +0000

UHNS staff can now access:

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Gastroenterology
Pain
Tuberculosis

online using your NHS Athens username and password. These titles are available via the Elsevier ScienceDirect database.

To find our subscribed journal titles go to the NHS My Journals link from our journals page http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/ , and login with your NHS Athens username.

More CASH available

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:11:00 +0000

CASH – the current awareness service for health – have made their news feeds easily available via a netvibes portal Here you can find access to news and latest research across a range of topics.
CASH has also expanded its range of current awareness bulletins that you can sign-up for and receive as email alerts.

New eJournals online for UHNS Athens Users

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:58:00 +0000

UHNS staff can now access:

British Journal of Haematology
Laryngoscope
Pediatric Pulmonology

online using your NHS Athens username and password. These titles are available via the Wiley Library Online database.

To find our subscribed journal titles go to the NHS My Journals link from our journals page and login with your NHS Athens username.

Lancet is now online for NHS Athens Users

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +0000

You can now access the Lancet journal online using your NHS Athens username and password. Access is provided via the Elsevier ScienceDirect database.

To log in it is best to go to the NHS Journals link , login with NHS Athens, search for the Lancet, then click the Elsevier ScienceDirect link.

The Lancet Link on the My Journals A-Z list

Users may be required to login to ScienceDirect again by clicking the login link at the top right-hand side and following the Athens links. You should then get to the Lancet journal page within ScienceDirect.

The Lancet journal page in ScienceDirect

Help using Refworks

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:00 +0000

You can get help using RefWorks via their online help website, where step-by-step instructions are available, or check out their YouTube channel for video demonstrations. Links to these and more are available on our Refworks online support page.
RefWorks is available to our Keele users.

Have a go at our Internet Quiz

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:45:00 +0000

Make sure that you’re following the right steps to find information effectively and efficiently – have a go at our Internet Quiz Can you spot a spoof?

Try our Internet Quiz

If you need help check out our other tutorials or come along for a training session.

Staff Publications Updated

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:35:00 +0000

The annual update of the Staff Publications RefWorks folders and spreadsheet has been applied to include research published during 2011. The folders also now point to the latest version of Refworks.
You can browse through all the latest published research from staff based in our main organisations – Keele University, North Staffs Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, NHS North Staffs, NHS Stoke on Trent and University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin no. 59, December 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:03:00 +0000

Clinical Effectiveness Bulletin no. 58, November 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:55:00 +0000

Health Inequalities Bulletin no. 29, October-November 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Health Library) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:48:00 +0000

Click here to access the bulletin.

This bulletin is produced by the North Staffordshire NHS Outreach Library and Information Service for Primary Care Trusts in North Staffordshire.

It aims to draw attention to some of the key documents and reviews on health inequalities which have been published in the previous two months. Sources covered include: NHS Evidence, Department of Health, Cochrane Library and King's Fund.