We’re letting you know about an important update to one of our key research platforms — EBSCOhost — which many of you will recognise as the interface used for accessing popular databases like Business Source Ultimate, CINAHL Plus with Full Text, and SPORTDiscus with Full Text via Discover.

As of Wednesday, the EBSCO platform has had a major refresh. The good news? The updated site is cleaner, faster, and more intuitive, making it easier than ever to find the academic resources you need.

What’s Changed?

• A modern, streamlined interface for better user experience.
• Improved navigation and search functionality, making it easier to locate relevant articles and information.
• All links within Discover continue to work as normal, so your research shouldn’t be interrupted.

A Note on Bookmarks

If you’ve previously bookmarked a specific EBSCO database or article, you might run into some access issues due to the platform change. We recommend:

• Using Discover to search for and access EBSCO databases.
• Avoiding saved bookmarks for now and instead navigating through the Library website or Discover to ensure smooth access.

Need Help?

While the updated platform has been thoroughly tested and is working well, it’s possible that some unexpected issues might arise. If you experience any problems, please let us know. You can contact the Digital Content Services team through our Library contact page:
https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/library/visiting/contact

We appreciate your patience and feedback as we continue improving your research experience.

As an LJMU student you now have full access to the Executive Functioning and Mental Capacity Learning Hub, a specialist resource from CC Inform designed to deepen your understanding of the brain, cognition, and how to support individuals with executive dysfunction.

Whether you’re studying psychology, social work, healthcare, or education—or simply want to improve your ability to support people facing cognitive challenges—this hub offers high-quality, practical insight through six expert guides authored by James Codling and Dr Emma Cameron.

Explore These Six Essential Guides:

Understanding the Brain and Cognition
Get to grips with the structure and functions of the brain, and how different regions support key cognitive tasks. This guide is a great foundation for anyone wanting to better understand human behaviour and cognition.

What is Executive Dysfunction?
Learn how impairments in executive functioning—such as planning, memory, or self-regulation—can arise, how they manifest, and how they impact daily life.

Understanding Insight and Awareness
This guide explores how limited awareness of one’s own difficulties can affect a person’s ability to engage with support and complete tasks, offering crucial context for practitioners.

Adjusting Your Approach to Support a Person’s Needs
Discover practical strategies for tailoring your support methods depending on the specific executive functioning challenges a person faces.

A Recap on Completing Mental Capacity Assessments and Reports in Practice
Includes an update on the implications of the Supreme Court’s ruling on capacity assessments, and explains what a strong capacity report should contain and why it matters.

The Frontal Lobe Paradox, Executive Dysfunction and the Mental Capacity Act: How to Think This Through in Practice
Gain insight into one of the most challenging areas of mental capacity practice—when someone appears capable in familiar settings but struggles in real-world situations. A must-read for anyone assessing or supporting capacity.

How to Access the Learning Hub

On Campus:

1. Visit the CC Inform Mental Capacity Hub
2. Click on the Login option that appears over the article text.
3. You’ll be logged in automatically via LJMU’s IP access.

Off Campus:

1. Click on the Login option on the article.
2. Sign in via institution and if prompted, enter your LJMU login credentials (you may need to do this twice the first time).
3. You’ll then have full access to the guides.

This is an invaluable opportunity to strengthen your academic learning with real-world, professional insight. Start exploring the Executive Functioning and Mental Capacity Learning Hub today and equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to make a difference in people’s lives.

Just a quick reminder about the fantastic Oxford University Press (OUP) Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) program available at LJMU. This program is designed to enhance your learning and research experience, especially in the fields of Law, Political Science, and Public Health and Epidemiology.

What is the OUP EBA Program?

The EBA program allows us to provide you with access to a wide range of high-quality resources for a specified period. We then analyse which titles are most used and valuable to you, ensuring that our final purchases are tailored to your needs.

Why Should You Care?

1. Extensive Access: Enjoy access to a broad collection of titles across your fields of study. Whether you’re working on a research project, preparing for exams, or just curious, there’s something for everyone.
2. Tailored Collection: Your usage helps us decide which resources to keep permanently. This means our library collection will be more relevant and useful to you.
3. Enhanced Learning: With access to top-notch resources, you can deepen your knowledge, stay updated with the latest research, and excel in your studies.

How to Make the Most of It?

• Law Students: Dive into a variety of legal texts and journals to support your coursework and research. Popular titles include The Development of World Trade Organization Law and Intellectual Property.
• Political Science Students: Explore diverse political theories, policies, and case studies to enrich your understanding of the field. Popular titles include Russia in Africa and The Monarchy and the Constitution.
• Public Health and Epidemiology Students: Stay informed about the latest developments and research findings in your field. Popular titles include Health Equity in a Globalizing Era and Understanding and Using Health Experiences.

Get Involved!

You can find the content relevant you by following these links: Law, Politics and Public Health. You can login via Discover and if prompted by using your LJMU institutional login username@ljmu.ac.uk and password.

We encourage you to explore the available resources and let us know which titles you find most useful by using the ‘Reply’ below or if you would like assistance, please Ask the Library. Your feedback is crucial in helping us build a library collection that truly meets your needs.

New to Discover, the Karger Fast Facts – medical Handbook Series which cover
12 subject areas in healthcare, including:

• General Medicine
• Neurology and Neuroscience
• Oncology
• Psychiatry and Psychology
• Women’s and Children Health

From the Library Discover search type…. FAST FACTS KARGER to browse the titles.
Note if you are off campus you will need to sign-in via Institution using Open Athens.

Either download the ebook as PDF, EPUB or KINDLE MOBI.

As always, we would love to hear any feedback you may have about the resource by using the ‘Reply’ below or via Ask the Library. 

Negotiations between Jisc (on behalf of UK Universities) and Springer Nature are on-going. Springer Nature is one of the world’s largest academic publishers. UK Universities currently have access to ‘Springer Compact’ agreement, a transitional agreement which provides UK researchers with read access to 2,500 journals and open access publishing rights in 1,900 journals. 

Springer Compact was one of the earliest transitional agreements negotiated by the sector in 2015. In the years since its inception, the scholarly communications landscape has evolved considerably and so too have the sector’s requirements.

The academic community are dismayed at the high costs Springer Nature are proposing in relation to the read and publish rights in their journals, which are perceived as being disproportionate and exclusionary. The sector, working with Jisc, is seeking a new deal that will encompass all the journals in the Springer Nature portfolio whilst also reducing and constraining costs.

Our subscription to Springer Nature expired at the end of 2022 and we are currently in a period of grace access until 1^st March 2023. To date proposals from Springer Nature have fallen short of sector requirements. The coming weeks will be key to securing a new agreement, however there is a possibility that no agreement will be reached and the current UK universities agreement with Springer Nature may come to an end on 1^stMarch 2023. 

What happens next?

Negotiations through Jisc will continue and we will send you regular updates as the situation changes.

In the event of a subscription cancellation most requirements for journal access will be satisfied through post cancellation access agreements or through articles which are open access. If the content you require is unavailable in this way, you can request material for research or teaching by contacting Library Services Acquisitions team. 

What are my options if I hit a paywall and am asked to pay for content?

Content retained through post cancellation access and open access content will continue to be available to you.  Use Discover to check access and availability. 

If the article you require is unavailable, you have several options. 

1. If the article is required for research or private study, request a copy via the interlibrary lending request service.

2. If the article is required for teaching or to share with students, contact the Acquisitions team to ask about obtaining a copyright-cleared version to share legally with students. 
3. Contact the author. Many publishers allow authors to share their own articles responsibly and authors are often willing to share their final manuscript. Look out for the ‘contact the author’ option on the article home page. 

How will a no-deal impact my teaching?

We will retain access to Springer Nature backfiles from 2016 – 2022 for the majority of journal titles and to open access content. 

Where there are links to Springer Nature articles in your reading lists to which we no longer have access ‘no full text online’ will be displayed. 

If you feel your reading list may be affected by this, please contact your Academic Engagement Librarian to discuss your options. 

Can I upload a PDF to Canvas?

It is good practice to link to the original article from Canvas. If this isn’t possible contact the Acquisitions team to ask about obtaining a copyright-cleared version to share legally with students.

Can I request an article for teaching via ILL?

The interlibrary lending request service can be used to obtain material for research or private study and cannot be used to obtain material which is intended to be shared with others, such as students. Contact the Acquisitions team to ask about obtaining a copyright-cleared version to share legally with students.

Can I still publish with Springer Nature?

Yes, you can still publish with Springer Nature. Journals do not consider institutional subscription status when selecting articles for publication. 

Can I make my article Open Access?

Authors should follow the green Open Access route and make a copy of their Author Accepted Manuscript available in the LJMU repository. 

Authors with any queries or concerns related to publishing should speak to the Library Researcher Engagement team. UKRI and Wellcome funded authors in particular, should speak to this team for advice on rights retention and funder compliance. 

What should I do if my research/teaching curriculum relies on access to a particular springer nature journal?

In the event of a no deal scenario, LJMU will retain access post-cancellation access to Springer Nature backfiles from 2016 – 2022 for the majority of journal titles and to articles which are open access. If the content you require is unavailable in this way, you can request material for research or teaching by contacting the Acquisitions team. 

Where can I get more information on the negotiations?

For further information please see the Jisc website or contact Maria Follett, Library Services. Email. m.l.follett@ljmu.ac.uk

We are trialling ClinicalKey Student from Elsevier until Wednesday 7th July 2021.

ClinicalKey Student is a leading e-learning platform that provides access to 29 midwifery titles and 81 nursing titles including textbooks, clinical summaries, high-quality images and videos. Content covers a broad range of specialities such as:

• Advanced Practice Nursing
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Community Nursing
• Fundamentals of Nursing
• Health Promotion
• Management and Leadership
• Maternity Care and Women’s Health
• Midwifery
• Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine
• Nursing
• Pharmacology/Toxicology
• Psychiatric/Mental Health
• Public Health Nursing
• Research and Evidence Based Practice

You can search by keyword to quickly and easily find evidence-based information for your assignments or to inform healthcare decision-making in practice. Alternatively you can browse by speciality to locate relevant information.

Helpful study tools are also available – ClinicalKey Student enables you to save relevant titles to your online Bookshelf where you can add personal notes, highlight key text, bookmark pages, and create flash cards for revision. You can also create custom presentations and quizzes in the platform to support your studies.

To access the trial:

• Go to the ClinicalKey Student website at: https://www.clinicalkey.com/student/nursing
• On the log in page, click ‘Log in via OpenAthens’
• Enter Liverpool John Moores University into the ‘Find Your Institution’ search box
• Select ‘Liverpool John Moores University’ from the list of Institutions
• The LJMU OpenAthens sign in page will open
• Enter your username@ljmu.ac.uk and current password, then choose Sign In
• Once you have successfully logged in via OpenAthens, the ClinicalKey Student platform will open

Please Note: You may need to register for a free personal account to access all features on the ClinicalKey Student platform. If you are not automatically prompted to register once you have logged in, then you can click on the ‘Register’ option at the top of the screen.

Feedback

We would be very interested in your feedback on this resource e.g. What did you like about the platform? Was it easy to search? Did you find the content useful?

If you would like to provide feedback, please share your comments using ‘Reply’ below or via Ask the Library.

Internurse is a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed nursing journals essential for nurse education, and is available through our Electronic Library.

The collection provides access to 17 titles that support the learning and professional development of students and practitioners working in healthcare, and covers both primary and secondary care. The full current issue of each journal is available, together with backfile coverage going back to 1992. Titles include British Journal of Nursing, British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, International Journal of Palliative Nursing and Journal of Wound Care.

More than 200 new clinical and professional articles are available each month, helping you to stay up-to-date, enhance your understanding in key clinical areas, achieve key competencies and improve patient care standards in daily practice.

You can access Internurse in the following ways:

• Go to Internurse on Databases A-Z and follow the link from there
• Search for Internurse in Discover
• Go directly to: https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/page/collections/internurse

If you’re off-campus, you’ll need to login via OpenAthens with your LJMU username (username@ljmu.ac.uk) and password.

For further guidance see the LJMU Internurse and Intermid user guide. You can also find the user guide by clicking on ‘User Guide Available’ in Discover’s Public notes or the purple ‘view user guide’ icon next to the resource’s name on Databases A-Z.

Key topics covered include:

– Antenatal health issues
– Childbirth education
– Complementary therapies
– Employment issues
– Ethical and professional issues
– Health care professional’s role
– Health education
– HIV
– Hospital policies
– Infant feeding
– International midwifery
– Intensive care
– Neonatal care
– Screening
– Social and psychological aspects
– Sudden infant death and infant mortality

We have a user guide available which explains how to effectively search the database. This can be found here, or by clicking on the purple ‘view user guide’ icon next to the resource’s name in Databases A-Z.

To access the database, go to ‘Maternity and Infant Care’ in Databases A-Z , and you will be asked to sign in with your LJMU username (username@ljmu.ac.uk) and password. Alternatively, you can find the database by searching for it in Discover.

Learn how to add books, eBooks, journal articles and web pages, plus notes, tags and filters too. Academic Liaison Librarians will help you through the process of creating a dynamic reading list that your students will love!

Register at one of our workshops below:

Monday 4^th November  11-12pm IM Marsh Campus: C112

Monday 4^th November 2-3pm  Byrom Street: Cherie Booth Building  BS/106/PC LAB

Tuesday 5^th November 11-12pm John Foster Building JF/107E/118/IT

Wednesday 6^th November 11-12pm  Redmond Building: RB/118/IT

Thursday 7^th November 11-12pm Byrom Street: Cherie Booth Building  BS/106/PC LAB

Thursday 7^th November 2-3pm Tithebarn Street: TB/114 IT Suite

If you cannot attend a workshop then please contact your Academic Liaison Librarian for one-to-one guidance, to book a workshop for your team or to ask a question.

Further information including a user guide is available on the Library Services Reading List web page.

Monday 25^th February, 10-2pm, Careers Zone, James Parsons Building (Ground Floor)

Tuesday 26^th February, 10-2pm, Redmond Building (Ground Floor)

Our interactive Reading lists are:

• dynamic and effective
• quick and easy to use
• accessible via Canvas anytime, anywhere
• easy to personalise with tags / notes
• directly related to teaching and assessment
• clear to read (see below)

“The reading list system easily connects students to the module content, plus e-books are readily available and supports students as they work on their assessments. It also allows me to bring the books up in class to direct students to the key readings.” (Dr Nicholas Wise, Senior Lecturer, EHC)

 “In essence it is a communication tool that allows academics and librarians to support learners effectively.” (Dr. Clare Milsom, Director of Teaching and Learning Academy.)

 Academic Liaison Librarians will be on hand at the Roadshows to demonstrate the service and answer your questions.

Further information is available on the Library Services Reading List web page.