Monday 10 December 2012

07/12/2012 Updates to training courses

The new dates for next year have been released for the training courses. These updates have been applied to the website.

Monday 5 November 2012

05/11/2012 Usernames to access eResources

There are now 2 new etutorials to help you to get the right username and password to access our eresources:
  • Keele Access to eResources - for Keele users; learn how to use your Keele username and password to access eresources off-campus
  • NHS Athens Registration - for NHS users; learn how to register for an NHS Athens username and password to access NHS-based eresources

Friday 2 November 2012

02/11/2012 Update to links on Mobile page

The Mobile page contains links to health-related mobile apps and websites. This has been updated to remove any obsolete links and include any new ones.

Friday 19 October 2012

19/10/2012 Update to Quick Links

I have added a "Keele eAccess" link. This will take you to the Keele Campus Library off-campus access page. Here Keele students can more easily get details of how to login in to off-campus electronic resources.
The Athens link has now been renamed as NHS Athens to emphasise that Athens access is now used only by NHS users.

Friday 12 October 2012

12/10/2012 More Help with Information Skills

The Information Skills eTutorials section has been updated to include a "More Help" section. Here you will find links to external Internet resources that will help you to develop your information skills and support your research activities.

12/10/2012 Minor changes to training dates

Unfortunately some training courses have had to be cancelled. You can view all the courses available and book online.

12/10/2012 Overview of the Getting Started eTutorials

You can now watch a slideshow explaining what etutorials are available in the Getting Started section. Learn where you can find out about accessing books, ebooks, journals and databases.

Tuesday 25 September 2012

25/09/2012 New CPD links for Mental Health

New links to continuous professional development resources have been added to the mental health subject links page.

25/09/2012 Update Front Page for New Students

A feature box promoting the Information for New Students page has been placed on the home page - new students can now easily click through to the page listing all the various facilities, services and resources that we have available to them.
You can still view the video of the Library Manager interview via the Health Library welcome tour page.

Tuesday 14 August 2012

14/08/2012 New training pages

The training courses have now been split up into users groups so that it is easier for you to see what course will help you the most. You can find available training for:

Monday 13 August 2012

13/08/2012 Introductory Videos added

Videos introducing you to our facilities, services and resources are now available under the "Using the Health Library" and "Find..." menu options.

07/08/2012 Subject Links Updated

The Subject Links pages have been updated to include links to new resources. Including a new section on the NHS page outlining the recent organisational changes due to the Health and Social Care Act.

Thursday 2 August 2012

02/08/2012 eTutorials to help you

You can now find links to helpful etutorials at relevant spots throughout the Health Library website. Look out for the etutorials box. For example on the journals page, books page and healthcare resources page.

Wednesday 1 August 2012

01/08/2012 Updates to Keele staff email addresses

Keele University has implemented a new email system. This has resulted in a slight alteration to the email addresses for Keele staff and our Inter-library Loans team.
The Contact Us webpage has been updated accordingly. Please update any contact lists that you might keep.

01/08/2012 Update NHS organisations on online forms

The online forms have been updated to include the new North Staffordshire NHS organisations:
  • Clinical commissioning groups
  • Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership
Please make sure you select the most relevant NHS organisation that you belong to when you submit one of our online forms.

Wednesday 18 July 2012

18/07/2012 New FAQs

The FAQs page has been updated - lots of questions and answers! to help you to get to grips with  the Health Library and our resources.

18/07/2012 Athens Registration Update

The Athens page has been updated. Students on placement can register online for an NHS Athens account if they have an NHS-based email account.

Tuesday 10 July 2012

10/07/2012 New logos on the online guides

The online guides and application forms have been updated with the new Keele University and Health Library logos.

Wednesday 4 July 2012

04/07/2012 Databases links changed

The links to the student databases for nursing, midwifery and medicine have been switched to the relevant pages within the Health Library website as opposed to going out to the Campus Library website.
If you click these options from the Health Library quick links you will now stay within the Health Library site.

Friday 29 June 2012

29/06/2012 Printing changes updates

The pages refering to printing, photocopying and use of Keele card, NHS Library card or EMOS cards have been updated to reflect the new printing system.

Tuesday 22 May 2012

22/05/2012 Information for... Researchers

We now have a section specifically to explain to researchers, whether for Keele or the NHS, what services, facilities and resources will be most helpful to them.

Monday 21 May 2012

21/05/2012 Current Awareness

The current awareness pages have been re-vamped to include more suggested resources for keeping up-to-date at a range of levels such as current news, professional news and latest research.

Thursday 17 May 2012

17/05/2012 Inter-library loan forms

There have been changes to the inter-library loan pages to account for application rules for different member types.

Thursday 10 May 2012

10/05/2012 Literature Searching Sites

A link to the Literature Searching Sites has been added to the home page on the Quick Links list.

10/05/2012 Add NHS Evidence Updates link

A link to the NHS Evidence Updates page has been added to the Literature Searching Sites page. This website provides reviews of selected new evidence for a range of conditions and treatments.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Wednesday 2 May 2012

02/05/2012 Training Dates Cancelled

A number of training dates have been cancelled for the courses:
  • Literature Searching (NHS)
  • Finding the Evidence
This is to account for the anticipated changes to the NHS HDAS interface.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

01/05/2012 Refworks updates

There is a compatibility issue with the Refworks software. A document detailing the work round has been added to the RefWorks help page.

01/05/2012 Current Awareness Changes

The Current Awareness pages will be amended over the next few months to re-organise and refresh the material to make it more relevant to our users.

Thursday 26 April 2012

26/04/2012 Bandolier Links Removed

Links to the Bandolier website have been removed from the Subject Links pages. The Bandolier website does not appear to be updated on a regular basis any more, thus we have decided to remove these links from our subject pages.

Friday 30 March 2012

30/03/2012 Using the Library video embedded

The Using the Library video, currently on youtube, has been embedded into the Health Library Tour page.

30/03/2012 Minor changes to the training dates available

Training dates for the week after Easter have been cancelled - the relevant course pages and booking form have been updated

Wednesday 21 March 2012

21/03/2012 New mobile links added

Links to new resources have been added to the mobile page:
  • NICE guidance app - available for android and iphones
  • LibAnywhere app - allows you to access the library catalogue via your mobile

Friday 16 March 2012

16/03/2012 Updating eTutorials

All the etutorials will be updated over the next couple of days. This is to apply some minor changes and bug fixes.
Please report any problems to the eResources Librarian.

Wednesday 14 March 2012

Literature Search request online update

The form allowing users to request literature searches online has been updated to include a deadline date for the search.

Update to training pages

The training pages have been updated to include the dates available for the new training programme. This includes the new course Dynamed and other NHS tools.
The online booking form has also been updated.

Thursday 8 March 2012

National Horizon Scanning Centre links

Links to reports and briefings from the National Horizon Scanning Centre have been added to the subject links pages :

  • Anaesthetics
  • Audiology
  • Cancer
  • Cardiology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Diabetes
  • Gastroenterology
  • Health Promotion
  • Mental Health
  • Midwifery
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Neurology
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Paediatrics
  • Radiology
  • Renal
The National Horizon Scanning Centre considers new and emerging technology in healthcare.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

21/02/2012 End of Zetoc message

A message has been added to the current awareness sections informing users that Zetoc will not be available to NHS users following 1st April.

Thursday 9 February 2012

09/02/2012 NHS Athens information updated

I have updated the NHS Athens page to now include information about the new NHS-HE Athens accounts for students. I've altered the layout slightly to include tabs for each type of Athens account, rather than have a long page of text.

Wednesday 1 February 2012

01/02/2012 New etutorial - using ebooks

You can now access a new etutorial - using ebooks. Here you can learn how to find ebooks, read ebooks online and the functions available to help you to find the information you need.

Friday 13 January 2012

13/01/2013 More help using RefWorks

The RefWorks online support page has been updated to include a link to the latest online help as well as the RefWorks YouTube channel.

13/01/2012 New Internet eTutorial

You can now test your Internet searching skills by trying our new Internet quiz which has been added to our Finding Resources etutorials section.

13/01/2012 Updates to the Staff Publications page

The Staff Publication folders and spreadsheet have been updated to include research published during 2011. The links to the RefWorks folders have been updated to link to the updated version of RefWorks. Here you can find details of published research by staff and students from our main organisations - Keele Univiersity, North Staffs Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, NHS North Staffs, NHS Stoke-on-Trent and University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

Thursday 5 January 2012

05/01/2012 Forms updates

All relevant forms have been updated with the current NHS organisational names.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

04/01/2012 New eBook Collections

Two ebook collections have been added to the ebooks page:

04/01/2012 Refresh front page

The Health Library homepage has been refreshed:
  • Christmas opening times message has been removed; 
  • the dynamed promotion has been removed [Dynamed can be accessed from the Healthcare Resources page]; 
  • the Oxford handbooks promotion has been removed [Oxford handbooks can be accessed from the ebooks page]
  • the social networks links have been moved to the top of the home page