Thursday 5 December 2013

Tuesday 19 November 2013

19/11/2013 Can't Find It? update

The Can't Find It? page has been updated to include help on looking for articles.

19/11/2013 Links to NHS-based etutorials

Links to the NHS-based etutorials to help you to use the HDAS databases and find NHS ejournals have been added to the Healthcare Resources page.

19/11/2013 NHS Oxford Handbooks

The NHS-subscribed Oxford Handbooks ebooks have been added to the Oxford Handbooks Online web page. You will need your NHS Athens username / password to access these titles.

Wednesday 13 November 2013

13/11/2013 Links to database searching videos added

The Online Guides pages for Databases and the Cochrane Library now include links to the videos produced by Edge Hill. These show you how to perform searches on:
  • Cochrane Library
  • Cinahl ebsco database
  • NHS HDAS databases

13/11/2013 New etutorial - searching NHS databases using HDAS

You can now try our new etutorial Using HDAS.
This is a quick tutorial that will take you step-by-step through a simple search performed on HDAS - the NHS databases search resource.

Monday 4 November 2013

04/11/2013 Adding Social Networks

A social networks section has been added to the Find section of the website. Here you can find information about social networks as well as links to some twitter feeds.

Thursday 5 September 2013

05/09/2013 Updates to ebook collections

The ebooks collections for nursing and midwifery have been updated to include new titles and updated editions.
A new collection has been created for anatomy ebooks.

Friday 23 August 2013

23/08/2013 More changes to the Online Guides

The Online Guides section has been further updated. New pages include:
  • Catalogue
  • Map of Medicine
Additional links to the relevant etutorials have been included in existing sections.

Thursday 22 August 2013

22/08/2013 Updates to the Online Guides section

The Online Guides section has been updated to include new pages. You can now find help for:
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Keele off-campus access
  • NICE Guidelines
The sections are also being updated to include links to relevant etutorials and training sessions.

Tuesday 20 August 2013

20/08/2013 Mobile page updated

The mobile page which contains links to various apps and mobile-friendly resources has been re-organised and updated. As there are now so many apps available the focus of this page has moved from listing apps to directing users where to search for them. Having said that, we do still provides links to the major resources that we subscribe to.

20/08/2013 Minor changes to the Quick Links and menu options

The etutorials link has been moved from the quick links list to the left-hand menu. The left-hand menu has been re-ordered to move more popular items further to the top.

20/08/2013 New training dates added

The new training dates for Oct thru Dec have been added to the courses web pages and the booking form.

Wednesday 31 July 2013

31/07/2013 Subject Links pages updates

The subject links pages are being reviewed to ensure that all the links are still current and working and to replace the current awareness headline feed with a current awareness page link.
This piece of work is expected to be completed by the autumn.

Friday 12 July 2013

Wednesday 3 July 2013

03/07/2013 Minor changes to the online forms

Where the online forms request users to include their organisation the drop-down box now includes instructions and does not default to the first organisation in the list.

03/07/2013 FAQs updated

The FAQs page and some related links have been updated to reflect the current service.

03/07/2013 Carousel images

Carousel images have been added to the training and etutorials pages. These promote highlighted courses and etutorials to users.

Wednesday 19 June 2013

19/06/2013 Changes to the Regional Libraries list

You can link to a number of different local health-related libraries via our Regional Libraries and Information Services section.

This has now been updated to remove the link to SASHA, which will no longer be maintained after August. A new list of local libraries has been added. You can check out what facilities are available at local libraries where you may be working on placements.

19/06/2013 Oxford Handbooks Updated

The ebook collection of Oxford Handbooks has been update to include new titles and updated editions of some existing titles.

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Thursday 23 May 2013

23/05/2013 Updated PDF forms

The PDF forms for the book ILL, journal article ILL and membership application have all been updated with the new/updated NHS organisation names.

23/05/2013 Update organisation names on the online forms

The online forms have now been updated to include the new/updated NHS organisations that we support. When you are completing a form please make sure that you select the correct organisation that you work for / study with from the options presented.

Monday 15 April 2013

Thursday 28 March 2013

28/03/2013 Update to Department of Health web address

The Department of Health has changed its web address. This has now been reflected in the website in the following sections:
If anyone does spot any errors then please let Cheryl, the eresources librarian know.

Thursday 21 March 2013

21/03/2013 I want to learn about...

A new page has been created to help users to find all our relevant training opportunities. The A-Z list includes all our main resources and you can find links to:
  • help pages
  • pdf guides
  • etutorials
  • videos
  • training courses

21/03/2013 Social Care Links added

Links to relevant Social Care resources have been added to the Healthcare Resources webpage.

Wednesday 27 February 2013

27/02/2013 Francis Inquiry added

You can now find links to reports relating to the Francis Inquiry on the NHS subject links page.

27/02/2013 Update to Staff Publications

The Staff Publications Refworks database and the spreadsheet have both been updated to include new research articles from 2012.

Thursday 24 January 2013

24/01/2013 Updates to Online Guides and Support

I have completed more updates to the Online Guides and Support section to ensure that links are up-to-date and work correctly, and to include any new material.
Today the following have been released:

Wednesday 23 January 2013