Information Skills for Health

You might find it helpful during your searching activities to save items that you find really useful or interesting. You can save articles, books, chapters, images or videos. This blog item will show you how to save articles on Clinical Key. Log on Clinical Key is available to staff working at UHNM . You will need to login using your NHS Athens username. Save Articles from Search Results Here is an example search: I have searched for full-text RCTs on nut hypersensitivity. Screen-shot of an example search in Clinical Key You can save articles directly from your search results, by selecting the box on the left of the article title. You can select more than one at a time. Once an article is selected you will see a number of icons become visible at the top of the list. Select the “Bookmark” icon to save your selected articles. Screen-shot of selected articles Add tags You will be prompted to add a tag – this is a descriptor that will be added to each article yo...

Clinical Key is available to NHS staff working at UHNM. Here is a short video to help you to find journal titles on Clinical Key. Why don't you check out what journals are available in your specialty.

When you are searching for information do you use the right resource? Our etutorial Select the Right Resource will help you to: Learn about the different types of resources Think about what resource you need Avoid wasting time searching inappropriate resources

Journals Added – CK Global Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  (2011 to present); ISSN: 1413-8670; Package/Collection: Infectious Disease;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 14138670 Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology  (2014 to present); ISSN: 2214-6237; Package/Collection: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 22146237 Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports  (2015 to present); ISSN: 2214-6245; Package/Collection: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 22146245 Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice  (2015 to present); ISSN: 2405-4526; Package/Collection: Flex Only;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 24054526 Journal of Physiotherapy  (2011 to present); ISSN: 1836-9553; Package/Collection: Physical Medicine & Rehabili...

The PICO tool can help you to analyse your question into a clinical question. Our new etutorial Using PICO will: Explain what PICO is Show you an example Help you to use PICO to create clinical questions

Information Skills for Health: Introduction to Literature Searching : Do you need some help when you start a literature search? Our etutorial Introduction to Literature Searching can help get you sta...

Make sure you know what information you need to search for by analysing your question. Our new etutorial Identify your Question will show you how 3 different tools can help you to breakdown different types of question. This will make it easier for you to identify what information you’ll need. You will: Learn how to breakdown your question. Complete a question breakdown plan as you move through the tutorial. Try a short quiz. Download our reflection document to record your thoughts for your portfolio. Let us know what you think at the end by completing our feedback form.

If you are graduating from Keele this year, don’t forget that you can retain access to Refworks. This will be really useful to help you to keep a record of useful articles you find whether for CPD, revalidation or any further research you may do. You will need to contact the Keele Refwords team at library.refworks@keele.ac.uk to arrange for your account to be retained. See the Campus Refworks page for more details.

Do you need some help when you start a literature search? Our etutorial Introduction to Literature Searching can help get you started. You’ll learn about the steps you need to take to make sure you are focused and search effectively. You can complete a search plan as you move through the etutorial. You can download our reflection document to record your thoughts for your portfolio. Let us know what you think at the end by completing our feedback form.

If you have only part of a reference or you want to do a quick check on all the details, then try the Pubmed single citation matcher . Enter as many details that you have and pubmed will search for it to try to retrieve the articles that match the details you have entered. Here is an example of a search: Screen-shot of Pubmed Single Citation Matcher Here is the article it found: Screen-shot of result of Pubmed citation matcher

When you are completing a literature search on a database you can often focus the search by limiting it to a particular date range. This can help you to focus on the most recent research. Why not try it on the next search that you complete?

You can access our very popular Oxford Handbooks online. See the Oxford Handbook collection on our ebooks page . You will need your NHS Athens username / password or your Keele computer login details to access our ebooks.