Health Library Online - have you checked out our new website yet?

The Health Library website has had a make-over with a new look and feel - have you checked it out yet?

Screen-shot of the home page for the Health Library website

You can use the Health Library website to access:

Quick Links

Popular links for our main user groups are available on the home page: Keele nursing, midwifery and medical students, NHS staff, Keele academic staff and researchers.

Latest News

Get the latest news from the Health Library about services and resources.

Social Media

Join us on our social networks: Facebook [CECLibrary], Twitter [@CECLibrary] and YouTube channel [healthlib].

Using the Health Library

Explore the facilities at the Health Library, learn how to join the library, how you can visit us and how to borrow items.

Opening Hours

Check our opening hours and when you can visit – look out for any changes.

Find

Investigate the resources that you have access to, including articles, books, ebooks, journals and databases. As well as all the help you need to register for NHS OpenAthens.

Specialist Support

We can do some of the work for you. Check out all the specialist services we have to support your work and studies:

:: Inter-Library Loans Service :: Literature Search Service :: NHS Outreach Service ::

:: Support for specific user groups ::

Training

Learn more about the training opportunities available to you, whether in the classroom or online via our guides and etutorials. Develop your information skills to help you to find the evidence you need.

Find a Form

All our forms are grouped together: make a request online, book training, download a membership form or provide feedback.

Contact Us

Find all our contact details to get in touch with the right member of staff.

Let us know what you think

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Hot Topic! Prostate Cancer

There has been some recent discussion around prostate cancer screening and whether it should be extended to a wider proportion of the populate, but… What do you know about prostate cancer? Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] BMJ Best Practice – Prostate Cancer Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Prostate Cancer, Screening and Prevention Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Prostate Cancer Cochrane Library systematic reviews – How does dose‐escalated radiotherapy compare with conventional dose radiotherapy for men with localized prostate cancer? Oxford Medicine Online – Chapter 9 Prostate Cancer in Oxford Handbook of Urology Case 8 Localized Prostate Cancer in Challenging Cases in Urological Surgery Chapter 5 The European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) in 50 studies every doctor should know: the...

Hot Topic! Cervical Cancer

Period blood test could offer less invasive alternative to cervical screening reported the BBC in February. This interesting and less invasive test is still undergoing research. What do you know about cervical cancer? Check these resources for an overview, key points, diagnosis, treatment options, follow-up and more. [You will need your NHS OpenAthens username to access these resources] BMJ Best Practice – Cervical cancer - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice ; Cervical cancer screening - Medical information | BMJ Best Practice Clinical Key (available to UHNM only) – Cervical Cancer - ClinicalKey ; Cervical Cancer, Survivorship - ClinicalKey Clinical Knowledge Summaries – Cervical screening | Health topics A to Z | CKS | NICE Cochrane Library systematic reviews – Effects of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes on community rates of HPV‐related disease and harms from vaccination - Henschke, N - 2025 | Cochrane Library Patient Inf...

Clinical Key events for March 2026

Elsevier are organising a couple of events of interest for the end of March: essential training on Clinical Key for new users and a Women's Network event looking at women's mental and hormonal health. Clinical Key (published by elsevier) is a clinical search engine providing key evidence-based resources to staff at UHNM. Clinical Key Training March 24th – 10:00hrs UK & Ireland time ; Register for this MS Teams event online General session highlighting two journeys on Clinical Key- for the point of care and for reference or research. Make the most of this valuable resource. Suitable for new users and anyone wanting refresher training. Improving the Science Behind Women’s Mental and Hormonal Health March 31st - 12:00hrs UK & Ireland time ; Register for this MS Teams event online . This International Women’s Day, our panel shines a light on one of the most urgent gaps in modern science: the persistent exclusion of female’s biology from research, with a specific emphasis o...

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