This guide is intended for NHS staff who are members of the Health Library for North Staffordshire (based at Royal Stoke University Hospital) or Health Library at County (based at County Hospital, Stafford).
What is it?
Library Search is a discovery tool allowing users to search Keele University’s online resources as well as the book collections for Campus Library (based at Keele University), Health Library for North Staffordshire and Health Library at County.
NHS staff should be aware that databases, journals and articles available on Library Search relate to Keele University online subscriptions only. None of the NHS subscribed databases, ejournals or articles can be searched via this tool.
How to Access…
Who is it for?
Library Search is freely available on the Internet and anyone can run a search to see what is available. Items from the book collections can be borrowed by members.
Log in
NHS staff who are members of the library service, are provided with a username to allow you to log in to Library Search. This allows you to view your library account and carry out activities relating to the book collection. However it does not give you access to any online full-text.
Key Features
Your Account
When you log in to your Library Search account you can:
View current loans : View past loans : View any requests : View any fines : Export references of your loans : Update Your Password
Basic Searching
You can perform simple keyword searches at different levels:
Everything : Books and more : Articles and more : Health Library at County
Search Results
You can use the filter options on your search results to limit the result set returned, by:
Availability : Resource Type : Date : Subject : Library : And more
Viewing Full-Text
You can view the full-text of some ebooks, where they are available via NHS OpenAthens access. Access to Keele online resources is not available to NHS staff, unless you are using a temporary login on the Keele network at the Health Library.
Your eShelf
You can save items on your search results to your eshelf by clicking on the pin icon next to the item. You can group items together on your eshelf by giving them a label.
Request an Item
You can request that a book be saved for you. Use the “request” option for the book and complete the short online form. You will be notified by email when the book is available for you to collect from the library counter.
Save a Search
You can choose to save a search query so that you can run it again or opt to be notified of any new items that match your search criteria.
Mobile Access
Library Search has a responsive design so it will adjust to any size screen. You can run it from the internet browser on your mobile device.
More Help
You can find more help on Library Search via:
- Online Guides and Support page on the Health Library website
- Information Skills for Health blog
- Library Search for NHS Users presentation
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