Information Skills for Health

 You can quickly access evidence-based, concise and focused information on key healthcare topics via Clinical Key clinical overviews . Clinical overviews can help you to: Find clinical answers quickly Refresh your knowledge on conditions Search for best practice Find current clinical guidelines All to support your clinical decisions and help you to provide best care to your patients. Search results including clinical overviews now provide you with short-cuts to key sections of the overviews, such as Summary , Diagnosis , Workup and Treatment Screen-shot showing the clinical overview short-cut options Once you are browsing the clinical overview, use the menu options to go straight to the section you need. Content often covers: Key points Diagnosis Treatment Complications & prognosis Screening and prevention References Screen-shot showing the clinical overview menu structure on the left-hand-side How to access NHS staff at UHNM can access Clinical Key

You can now get to the information you need quickly via the updated Clinical Key search interface . Quick search Use the simple search box to run a quick search against Clinical Key content. You can include all content or select a specific type such as books, journals, overviews, trials, multi-media etc. You can then use the filters to narrow down your results. Point-of-care decision support You can now easily browse for evidence-based information to support point of care clinical decision making, treatment options and care of your patients. Content has been organised into easy access lists for: Clinical Overviews Drug Monographs Calculators Guidelines Patient Education Screen-shot of the Clinical Key search box and point-of-care support content Professional development You can search and access a wide range of full-text content from key healthcare publications to support your professional development: Search the latest published research Save and share articles

You can search on Library Search to access key, healthcare-specific, books and ebooks, to support your career and professional development. Library Search is the main catalogue for the Health Library, listing our book and ebook collections. Use Library Search to: Log on as an NHS member of staff to view your library account Check your book renewals View your borrowing record Reserve a book for collection Run a basic search Use filters to focus search results Read an ebook Find a Keele ejournal Access special collections Complete our Sway – Library Search for NHS Users – to get started and make the most of your library membership. For more help accessing online resources, contact your eresources librarian, Cheryl, at c.kent@keele.ac.uk .  

Journal eToCs give you a great way to stay up-to-date with the latest research and news in your specialist field. Read the blog entries below to learn about eToCs and how you can sign-up to journal eToCs on our most popular platforms:  What are eToCs? eToCs from BMJ Journals eToCs from Ovid Journals eToCs from Clinical Key Journals eToCs from Oxford Journals More help using ejournals Finding NHS Journals and accessing full-text: step-by-step  – instructions on how to find NHS full-text journals eJournals help page  – for more help on how to find articles and access journals Contact your eresources librarian, Cheryl, at  c.kent@keele.ac.uk  if you need more help.