Information Skills for Health

 Do you need to refresh your clinical knowledge on a key topic? Take a look at the reference books available on Clinical Key. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. You can find over 1000 ebooks on Clinical Key, covering a wide range of clinical topics, and including some popular textbooks. Find eBooks From the Clinical Key home page, page down to the section “Deepen your specialty and medical knowledge” and click the Books option. You can look for books by specialty, A-Z list or enter any words in the title you’re looking for in the filter box. You can search the content of ebooks by selecting “Books” from the resource type on the search box and entering your search terms. The results will include chapters from any books which include your search terms. Watch this video Learn more and follow a dem...

 Looking for the latest evidence? Want to find the answer to a clinical question? You need to complete a literature search to search the right resources to get the best information. So how do you do that? Where do you start? We can help with that - complete our online tutorial: Introduction to Literature Searching You will: Learn about the 9 steps Create your own plan to print or save Complete the short quiz Need more help? Check our training options or contact the Health Library for more help.

  Have you tried one of our Information Skills eTutorials ? Let us know what you think. We are always looking to improve our service and value your comments. Complete our online feedback form Need more help? Please contact the Health Library if you need any help. Check our Information Skills for Health blog for more news about our etutorials.

 Why not pop into the Health Library while you're studying at the Clinical Education Centre? The Health Library is here to support healthcare students on their way into the healthcare professions. Take a look at our online tutorial to learn about all the ways we can help you - from study space, IT access, print and online collections and much more Keele Students Library Welcome If you need any help please contact the Health Library .

 If you can't visit the Health Library remember that we have services and resources for you online. Take a look at our tutorial NHS Online Library for UHNM staff to learn more about: How to register for an NHS OpenAthens account Reading ebooks Finding online journals Searching the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub Using databases and other tools Staying uptodate with KnowledgeShare Getting library support for your CPD activities Online training options Requesting our services online If you ever need any help, please contact the Health Library .

 Make sure that if you join the Health Library you complete our online library induction. You'll get answers to all the essential questions. Complete our online NHS Library Induction now.

 UHNM staff can access a wide range of content from Clinical Key. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. Make confident clinical decisions Check the evidence-based, high-level resources to make sure that you make the best, confident decisions for your patients. These include: Clinical Overviews Calculators Guidelines Patient Information Access full-text for in-depth reading Read full-text articles and ebooks for the latest research in your specialty and to develop your background knowledge. Watch this video Find out how to get started with Clinical Key content by watching our video: Access Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff. Access it via the Health Library NHS Resources page or log in here via OpenAthens. Watch this video for help logging in and activating your account. Nee...

 Do you want to check if the Health Library can help you? Complete our online tutorial Using the Health Library to take a virtual tour and find out about the facilities, services and resources we can offer you. Got any questions? Then just get in touch and we'll help you.

Make the most of your UHNM Clinical Key account. Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, giving you access to a wealth of evidence-based resources to support confident clinical decision-making and in-depth reading for research and professional development. Log in and activate your account You will need a UHNM NHS OpenAthens account to log in to Clinical Key. This resource is only available to staff working at UHNM. To access Clinical Key: Go to the Health Library NHS Resources page . Find Clinical Key on the A-Z list and click the link. This will take you straight to the NHS OpenAthens log in page. OR Search for Clinical Key on Google. From the home page, click the Log in option (top right). Make sure you click the OpenAthens log in option. Then enter your NHS OpenAthens username / password when prompted. Activate your account Make sure you activate your account so that you can benefit from the advanced features such as saving articles and chapters and creating present...

 Did you know that all members of the Health Library can use the Health Library at County, based at County Hospital, Stafford? You can borrow books from their collection and visit too. To learn more about facilities and services watch their video Welcome to the Health Library at County:

 Did you know that members of the Health Library can use the Keele University Campus Library too? You can borrow from their book collection and visit too. Books can be sent to the Health Library if you'd prefer to pick up from there. Learn more about the Keele Campus Library from their video Campus Library Tour video 2022:

 Here's a really quick overview of what the Health Library can offer you - watch our YouTube video Introduction to the Health Library: For more videos go to our YouTube channel .

 If you study and work in healthcare you need to find the best evidence to support your healthcare-based decisions. Do you have the right skills to find the best evidence? We've got a quick way for you to find out: Complete our short quiz Check Your Skills . Answer all the questions, find out if you have the right skills and download your action plan to help you to improve.

 We have terminated some titles available to NHS users this year. Here is the list: Aesthetic Surgery Journal Brain British Journal of Neurosurgery Cancer Research Clinical Cancer Research Clinical Chemistry Current Opinion in Anesthesiology European Heart Journal Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub has been updated to reflect the available past holdings. Browzine will be updated by an automated process within the next 4-6 weeks. To request full-text of any articles from these journals, no longer covered by our subscription, please complete an article request form . Please contact the Health Library if you have any queries.

 You need to find the right information quickly - then you need information skills. A key component of digital skills are information skills. Want to know what they are and why they're so important? Watch our YouTube video Introduction to Information Skills for a quick overview of the essential skills you need:

 You are living and working in a digital society. Have you got the digital skills to support your studying and working life? Find out what digital skills are and how the Health Library can help you to achieve them. Watch our YouTube video: Digital Skills support from the Health Library

 Want to make sure you're making the most of the CINAHL database, the key nursing and allied health database? Sign up for training webinars delivered by Ebsco; Searching CINAHL Databases – Basic level searching (60 mins) This session will introduce basic searching concepts on CINAHL, the most widely used and respected research tool for nurses, students, and allied health professionals. In this session we will look at keyword (free text) searching, refining search results, viewing, printing & emailing results. Wednesday, 18th January @ 10.00am Book your place here  https://calendly.com/rcrookes/searching-cinahl-basic-level?month=2023-01&date=2023-01-18 Searching CINAHL Databases – Advanced level searching (60 mins) This session will introduce more advanced search concepts on CINAHL. In this session we will look at Subject Searching, combining search results, saving and re-running saved searches, creating, and sharing custom folders. Tuesday, 24th January @ 10.00am Book ...

 Start the new year by updating your skills. Make sure you can find the best information you need for your assignments, dissertation, research or work. Make sure you get the best evidence to make the best decisions with your patients. How? Get the right skills to get the right information efficiently and effectively. Check the training options from the Health Library: Information Skills etutorials - online tutorials to help you to update your skills quickly Courses and workshops - training from our librarian team; whether via webinars or in person, in groups or 1-to-1, we'll have something to help you We'll be sharing lots of information about our etutorials, so stay in touch with this Information Skills for Health blog .