Information Skills for Health

 Got an article reference and need to find the full-text? Need to check NHS resources for full-text? Learn more about the tools to help you to get straight to full-text articles. Complete our online tutorial Find Full-text Articles and Journals for the NHS . You will learn: How get your OpenAthens username to log in to full-text Which Health Library web page contains the help you need How to search for full-text using an article DOI How to search for full-text with just the article title How to find a journal title on Browzine How great LibKey nomad is How to use Google Scholar library links to get to full-text articles For more help just get in touch with the Health Library .

 We have been experiencing a problem here at the Health Library (CEC, Royal Stoke) whereby staff cannot log in to Clinical Key. I believe that it is a Keele network + un-activated account error ie only ocurring on the Keele network (or via Keele wifi) but only if you have an un-activated Clinical Key account. I have logged a job with elsevier and they are investigating the problem. There is a work-round - log on to a non-Keele computer (ie an NHS computer or use your mobile phone network), log in to Clinical Key (via the browser) and activate your account. You should then be able to log in OK when you go back to your Keele networked computer. There are instructions here Clinical Key: how to log in and activate your account (infoskillsforhealth.blogspot.com) Apologies for any inconvenience.

 Searching Browzine Is the best way to find the table of contents for NHS journal issues. You can see a list of recent issues and the table of contents including links to articles. However, we have noticed that an error can occur when trying to link to articles for the most recently published issue. The error may look different depending on the host platform for the article. It usually presents as a form of “not found” error. We believe that this happens when an issue has been published on Browzine before it has been published on the platform. Therefore the article is not listed on the platform yet. An example of the platform may be Ovid, Ebsco or Proquest. There should only be a delay of a day or two before the issue is available on the platform. Please contact the Health Library if you are having any problems accessing full-text articles.

 We know that many of our NHS staff use Keele University networked equipment to access both university and NHS-based resources. This may be via Keele networked computers, wifi access or Keele University logins. You need to be aware that this can have unintended consequences to your access to NHS-based resources. If Keele University has the same subscription, for example to an online journal or database, or even a subscription with the same publisher / provider, then this may negatively impact on your access to NHS resources. What will happen? Usually the resource will deny you access to the NHS-based resource. You may get an error page or there may be no obvious information (other than you don’t get access to full-text). What can you do? Check whether you are logged in correctly by looking for the institution logo or text indicating the resource is from your trust or the Health Library. Check whether the page gives you an option for an alternative log on via a different ins

 What's happening on Clinical Key this April? Clinical Key is available to UHNM staff, via NHS OpenAthens login. Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month It's #IBSAwarenessMonth. The more we work together to raise awareness for IBS, the greater our ability to impact positive outcomes, such as additional research, increased educational opportunities, and improved patient care. Check out Clinical Key to read more about diagnosis, complications and symptoms etc. Stress Awareness Month It's #StressAwarenessMonth. Join our  free   Elsevier’s Mental and Behavioral Healthcare Hub , where you can access clinical resources to help your patients. You’ll also find resources to support your own resilience as you care for patients in challenging environments. April 2nd –  Autism Awareness Day This day is #AutismAwareness Day. To measure the success of our societies, we should examine how well those with different abilities, including persons with autism, are integrated as full and val

 Need to stay up-to-date with the latest evidence? Want to make sure you're keeping up with the latest published research? Want to know more about KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates? Watch our new video to learn what KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates can offer you. Go to our current awareness web page to sign-up .

 There are a plethora of tools that can help you to stay up-to-date with the latest evidence. Complete our tutorial Current Awareness Tools to learn about the great tools that can help you to stay up-to-date. For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

  ePub ahead of print means that the article is being listed online before it is released in the published journal issue, whether published online or in print. Whether you can access the full-text of the epub-ahead-of-print will depend on the publisher’s rules for our subscription. Some publishers will include ahead-of-print in our subscription and you’ll have no problem accessing them. However, some publishers will not include this access in our subscription. Unfortunately, there is no way of indicating whether the epub-ahead-of-print is available or not on our journal lists. You won’t really be able to tell unless you try to access it and fail. What can you do if you want an unavailable epub-ahead-of-print? Wait – you can wait for the issue to be published that will include the article Apply for an article request – we will see if another library is able to provide a copy. Complete our online form to make a request. If you need any help accessing full-text articles, plea

 Why is current awareness important? Complete our online tutorial What is current awareness? to learn more about different levels and why you should stay up-to-date. For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

 Search the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub to find healthcare information from a wide range of NHS-based sources. Your results may include thousands of items. Focus your search results to make it easier to find what you need. There are a number of filters you can use: Publication Date Source Type Subject Publication Publisher Language Databases The screen-shots below are taken from a search. The hit counts and elements available will vary depending on your results. Note that each filter you apply builds on the previous selection, so you should see your number of results decreasing with each selection. Publication Date Use this filter to focus on the latest information or a specific date range. Source Type This filter allows you to select particular type of information source, for example books etc. For articles select the option academic journals. Click the Show More link to see all the source types available for this search. You can order the list either

 Got an article title you want to find but don’t have the full reference? Maybe a colleague has told you about a good article to read but they don’t have all the details. How can you find it? Here is an example: Health-related quality of life in youth with type 1 diabetes by Shapira Search for the full-text by article title 1. Go to the Health Library web page Articles for the NHS . 2. Page down to the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub section. 3. Enter your article title in double quotes. 4. Click the “Search” button. You will be taken to the Hub search results article page.  What if the search returns lots of results? What can you do? Use the filter options Select from the various filter options to focus the number of entries in the search results. You might try: publication date range if you know the journal is recent journal article source type subject filter option Use the Hub advanced search options Use the advanced search to focus your results.  Click

 Have you got an article reference and want to find the full-text? Does your reference include the DOI or PMID? DOI is the digital object identifier. This is a code which uniquely identifies an article. So, no matter which platform the article is hosted on or even if the publisher changes, the article will have the same DOI. PMID is the pubmed identifier. This is a reference number for the article held on the Pubmed database. You will always see a PMID for an article if you are searching on Pubmed. Here is an example of a reference: Ultrasound-guided genicular nerves block vs. local infiltration analgesia for total knee arthroplasty: a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial, Cuñat et al Anaesthesia, 2023 Feb;78(2):188-196. doi: 10.1111/anae.15909 PMID: 36351436 . I’ve highlighted in bold the DOI and the Pubmed ID: see them below: DOI = 10.1111/anae.15909 PMID = 36351436 You can now use these bits of the reference to find whether the library has the full-text or

 Communicating your work or research is an important aspect of literature searching. An academic poster offers you an opportunity to share your work in a concise and visually appealing way.  Complete our presentation How to create and academic poster for tips to help you to create your own poster. You'll learn: What an academic poster is Why you will want one Defining your audience Design tools to use and more For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library

There are many different reasons why you will be writing a paper  - for assignment, dissertation, thesis, research paper and so on. There is a forest of books available - some even in the library - to help you to create the right structure, develop your writing skills and use the correct grammar.  Complete our presentation Writing an Academic Paper for hints and tips on writing your academic paper. Learn more about: Why you should write and publish Identifying your audience Targeting a journal and more It is aimed at students and early career NHS staff who are looking to publish their first paper. For more help with literature searching: Take a look at  more etutorials Book a training session Contact the Health Library