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The Health Library website provides you with access to a wealth of healthcare-based resources as well as a range of specialist services to support your studies, work and professional development.

Develop your information skills to find the information you need effectively.

We’ve got plenty of opportunities to help you to develop your information skills and learn how to use our resources effectively to find the information you need.

Go to the Training section of our website for all the different options.

You can visit the various options by clicking on the menu options presented at the top of page.

training page show the top menu items
Training page showing the top menu items

Go to the most popular options by paging down to see the Quick Links for the key sections: Information Skills eTutorials, Online Guides and Support and Courses and Workshops.

quick links options on the training page
Quick links options on the training page

Page down again to see the images and links for the subsections:

Sub-sections presented as images
Sub-sections presented as images

Information skills etutorials – complete an online tutorial to learn more about what the Health Library can offer you, to develop your information skills and improve your literature searching, and to make the most of our key resources.

Online guides and support – check our help pages for our most used resources. You’ll find guides, tutorials and videos to help you to get to grips with key healthcare resources.

Courses and workshops – book on a training course or arrange a 1-to-1 session with our training librarians for extra support.

Contact the training team – get in touch with our librarian team if you need some more help.

Information skills for health blog – check our blog for the latest news about resources, training options and short learning opportunities.

Glossary – our glossary will help you to understand some of the key terms used within our training options.

Access the Health Library website

The Health Library for North Staffordshire, based at the CEC (Royal Stoke University Hospital) supports Keele University healthcare-based staff and students as well as NHS staff working for our partner organisations.

The Health Library website is freely available online. You can find information about our facilities and services as well as links to access our specialist healthcare resources.

Need more help?

Please contact the Health Library for any help accessing Health Library facilities, services and resources. 

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