Information Skills for Health

I thought I would share with you some of the links and apps that I've added to my tablet that cover many of our NHS-based resources. Some are freely available, others will required your NHS OpenAthens login details. You will often need an Internet connection to access the content. Links on the Home Screen This is a list of resources that might be useful to you. These are all provided via your browser. Go to the link to view the resources. By selecting your browser menu you should get an option that allows you to add the link to your device home page. Health Library home page - of course! https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/ Health Library News —latest news about facilities, services & resources https://hlnews.blogspot.com/ Information Skills for Health blog —develop your information skills https://infoskillsforhealth.blogspot.com/ Health Library Current Awareness Service —latest research published https://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northsta...

BMJ Best Practice is an online evidence-based support tool, available to all NHS users via OpenAthens login. Install the app to get access to recommendations and guidelines on the go. Installation Instructions: 1. Go to the desktop version of BMJ Best Practice and log in with your OpenAthens username. 2. Create your personal BMJ account 3. Go to your app store and search for BMJ Best Practice 4. Download the app from BMJ 5. Install the app and open it 6. Log in with your personal BMJ account 7. Start searching! Using BMJ Best Practice: BMJ Best Practice provide you with topic pages for a wide range of conditions and diseases. Select the topic from your search results. You are presented with a number of sections; select the one you want to read. Information is presented in an easy-to-read format. You also have access to clinical calculators as well as images and videos. Celebrating Libraries in a Digital World

Dynamed is an evidence-based reference tool, providing access to recommendations and guidance on a wide range of conditions and diseases. Get the app for info on the go. Dynamed is available to our UHNM users via OpenAthens. Installation Instructions: 1. Go to the desktop version and log in with your OpenAthens username  2. Create your personal ebsco account 3. Go to your app store and search for Dynamed 4. Download the app from Ebsco 5. Install and open it. 6. On the authentication screen, select the option "sign in" at the top 7. Sign in with your ebsco personal account details 8. Choose the installation you want The option you choose will depend on how much space you are happy for the app to take up on your phone and whether you are happy to still rely on an Internet connection. 9. Start searching! Using Dynamed: From your search results you can select a topic page which contains a wide array of details about the chosen condition or disease...

The Cochrane Library app releases monthly updates highlighting selected key systematic reviews published. Abridged versions of the reviews are presented in an easy-to-read format. Installation Instructions: 1. Go to your app store and search for the Cochrane Library 2. Install the app from the Cochrane Collaboration and open it. 3. Get started straight way - no login required! Using the Cochrane Library App: Select the edition you want to read and download it to your device. You can see all the editions you have downloaded by selecting the Download button. To remove any editions, click the Edit option and then select the edition to send to the bin. Note that if you delete an edition it will remove any bookmarked items in that edition. When you are reading an edition, tap the menu icon to see the table of contents. You can also use the search box here to search this edition. The review presented is an abridged version, to read the full version click the link i...

Clinical Key is a clinical search engine, helping you to find the answers you need. You can search on the go and access all the great full-text content on your mobile device. Clinical Key is only available to our UHNM staff members via OpenAthens login. Installation Instructions: 1. Go to your App Store and search for Clinical Key 2. Install the Clinical Key app from Elsevier and open it screen-shot of Clinical Key in the app store 3. Select the Global edition Make sure you select the "Global" edition 4. Select Clinical Key Select "Clinical Key" from the options presented 5. Choose the OpenAthens login option screen-shot of the log in page - select the openathens option 6. Log in with your UHNM OpenAthens username OpenAthens login screen - enter your details and click the button 7. Start searching! Clinical Key search page Using Clinical Key: You can use the drop-down menu to select ...

You can access up-to-date information about drugs and medicines from the BNF (British National Formulary) and the BNFc (British National Formulary for Children). Now access it on the go via your mobile device. Both the BNF and the BNFc are available in the same app and this is available to all NHS staff. Installation Instructions: 1. Go to your App Store and search for the BNF Screen-shot of the App Store page for BNF 2. Download the BNF app from the Pharmaceutical Press 3. Install the BNF app 4. That's it! You can get started straight away - no login is required Click the Search icon or browse through the A-Z Search page on the BNF App Using the App: You can search or browse for the drug you are interested it, then select the page you want to view from the results. Search results page for Aspirin Here is an example page for Aspirin Example page for Aspirin You can flip between the BNF and the BNFc. Choose whether to view the BNF or the ...

This week, 7th to 12th October, is Libraries Week . The theme this year is "Celebrating Libraries in a Digital World"; so I'm taking the opportunity to tell you about some of the great Library / NHS resources you can access on the go. This week I'll be blogging about the mobile apps that you can use to access full-text articles and keep up-to-date with the latest practice changing guidelines. You can sign-up to get updates in your email inbox or just check in with the blog.