Information Skills for Health

  Library Search is a discovery tool, allowing you to find items within the library collections. You can search Library Search without logging in to view books and ebooks available in our collections. By logging in to your library account on Library Search you can access a range of additional functionality, such as: Viewing details of your library account Submitting a request to hold a book for you Adding items to your e-bookshelf Saving searches Note that for NHS users logging in to Library Search does not give you access to full-text items. As an NHS member of staff you access online resources using your NHS OpenAthens username. Anatomy of a Library Card First let’s take a quick look at the most important components of your library card. Your library card and library card number give you access to print resources as well as library services. They confirm that you are a member of the library. Your name : this will be printed on your card, so you’ll know it’s yours!...

Library Search includes an A-Z list of the ejournal collection available at Keele University. Note that NHS-subscribed ejournals are not available via the Library Search interface. There are a number of different ways to look for Keele ejournals on Library Search. This blog post will just give you one simple route. 1. Start at the Library Search home page. Click the more option on the top menu bar – this is represented by the 3 dots The top menu bar includes the more option represented by 3 dots 2. Select the Keele eJournals A-Z option. A range of extra options are presented - choose Keele eJournals A-Z 3. Keele eJournals A-Z search interface. You are then presented with the Keele eJournals A-Z search interface, You can either browse through the titles available alphabetically or enter your journal title into the search box and click search. Screen-shot of the Journal search interface, including an alphabetic list In this example I have en...

Library Search includes the collection of ebooks available to our Keele University and NHS users. Note that not all the ebooks in the collection are available to all of our users. Follow these steps to find an ebook on Library Search: 1. Start by searching for the book title or topic that you want. Enter your text into the search box and select the “Search books and more” option. I have searched for the book “How to Read a Paper” Screen-shot of search results for book title "How to read a paper" Items matching your search terms will be returned. eBooks may appear in their own right as an entry in the results – you’ll see the text “Online Access” – but don’t click this link. An ebook may also occur when a title has the text “Multiple versions” next to it. This often means that we have both the print and online version of the book, or it can mean that we have multiple editions. 2. For the entry that you are interested in, click the book title. ...

Library Search is a discovery tool, allowing you to find items within the library collections. In this blog post I’m going to look at how you can use the filter options to focus your search results. Here is an example search – diabetes type 1 and teenagers – and the search results. Search Results presented in Library Search, filter options on the left-hand-side The filter options are all on the left-hand-side of the screen. The filter options may depend on the type of items returned by your search. Typically you can filter by: Full-text availability Resources Type Date (usually publication date) Subject – subject headings available will depend on your results Library – if print items are included in your results Range of filter options presented for this set of results Be aware that restricting your search may bias your results. Be clear on why you are using the filters. Here are some options that you might want to consider: 1. Include res...

Library Search allows you to search across a range of library collections; including the book collections at the Health Library and LERC (County, Stafford). You can also search the online resources purchased by Keele University. Note that for NHS users Library Search does not give you access to full-text items. As an NHS member of staff you access online resources using your NHS OpenAthens username. Library Search is a relatively simple search tool and we would not recommend it as a tool to replace health-specific bibliographic databases such as medline or cinahl. Library Search is most useful for: Finding an item in the book collection Checking for full-text access to an ejournal or article within the Keele online collection Running a scoping search to gauge whether literature is available for a topic Here are step-by-step instructions on how to run a simple search to find a book. 1. Go to Library Search. You can get to Library Search by clicking the...

Library Search is a discovery tool, allowing you to find items within the library collections. Log in to your Library Search Account to: 1. See an overview of your Account Once you have logged in to Library Search, select your name from the top menu bar. Then select “My Library Account” from the drop-down box. Drop-down option where you can select "My Library Account" on Library Search You can now see a overview dashboard of the main aspects of your account including: Recent Loans Fines & Fees Requests Blocks & Messages Account Overview page where you can see Loans + History, Fines + Fees, Requests and Blocks + Messages To view items in more detail click the tabs along the top of the overview screen. 2. View Current Loans and History Click the Loans and History option. You will first be presented with a list of items that you currently have on loan. Loans + History - the current loans option is selected and a list...

*** please see updated post Login to Library Search - step-by-step instructions for NHS staff *** Library Search is a discovery tool, allowing you to find items within the library collections. By logging in to Library Search you can access a range of additional functionality, such as: Viewing your library account Submitting a request to hold a book for you Adding items to your e-bookshelf Saving searches Note that for NHS users logging in to Library Search does not give you access to full-text items. As an NHS member of staff you access online resources using your NHS OpenAthens username. Log in to Library Search 1. Click the Sign-in option on the top menu bar. Menu bar for Library Search - the Sign in option is top-right 2. Select the Login Type “NHS and other users”. Log in screen with 2 options - select the option for NHS users 3. Enter your library card number and the password and click Login. Note that you will have been given an...