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Resource of the week #22: Nuffield Trust

What is it? The Nuffield Trust is a charity-based organisation that looks at the quality of healthcare in the UK. They perform research and analysis focusing on: Quality of Care The NHS workforce New models of Health care delivery Older people and complex care The NHS and social care reform Key Features Here you will find research, reports and policy analysis relating to the areas mentioned above; as well as news and comment on the latest healthcare issues. You can follow their activities via social media or sign-up to their weekly newsletter. They are also active delivering events such as conferences and policy summits . They also produce a number of infographics to explain statistics and activities within healthcare. You can use the Search option to look for a specific topic. How can it help you? The Nuffield Trust is a useful resource if you are involved in management, policy development and decision-making within the NHS or wider healthcare se

Advanced Searching on the Cochrane Library

You can find more than systematic reviews on the Cochrane Library. The advanced search function allows you to search other databases for clinical trials. Learn more about advanced searching on the Cochrane Library by taking our etutorial Cochrane Library - advanced search .

Learn how to find Systematic Reviews

You can find systematic reviews relating to a wide range of clinical conditions and treatments via the Cochrane Library. Get started using the Cochrane Library by completing out etutorial Cochrane Library - finding systematic reviews .

Get Started with Clinical Key

Clinical Key is proving to be a popular resource for our UHNM staff. It is available via UHNM Athens username. Complete our etutorial Using Clinical Key to learn more about the resources and features that you have available.

Try our point-of-care tool Dynamed

Dynamed is an evidenced-based, point-of-care tool, designed to support busy clinicians. It is available to our UHNM staff via Athens log in. If you've not tried it yet, complete our short etutorial Using Dynamed to learn about the key features and how it can help you.

Find a Keele eJournal - access full-text

Make sure you know how to check the Keele ejournal A-Z list to find out quickly whether you have access to a journal full-text; and importantly where you can access the journal from. Our etutorial Finding Keele eJournals will give you quick step-by-step instructions.

Find an NHS eJournal

Need to find the full-text of an article to support your work? Then you need to check the NHS A-Z Journals list - not sure how? Try our etutorial Find an NHS eJournal to learn how to check whether we have access to a journal title; what the holdings are and how to link to the full-text.

Resource of the week #21: TRIP

What is it? TRIP – meaning Turn Research Into Practice – is a clinical search engine, that allows you to search for good-quality research evidence. Key Features There are a number of search options: Simple free-text search PICO search Advanced search options The range of information that can be searched, includes: Research articles Evidence reviews Guidelines Images Videos Patient information You can filter your results by evidence-type. Example screen-shot from TRIP How can it help you? TRIP is a good resource to help you to find high-level, good quality evidence. How to access it? TRIP is available in 2 versions. Standard version – this is freely available on the Internet. All users can access this. Pro Version – this is a subscribed version and will give you additional features such as images and video as well as some full-text links. NHS users can access the Pro version via the NHS network. Note that you will not necessarily

Use Cinahl to find articles on nursing topics

The Cinahl database is one of our most popular resources. Keele students can use it to search for articles on a range of nursing-based topics. Get started by completing our etutorial Using Cinahl and find out about its useful features.

Can you find the full-text of an article from a reference?

Make sure you know how to use our resources to find the article you have a reference for; try our etutorial Find an Article from a Reference to learn the steps.

Do you need help finding articles for your project?

Follow the steps outlined here to get articles for your project.

Resource of the week #20: SPORTDiscus

What is it? SPORTDiscus is a subject-specific, bibliographic database. It includes bibliographic details and abstracts of thousands of articles in the area of fitness, health and sports studies. Key Features We provide access to SPORTDiscus via the Ebsco platform. Here you can search across hundreds of academic journals relating to the area of sports studies, including sports medicine. As with our other ebsco databases you can save searches and search results as well as set up alerts. How can it help you? This is a useful database to use to find good quality information and research, if you are looking at topics related to sports medicine. How to access it? This database is available to Keele students and staff via the ebsoc platform. You will need to use your Keele computer username and password to access it. You can find a link to the database via the Additional Databases section of the Medicine Databases page .

What is an Article?

Learn about all the elements of an academic article so that you can find them quickly - complete our short etutorial What is an Article .

ClinicalKey Content Updates: February 8, 2018

New Clinical Overviews (past 30 days) – CK Global Cleft lip and palate Eosinophilic esophagitis Stomatitis Journals Added AORN Journal (2018 – );  Years of Coverage: 2018 to present; ISSN: 1878-0369 (Note new ISSN for issues dated 2018 forward); Package/Collection: Surgery Extended;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 18780369 Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal ; Years of Coverage: 2014 to present; ISSN: 0972-6292; Package/Collection: Cardiovascular Disease Extended;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 09726292 Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine ; Years of Coverage: 2016 to present; ISSN: 0975-9476; Package/Collection: Internal Medicine Extended;  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/journalIssue/ 09759476 Journals Removed Indian Journal of Rheumatology ; ISSN: 0973-3698; Package/Collection: Rheumatology; Transferred to another publisher International Journal of Mycobacteriology ; ISSN: 2212-5531; Package/

Using eBooks

Many of our books can be quite popular; you don't have to wait for them to be returned - look for the ebook. You get extra features by using the ebooks such as the ability to search and add your own notes. Get started by completing our Using eBooks etutorial to learn more. 

Clearing the Internet Cache in the Chrome Browser

You may find that you are asked to clear the Internet cache in your Internet browser if the web pages are behaving erratically. This will clear some of the data held by your browser and help to "reset" your browser. Here are some basic instructions to clear the browser cache. 1. Open Chrome and select the ellipsis or "hamburger" menu option in the top right-hand corner. Screen-shot of the Chrome browser 2. Now select the "More tools" option from the drop-down menu. Screen-shot of the Chrome menu 3. From the next menu list, select the "Clear browsing data" option. Screen-shot of the tools sub-menu 4. On the pop-up box, tick the options "Cookies and other site data" and "Cache images and files"; and finally click the "Clear Data" button. Screen-shot of the "Clear browsing data" pop-up box You can usually find instructions for clearing the cache of the most popular browsers via a

Resource of the week #19: PsychInfo

What is it? PychInfo is a subject-specific, bibliographic database, providing access to literature on subjects related to psychology and mental health. Key Features You can search PsychInfo across thousands of articles relating to psychology-based subjects. You will be able to view bibliographic details and abstracts. PsychInfo is available on different platforms. These will usually allow you to save your searches and search results. How can it help you? This is a key database for you to search if you are studying, researching or working in the field of mental health. How to access it? PsychInfo is available to: NHS users via their NHS Athens username, using either the HDAS or Proquest platforms. You can find relevant links on our Healthcare Resources page . Keele users via their Keele computer login details, using the Ebsco platform. You can find relevant links on your subject pages . More help? You can find more help on using Keele or NHS da

NHS Staff! Have you registered with Athens?

Have you got your NHS Athens username yet? Your Athens username gives you access to lots of online resources, such as our ejournals, ebooks and databases. You can register online - find out why it is important that you do and how you can, by completing our Register with Athens etutorial.

Don't forget about the book collection

Books are a vital source of information - make sure you are getting the most out of our collection to get the information you need. Our etutorial Using a Book shows you the sections to check to help you navigate to the information you need.