E-books

As well as our physical print bookstock, UHNM staff also have access to a wide array of e-books which can be read on line and sometimes downloaded. All you need to access them is an OpenAthens password.

If you haven't got an OpenAthens password you can self-register using your uhnm email address here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk// (there is more help should you need it here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/training/onlineguidesandsupport/athens/ )

Clinical Key

Besides journal articles there are lots and lots of the latest ebooks available via our subscription to Clinical Key on a wide range of clinical topics. Take a look at our guides to Clinical Key here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/training/onlineguidesandsupport/clinicalkey/

Kortext

 https://read.kortext.com/

There are around 100 titles on this site on a range of topics including many from the popular "...at a glance" series. Once logged in with OpenAthens type University Hospitals of North Midlands in the institution box and then on the page that comes up click on "collections" next to books and the titles will gradually all appear in an alphabetical list. Click on the images to access the books.

Library Search

You can also find some of our e-books alongside print copies in our library catalogue some are for Keele users only but others are available to NHS staff . Access the catalogue here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/librarysearch/

To help you use and access all our e-books as mentioned above there are further helpful guides on our website here: https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/ebooks/

World Hepatitis Day

 


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World Hepatitis Day 

28th July 2025 

According to the World Hepatitis Alliance, each year there are more than a million people who lose their lives to hepatitis and over 2 million new cases of hepatitis recorded each year.  They estimate that there are more than 300 million people worldwide living with the disease.  World Hepatitis Day takes place each year as part of the campaign to raise awareness about this preventable disease. 

 

RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES 

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information. 

 

BOOKS 

  • Handbook of Liver Disease; Friedman, Lawrence S; 2018 (Elsevier); 4th edition – [only available for UHNM staff through ClinicalKey with an OpenAthens password] 

JOURNALS  

  • Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy; AssociaCAo Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular, author, issuing body; (Brazil Associacao Brasileira de Hematologia) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2018 onwards. 

  • Microbial genomics; Society for General Microbiology, author, issuing body; (Microbiology Society) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2015 onwards. 

  • Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology; Euroasian Gastroenterological Association, issuing body; Viral Hepatitis Foundation Bangladesh, issuing body; (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2014 onwards. 

  • Hepatology communications; American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, sponsoring body; (Wolters Kluwer) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2017 onwards 

N.B. NHS members can obtain temporary Keele IT log-ins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke.NHS ejournals will require NHS members to login with an NHS Athens account to access articles. 

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/ 

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users. 

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE:  

  • NHS website:  

  • Charities / Further information: 

  • Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:  

 

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS:   

KnowledgeShare Evidence Updates is a personalised current awareness service which sends, straight to your email inbox, new evidence on topics tailored to your requirements and collated by Health Librarians.For more information, or to register for KnowledgeShare please go to https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/currentawareness/.