Take advantage of the free NHS trial access to a large variety of electronic books and journals

As part of a national pilot, Springer Publishing have given NHS staff access to a huge amount of electronic resources.

With over 1900 electronic journals (all post 1997) and 40,000 electronic books (all post 2005) on offer, there is a lot of health related content available.

The Springer trial will last until the 31st of October 2014 (but may be extended)


How to access this content:

• Go to http://health.springer.com/ and click "Sign up/Log in" from the menu at the top right hand corner of the page
• Click on Institutional / Athens login
• From the "log in via Athens" dropdown, select NHS and then log in with your Athens account.

Other publishers are also involved with the pilot and you can also access content from:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: 2 titles accessible here and here
• Annual Reviews in Biomedical Sciences: 26 titles accessible here
• Elsevier (via Science Direct): 150 titles (via Athens) accessible here
• IOP Publishing: 100 titles accessible here
• Nature Publishing Group: 37 titles (via Athens) accessible here
• Oxford University Press Medical Collection: 88 titles accessible here
• Royal Society of Chemistry: 57 titles accessible here

Except where noted above, access to these titles is only via the N3 network (i.e. you have to be using a computer on the NHS network). This content will be available until March 2015.

You can find all the journal titles by using the My Journals page, or by searching the healthcare databases (HDAS) on the NICE Evidence Services site.

If you don't already have an OpenAthens account, NHS staff and attached students can register online here.

The is a great boost to the electronic resources already on offer and we would encourage all of our users to take advantage of the trial while it is available.