Thursday, 7 August 2014

New additions to the free NHS trial of electronic resources

Back in June we told you about the NHS wide trial of electronic journals and books (the "Finch pilot") that is going on until March 2015.

Two new resources have been added to the trial and will also be available until March next year.

www.rsc.org/merck-index
The Merck Index Online is produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry and  has been in existence for over 120 years. 

As with the printed edition, the online index contains a wealth of authoritative information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals in a fully searchable full text database (you can find out more about the content here).

The database has a number of different ways to search, including by full text, compound, manufacturer, molecular formula and many more.


The publisher Karger have also decided to join the pilot and have made their collection of electronic journals freely available to NHS staff.

The titles Karger is offering span a large range of health related subjects and include:

Access to both of these resources is via the NHS's IP range. This means you do not need any passwords, but you will only be able to use them from a computer connected to the NHS network.

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