Changes to OpenAthens password requirements

OpenAthens is the key to unlocking access to all of the electronic content available to you purchased by the Library Service, and nationally by Health Education England.

An OA account provides you with access to electronic books and journals, databases and other key evidence resources. 

OA have recently changed their password requirements for all user accounts to align with UK National Cyber Security Council guidance. Having nudged users to update their passwords over the last few months, this is now mandatory: everyone with a non-compliant password must update it at login.

Here is some guidance you can use if you are struggling to choose a suitable password:

• password length must be between 10 and 100 charact
  ers and pass a strength assessment
• passwords are case sensitive, and just about any character from any language is fine, including spaces (if it's on the keyboard you're using it should be ok)
• one option is to use a passphrase – a string of three random words such as vaseclockbox (think along the lines of what3words)

Passwords cannot:

• be the same as the username
• contain words known by hackers to be commonly used such as 'password' or 'letmein'
• contain non-printable characters such as control codes

Please contact one of the libraries if you have any questions about OpenAthens.

Christmas opening at the libraries

All of the libraries will be open up to Friday the 23rd of December.

Berrywood Hospital Library will be staffed from Wednesday the 28th until Friday the 30th of December as usual, and then will reopen on Tuesday the 3rd of January.

Isebrook Hospital Library will be closed after Friday the 23rd of December for the Christmas period and will reopen on Tuesday the 3rd of January. Please contact one of the other libraries if you require any help during this period.

The Richmond Library at Northampton General Hospital will be staffed from Wednesday the 28th until Friday the 30th of December as usual, and then will reopen on Tuesday the 4th of January.

24 hour access will be available to registered users as normal throughout the Christmas period at the Richmond library.

We would like to wish you a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. We look forward to seeing you in 2023.

Enhance your training sessions and team meetings with our educational games

Do you want to make learning more fun and engaging? 

We have acquired a collection of educational games to support your learning and enhance training sessions.

Our collection from Focus Games includes titles for clinical training, as well as those covering more general, but health care related, topics. 

They are ideal for formal training sessions, team meetings, or other professional development activities, turning learning into a fun and sociable event (and they make a great change from PowerPoint!).

Focus Games have developed their evidence-based titles in conjunction with the NHS, Royal Colleges, Universities and other expert groups and they are designed to address specific issues in the healthcare setting. You can also find a number of case studies about the effective use of their games here.

Games covered by the collection include:

• Drug rounds / drug calculations
• Infection control
• Leadership and team work
• LGBTQ+ in the workplace
• NEWS2
• Reflective learning
• Safeguarding
• Sepsis
• And more...

In total we have 17 titles available for you to borrow. 

You can find them all on our catalogue here, including information about which library holds them and more details about the actual games.

Why not liven up your learning? 

NHFT virtual book club meeting #21 - The Lido

Following our visit to the rather creepy Eel Marsh House in The Woman in Black, we are off to Brixton to read the altogether sunnier The Lido by Libby Page.

Meet Rosemary, 86, and Kate, 26: dreamers, campaigners, outdoor swimmers.

Rosemary has lived in Brixton all her life, but everything she knows is changing. Only the local lido, where she swims every day, remains a constant reminder of the past and her beloved husband George.

Kate has just moved and feels adrift in a city that is too big for her. She's on the bottom rung of her career as a local journalist, and is determined to make something of it.

But when a local developer attempts to buy the lido for a posh new apartment complex, Rosemary’s fond memories and sense of community are under threat.

As Kate dives deeper into the lido’s history—with the help of a charming photographer—she pieces together a portrait of the pool, and a portrait of a singular woman, Rosemary.

"A joyful celebration of community and friendship " The Observer

The next meeting will be Thursday the 12th of January at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room. 

Berrywood Library book sale starts 21st of November

"And this book only cost 10 shillings..."

We are holding a sale of books recently withdrawn from our stock, starting at 9 am on Monday the 21st of November at the Berrywood Library.

On offer will be a variety of titles, including previous editions of textbooks as well as other items covering lots of different subjects and disciplines.

Costing just £0.50p each, you could find yourself a real bargain, especially when they are buy one, get one free. 

If you aren't able to get to Berrywood, we have a list of the titles available to buy on our web site here. Just contact us with any you would like to arrange payment.

International Men's Day 19th November

International Men's Day takes place on the 19th of November every year around a number of themes, including the wellbeing of boys and men.

To mark the event, we have put together a list of titles you can find on our catalogue in support of men's health and wellbeing.

You can also find further resources in support of International Men's Day listed below:

• International Men's Day: Key facts about men and boy's wellbeing (UK)
• International Men's Day: Employers Guide
• International Men's Day: Follow on Twitter
• House of Commons Library: International Men's Day 2021 (briefing with a large amount of information)
• Men's Health Forum: Free downloadable resources 
• Mental Health Foundation: Men and mental health
• Mental Health Innovations: Starting a conversation about mental health
• Movember: Men's mental health (and lots of other resources)
• NHS Employers: Men's health guidance
• NHS UK: Men's health: common health questions
• NHS UK: The male menopause
• NHS UK: Mental health

MEDLINE Complete

The Library Service has renewed the subscription to the MEDLINE Complete database. 

Covering an extensive range of subjects including biomedicine, nursing, pre-clinical science, health policy development and much more, MEDLINE Complete offers something for everyone.

The database features full text access to journal articles covering over 1,100 titles, including ahead of print content for key titles, all easily accessible via your OpenAthens account (and if you don't have one of those you can register online here).

You can access MEDLINE Complete via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub (along with all of our other databases). Simply sign in with your OpenAthens account and select MEDLINE (EBSCO) from the list under In-depth searching. 

Alternatively, you can access it directly here.

Need any help? We have a step-by-step guide to accessing and using the database on our web site. You can find it here. 

We can also offer you training and support in using all of our databases. Simply contact one of the libraries for more information.

Co-morbidities manager tool added to BMJ Best Practice

Health Education England (HEE) has extended their national subscription to BMJ Best Practice to include the Comorbidities Manager for all NHS staff and learners in England.

In the UK alone, one in three patients admitted to hospital as an emergency has five or more conditions. This poses a significant problem for healthcare systems. Clinical guidelines only focus on single conditions, but failure to treat the whole patient leads to worse clinical outcomes, and longer lengths of stay. The COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the problem, with over 60% of patients admitted to intensive care units having comorbidities.

The BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager supports the management of the whole patient by including guidance on the treatment of a patient’s acute condition alongside their pre-existing comorbidities.

BMJ Best Practice is a practical tool to help clinicians meet the changing and more complex needs of patients and maximise NHS resources, together resulting in better care for patients.

Available on desktop or app, 24/7 on and offline, NHS staff and learners in England can use BMJ Best Practice for free via an NHS OpenAthens account. Find out more at bmj.com/hee or watch the short video.

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is The Woman in Black

Following our visit to California and Wyoming in the terrific We Begin at the End, things have taken a darker turn. With Halloween almost upon us, for our 20th meeting we will be reading Susan's Hill's classic ghost story, The Woman in Black.

Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.

Spending time in Eel Marsh House to settle Alice Drablow's affairs reveals a lot more than correspondence and paperwork. What are the terrifying sounds on the marsh? Who is the woman in black? All will be revealed... 😱

The next meeting will be Thursday the 24th of November at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room. Come if you dare. 

Access reading lists on our catalogue

We have begun adding reading lists to our library catalogue to make it easier for students and staff undertaking courses to find the books they need.

You can find the link on the left hand menu of the catalogue as pictured above.

The reading lists currently featured are from the University of Northampton nursing courses and medicine at the University of Leicester, as well as the nurse prescriber course.

We hope you find it useful.

An updated reading list for Black History Month

October is Black History Month and a couple of years ago we developed a reading list in support of it. We've now updated the list, adding new titles, and these are available for staff and students in Northamptonshire Healthcare and Northampton General Hospital to borrow from the libraries.

The list covers race and racism, fiction from black authors, nonfiction titles from our leisure reading collection, as well as organisational and health care related books.

On the list you'll find titles like "The uncomfortable truth about racism", "Overcoming everyday racism" and David Olusoga's "Black and British: a forgotten history" as well as fiction from black authors like Marlon James and Akwaeke Emezi (writer of the excellent "Freshwater"). 

There are also biographies, like those of Walter Tull and Michelle Obama as well as classics like "The Colour Purple", "Beloved" and "If Beale Street Could Talk", books on cookery, and more clinically focused titles. We hope there is something for everyone on the list.

You can find the reading list on our catalogue here.

New eBooks collections available

The Library Service has recently added two new collections of electronic books to our catalogue:

Resilience and Wellbeing collection – books looking at emotional resilience, mental wellbeing, self-care and combatting stress, with a focus on the healthcare setting. Find them on our catalogue here.

Primary Care collection – a selection of books from a primary care perspective, covering topics including diabetes, dermatology, general practice, Covid-19 and more. Find them on our catalogue here.

To access the collections you will need an NHS OpenAthens account. If you don't already have one you can register online here https://openathens.nice.org.uk.

We also have a brief guide to the registration process if you have any problems, and of course you can also contact us if you need any help.

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is We Begin at the End

Following our visit to Nigeria in the excellent The Death of Vivek Oji, we are now off to both California and Wyoming in Chris Whitaker's CWA Gold Dagger winning We Begin at the End.

Walk has never left the coastal California town where he grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released.

Not everyone is pleased to see him. Like Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend, and sister of the girl he killed.

Duchess Radley, Star's thirteen-year-old daughter, is part-carer, part-protector to her younger brother, Robin - and to her deeply troubled mother. But in trying to protect Star, Duchess inadvertently sets off a chain of events that will have tragic consequences not only for her family, but also the whole town.

Murder, revenge, retribution. How far can we run from the past, when the past seems doomed to repeat itself? 

"...as perfect a novel as you'll read all year. Devastating and hopeful in equal measure, with pitch-perfect characters you'll root for at each jaw-dropping turn - Duchess, in particular, deserves a fast-track pass to the literary hall of fame. A sophisticated, utterly absorbing read." - Caz Frear

The next meeting will be Thursday the 20th of  October at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

August bank holiday closure

 All the Libraries will be unstaffed on Monday the 29th of August for the bank holiday.

24 hour access will be available as usual to registered members via our swipe card system at the Richmond Library.

The Berrywood and Isebrook Libraries will be closed over the bank holiday.

We reopen as normal on Tuesday the 30th at all of our sites.

Our leisure reading collections are on the move

The Library has a great collection of leisure reading titles, both fiction and non-fiction, covering a broad
variety of topics and genres.

We have moved a large selection of the stock between the different libraries to enable everyone to access a different set of titles at each of the sites.

Of course, you can find all our leisure titles on the library catalogue, but sometimes browsing is more satisfying and this gives all our users the chance to peruse a different set of books.

With the summer here, it is the perfect opportunity for you to find a great read you can enjoy in the sunshine... 

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is The Death of Vivek Oji

After solving a murder mystery at The Sanitorium in the Swiss Alps, we are now going to visit Nigeria in the critically lauded The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi (author of the excellent Freshwater).

One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son's body stretched out on the veranda, swaddled in akwete material, his head on her welcome mat.

What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family’s struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious.

The Death of Vivek Oji transports us to the day of Vivek's birth, the day his grandmother Ahunna died. It is the story of an over protective mother and a distant father, and the heart-wrenching tale of one family's struggle to understand their child, just as Vivek learns to recognize himself.

“A robust literary triumph. . . . A sensitively drawn, achingly beautiful portrayal of the boundaries of personal, gender and societal identities.”  - Chicago Review of Books 

“Emezi has a gift for prose that is often as visceral, tender and heart-breaking as what it describes. . . . While the novel sets out to solve the mystery of Oji’s death, what gives it power is how it uncovers the story of a person shielded by the peace of self-acceptance against the pain of the world. Here is proof of what good fiction does best: it is an antidote to invisibility.”  - The Guardian

The next meeting will be Thursday the 8th of September at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Libraries unstaffed 11th August

The library team are having an away day on the 11th of August and all the libraries will be unstaffed for the day.

The Richmond Library will be accessible to registered members via our swipe card system, but the libraries at Berrywood and Isebrook will be closed.

We reopen as normal on the Friday the 12th.

Apologies for an inconvenience.

UpToDate LIVE - free training for NGH staff

Whether you are an experienced consultant, a new junior doctor, a nurse or midwife, a pharmacist or AHP, UpToDate is a valuable resource enabling you to access high quality evidenced-based information when you need it. 

UpToDate LIVE is a free one hour Teams training session available to all NGH staff covering how to get the best from the system.

The sessions are aimed at all clinical staff and will be running from August until December. Each session will be delivered by a member of the Wolters Kluwer team.

Join one of our free 60-minute LIVE sessions to learn more about UpToDate, including:

• Creating an account
• Earning and submitting CPD including Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK
• Conducting a normal/advanced search
• Customising your UpToDate homepage
• Help reduce medication errors with our Drug Interactions tool
• COVID-19 common questions and answers
• What's New & Practice Changing Updates
• Patient engagement/safety

To book on a session simply pick the date that suits you, click the link, and register online:

• Wednesday 10th August 2pm 
• Wednesday 24th August 2pm
• Monday 12th September 6 pm
• Wednesday 5th October 2 pm
• Wednesday 19th October 3 pm
• Wednesday 16th November 2 pm
• Wednesday 30th November 2 pm
• Wednesday 14th December 2 pm

If you have any questions, please contact the Richmond Library.

Health Information Week - Arthritis

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for 
patients and the public.

The theme for the final Health Information Week post is all about arthritis, a common condition that causes pain and inflammation in a joint that affects around 10 million people in the UK.

There are lots of good quality online resources aimed at patients and the public focused on understanding and living with arthritis. 

• NHS UK: Arthritis  www.nhs.uk/conditions/arthritis/
• The Patient website information on different types of arthritis: https://patient.info/bones-joints-muscles/arthritis
• Versus Arthritis are the main UK charity supporting people living with arthritis and they have lots of information on their web site which you can find here www.versusarthritis.org/

You can find a complete list of resources, including more links and a suggested reading list on the Health Information Week web site here.

We hope you have found our posts for Health Information Week useful. Remember NHFT and NGH staff can always contact one of the libraries if you are looking for good quality information to support your patients.

Health Information Week - Heart Healthy

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for 
patients and the public.

The theme for today's Health Information Week post is all about keeping the heart healthy.

There are lots of good quality online resources aimed at patients and the public focused on maintaining a healthy heart. Here are a selection:

General web sites

• British Health Foundation: www.bhf.org.uk/
• NHS Health Check: What's your heart age? www.nhs.uk/conditions/nhs-health-check/check-your-heart-age-tool/
• NHS: Cardiovascular disease: www.nhs.uk/conditions/cardiovascular-disease/

Diet and weight

• British Heart Foundation: Managing your weight: www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/support/healthy-living/managing-your-weight
• HeartUK: Easy ways to eat healthily: www.heartuk.org.uk/healthy-living/introduction
• The Association of UK Dietitians: Heart Health: Food Fact Sheet: www.bda.uk.com/resource/heart-health.html

You can find a complete list of resources, including more links covering exercise and risk factors for heart disease on the Health Information Week web site here.

Health Information Week - Media Literacy

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for
patients and the public.

The theme for today's Health Information Week post is all about media literacy. 

How do we know what health news we can trust and do we know if it is accurate? This is a key health issue with the rise of social media and these media literacy resources aim to give patients the skills to make these judgements.

Checking the news yourself

• FactCheck: How to spot fake news (video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwWcHekMdo
• Full Fact: Fact checking toolkit https://fullfact.org/toolkit/

Health news already checked

• Full Fact: Health https://fullfact.org/health/all/
• Health Feedback: https://healthfeedback.org/
• BBC Reality Check (not just health news): www.bbc.co.uk/news/reality_check

Sharing news and social media

• UK Government: Share Checklist https://sharechecklist.gov.uk/
• Poynter Institute: 10 tips for verifying viral social media videos www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2018/10-tips-for-verifying-viral-social-media-videos/ 

We have also updated our guide to good quality sources of information for patients which you can find on our web site here.

You can find a complete list of resources around media literacy with more links and including games and activities for children on the Health Information Week web site here.

Health Information Week 2022 - Kidney Health

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for 
patients and the public.

The theme for today's Health Information Week post is all about kidney health.

The main job of the kidneys is to cleanse the blood of toxins and transform the waste into urine. When the kidneys are not working properly, harmful toxins and excess fluids build up in the body, which may cause the symptoms of kidney failure.

There are lots of good quality resources for patients aimed at helping to keep the kidneys healthy and functioning properly.

General information:

• The kidneys basic guide: ww.nhs.uk/Livewell/Kidneyhealth/Documents/kidney%20guide.pdf
• Kidney Care UK: www.kidneycareuk.org/

For children and parents

• Info KID www.infokid.org.uk/ 

Diet and Nutrition

• Kidney care cook book www.kidneyresearchuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kidney-Care-Cook-Book.pdf
• Kidney Care UK YouTube channel: includes recipes, kitchen skills, and advise from renal nutritionists www.youtube.com/channel/UCeqQTdAsEzXphqjHVtcTD-A

You can find a complete list of kidney resources, including more links, books and videos on the Health Information Week web site here.

Health Information Week 2022 - Your Health Collection

Health Education England (NHS) and The Reading Agency have worked in partnership to bring  together this new list to support users of health and prison libraries to understand and manage their health. 

The theme of the collection focuses on supporting better general health, such as ageing well, menopause, men’s health, life as a trans person and better mental wellbeing. 

The books and resources have been chosen with the various communities involved for individuals to use themselves or to help them understand someone else’s health issues.

Copies of the 10 books can be found in each library - Berrywood Library, Isebrook Library and the Richmond Library at Northampton General Hospital (you will need to be a library member to borrow them, but you can join online). You can see the list on our catalogue here. 

As well as the print books there are also 30 digital resources freely available via the Health Education England web site which includes information on how to prepare for a health consultation, easy read health resources on a range of health conditions, personal stories about what it’s like to live with a health condition and living well with long-term health conditions.

All the online tools are free to access. They include websites, podcasts, and YouTube clips.

The full collection is available online at library.nhs.uk/yhc/

Health Information Week 2022 - Long Covid

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for

patients and the public.

The theme for today's Health Information Week post is all about living with Long Covid. 

There are a lot of good quality resources available to support patients and their families living with the burden of long Covid available online.

General web sites

• Your Covid Recovery www.yourcovidrecovery.nhs.uk/
• Long Covid Kids www.longcovidkids.org/
• Long Covid Support www.longcovid.org/

Patient Information

• SIGN, NICE and the Royal College of General Practitioners: Covid: a booklet for people who have signs and symptoms that continue or develop after acute Covid-19  www.sign.ac.uk/media/1825/sign-long-covid-patient-booklet-v2.pdf
• Royal College of Occupational Therapists: How to manage post-viral fatigue after Covid-19 www.rcot.co.uk/node/3540 (produced by the )
• NHS: Long-term effects of coronavirus (long COVID) www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/long-term-effects-of-coronavirus-long-covid/
• Patient Info has lots of different articles on long Covid https://patient.info/search.asp?searchTerm=long+covid&collections=All

You can find a complete list of resources, including more links, books and podcasts on the Health Information Week web site here.

Health Information Week 2022

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for
patients and the public.

High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.

Throughout the week we will be posting blogs and tweeting about the themes from this year's event.

The libraries have access to a number of resources that can provide high quality information that clinicians can use with their patients.

For example Clinical Key has a huge variety of evidence-based patient education materials available. Staff at Northampton General also have access to UpToDate which also contains a large volume of materials for patients. To access either of these you'll need your OpenAthens account (and if you don't have one, register online here).

Both of these resources provide the materials in lots of different languages making them accessible to everyone.

You can also find a list of other health resources in translation on the Health Information Week website.

NHFT virtual book club - our next read is The Sanatorium

After spending some time at the Metropol Hotel in the company of Count Rostov via the excellent A Gentleman in Moscow, we are next off to the Swiss Alps in the shape of The Sanitorium by Sarah Pearse. 

Half hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge--there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous. And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her. With the storm closing off all access to the hotel, the longer Laure stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.

“The Sanatorium will keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all: an eerie Alpine setting, sharp prose, and twists you'll never see coming. A must-read.” ― Richard Osman

The next meeting will be Thursday the 4th of August at 7pm via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

LibKey Nomad is now in your browser - taking the hassle out of accessing journal articles

Are you looking for faster, easier access to full-text journal articles when you’re searching the web? The LibKey Nomad browser extension provides just that and has been added to all NHFT versions of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (and we are working on doing the same for staff at Northampton General Hospital).

LibKey Nomad makes thousands of journal articles available to you in just one click, by providing direct links to open access content and journals that the Library Service subscribes to when you’re searching a range of sites including PubMed, Google Scholar, Wikipedia and more. It also works on journal publisher sites.

You will see this appearing on links to scholarly research on a wide variety of web sites.

On sites such as PubMed, LibKey Nomad will automatically add links to the journal article where it is available, as below.

Click on these links to access the full text, or, where it’s not available, it will put you in touch with Library Services so we can request the article for you.

To find out more check out this short video. 

You can also install LibKey Nomad at home or on any other computer as it is available for most major browsers including Chrome, Edge and Firefox and takes just seconds to install. Just follow this link: https://thirdiron.com/downloadnomad/ then click on “Get LibKey Nomad Now”, follow the on-screen instructions to choose your browser and your Trust. 

Please note: An OpenAthens login will be required to access some of the content – if you don't have an account you can register here.

If you have any questions about LibKey Nomad, OpenAthens, accessing journals (or anything else library-related), please get in touch with one of the libraries.

NHS Knowledge and Libraries Awareness Week 2022 #KLSNAW – Quick and easy access to digital knowledge resources part 2

Do you know you have access to lots of eBooks? Including:

The Maudsley: prescribing guidelines in psychiatry (2021) and Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (RMM)?

 

Check Clinical Key – comprehensive point of care medical evidence, eJournals, eBooks, topic synopsis and more all in one place. Login with NHS OpenAthens (App available).

 

Try BMJ Best Practice – a trusted point of care resource for confirming your knowledge, supporting your decisions, reassuring you. Login with NHS OpenAthens (App available).

 

To access these and much more just register for an NHS OpenAthens account, the key to online resources!

 

Need some help? Library staff are on hand to help with:

-       Queries relating to setting up your OpenAthens account

-       Getting started with using the resources

Please contact us for more information or help with accessing Apps.

NHS Knowledge and Libraries Awareness Week 2022 #KLSNAW – Quick and easy access to digital knowledge resources part 1

Did you know? You can access the library and our resources wherever you are!

Visit the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub for intuitive, quick searches. It is also a portal to other resources including e-publications, NICE pathways and guidelines, databases and so much more!

 

View thousands of full text journals on BrowZine – click “Browse Journals” on the Knowledge and Library Hub, or link directly here for NHFT and NGH users

 

For more detailed searches to find research articles on your topic, access our suite of healthcare databases including Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, CINAHL and British Nursing Index. Find the links on the Knowledge and Library Hub, under “In-depth searching”.

 

You will need an OpenAthens login to access these resources. This is quick and easy to set up, just complete the registration form here

 

Need some help? Library staff are on hand to help with:

-       Queries relating to setting up your OpenAthens account

-       Getting started with using the resources

-       Providing training on searching the databases

Please contact us for more information or click to access our user guides for Browzine and the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

NHS Knowledge and Libraries Awareness Week 2022 #KLSNAW – Quality and Impact

Are you developing your service?

Are you updating departmental or Trust guidelines?

Involve us from the earliest steps in the process to ensure all your decisions are underpinned by evidence from research and knowledge of good practice.

Whether it’s checking that updates to national guidance are referenced in your guidelines and policies, or a full evidence search for the latest research to support departmental practices, please get in touch with us to discuss your needs:

berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

                                                                   

 

What our users say about our evidence searching service:

 

“It has been very useful and will hopefully improve patient care and I would like to thank you all for the service you have provided, it has saved me a lot of time.”

 

“This is a vital service that is essential in the ongoing improvements in patient care, growing services and providing valuable knowledge to improve.”

“Thank you, great service and much better results than I managed to source independently.”

NHS Knowledge and Libraries Awareness Week 2022 #KLSNAW

This week is NHS Knowledge and Libraries Awareness Week 2022 #KLSNAW

Ensuring knowledge and evidence is at the fingertips of all staff and learners. Our specialists can provide you with the evidence freeing up more of your time for patient care and making informed decisions. Contact us to find out more:

 

berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

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