UpToDate access for NGH staff ending 30th of April

NGH has taken the decision not to renew its UpToDate subscription when the current contract expires at the end of April, and all users will lose access from the first of May.

If you have Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits stored on UpToDate it is important you redeem them before the end of the subscription or they will be lost and there will not be any way to retrieve them.

To download a guide on how to mange and redeem your CME credits click here There are also some instructional videos on how to do it from both the app and desktop versions of UpToDate here.

Whilst not equivalent to UpToDate, you can find lots of evidence-based health resources on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub here: http://library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/. 

BMJ Best Practice is also available to all NHS staff here https://bestpractice.bmj.com (and if you use the link on the front of The Street, you will not need to log in).

New collection of sustainability eBooks available

The Library Service has a new collection of electronic books themed around sustainability, climate change and green issues.

As well as general principles of sustainability, the books cover healthcare, the use of energy, transport, corporate governance, purchasing and supply chains, and more.

You can find them all on our catalogue here.

To access the collection 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.

Bidding farewell to HDAS and the NICE Evidence Search

As you are probably aware, NICE have taken the decision to close down both the Healthcare Databases Advance Search (HDAS) and the Evidence Search services as of the 31st of March 2022.

HDAS has been a key fixture of database searching for many years, allowing access to all the available databases through a single interface.

For more on the closure of HDAS, NICE has a page which includes information on how to export your saved searches.

From the 1st of April users will need to search using the different interfaces provided by the database suppliers. All of the databases you could previously search in HDAS are easily accessible via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub with an OpenAthens password.

We have developed a user guide for each of the interfaces which you can find below:

• EBSCO interface for CINAHL
• OVID interface for Medline, Embase, Emcare, AMED, Social Policy & Practice, and HMIC
• ProQuest Interface for PsycInfo

We are also offering training to support users in making the transition to the new interfaces. Contact us if you would like to have some help with searching.

At the same time NICE are also closing their Evidence Search service. Sadly there is not a direct replacement for this, but the TRIP database is similar and well worth a look. You can also find some of the same content via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.

If you have any questions or need any help, please contact one of the libraries.

BrowZine - an easy way to find and access online journals

The library service provides access to a large collection of electronic journal titles, covering all aspects of medicine, health care, nursing, management, mental health and the allied health professions. These journals are available from anywhere with an Internet connection.

The easiest way to access all of our journal holdings is via the BrowZine site. BrowZine is an easy to use service that will allow you to:

• Search our journal holdings for specific titles
• Browse our journal subscriptions to see what titles we hold in your specialty / areas of interest
• Browse table of contents of our journals and link straight through to the full text of most articles

To access BrowZine follow the links below:

• Northamptonshire Healthcare staff follow this link: https://browzine.com/libraries/1776/
• Northampton General Hospital staff follow this link: https://browzine.com/libraries/1775/

You will need an OpenAthens account to access most of the full text. If you don't have one you can register online here. There is a quick guide to OpenAthens registration on our web site.

We recommend you use BrowZine if you are searching for a particular journal title, however if you are doing a more general subject search you can use the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub search or an appropriate database.

We have also created a Browzine user guide to help you get the most out of our electronic journals collection.

You can now access the TRIP Pro database via OpenAthens

Previously, the Pro version of the TRIP database (which has more search features and lots of additional content) was only accessible when connected to an NHS computer, as it was IP authenticated. 

TRIP has now enabled OpenAthens access, which means you can now use TRIP Pro from anywhere if you log in with your OpenAthens account.

If you don't already have an OpenAthens account, Trust staff and students can register online here. We also have a handy short guide to registration on our website here.

If you aren't already familiar with it, TRIP is a UK clinical database designed to allow clinicians to find the best evidence to answer their clinical questions.

TRIP presents search results in a hierarchy based on the level of evidence, so you always see the highest quality information, for example, systematic reviews or metaanalysis, first (but you can sort the results by date or relevance too).

TRIP has an easy to use simple search, but TRIP Pro also offers two other ways to search in a more sophisticated way.

The advanced search option is very similar to the same feature in Google and allows you to combine search terms in different ways to find the information you want (including phrase searching, limiting by year and excluding words).

The PICO (Patient/Population Intervention Comparison Outcome) interface allows you easily break your search down into its most important elements which is really useful when answering a clinical question.

The TRIP Pro PICO search

You can find out more about the search features on TRIP here.

A great resource for finding high quality health information, TRIP is a great starting point for any literature search...