All I want for Christmas is…. a whole library of e-books!!

 Are you looking to catch up on some reading but don’t have time to get into the library?

Do you like the idea of having information at your fingertips but don’t want to carry heavy textbooks around?

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Then look no further! Did you know that we have access to over 1,800 e-books and the collection is being updated every month? This fantastic collection includes:

-          The Oxford Medical and Nursing Handbooks and the Oxford Specialist Handbooks – check out the full list here.

-          A huge range of textbooks from the publisher Elsevier, made available to you through the library’s subscription to ClinicalKey. You can see what is available here.

-         Certain key titles including the Royal Marsden Manual and the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines.

-          In addition to clinical titles, we have e-books on topical issues such as wellbeing and resilience, sustainability, and a range of diversity topics.

We think there really is something here for everyone! And it’s all free for you to access, you just need to set up an OpenAthens account, which you can do from this page in just a few short steps: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/

Once your account is set up, you can browse our full e-books collection here. Just click on the “Click here to access this book” link under book details and enter your OpenAthens username and password when prompted.

If you have any questions please contact one of our libraries:

berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 271585

isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 272095

richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 01604 545929

Merry Christmas from the Library team!