Showing posts with label Searching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Searching. Show all posts

Monday, 12 June 2023

The EBSCO mobile app - information on the move

The EBSCO mobile app is a new way for you to easily access high quality healthcare information on the go.

The app is a really useful tool for searching, providing quick and easy access to content wherever you are. From one search box you can search across library resources and online content including journal articles, guidelines, e-books, evidence summaries and more.

It features simple, mobile-friendly displays for searching, scanning results, liking, and sharing. 

You can also save content into your folder which will then be accessible on the EBSCO platform, meaning you can synchronise your searches and saved information automatically across multiple devices.

To get you started we have created a quick guide to the app, covering setting up and logging in, as well as searching and saving content. You can find on our website here.

EBSCO also have a video tutorial which you can find on YouTube.

The only other thing you will need is an OpenAthens password, and if you don't already have one, it is the work of a few minutes to register online at https://openathens.nice.org.uk/.

The app is free to download and available on Google Play for Android devices and Apple's App Store for iOS, or you can scan the QR code below.


If you have any questions or need any help with the EBSCO app, or any other library resources, we'd be happy to help...

Monday, 29 May 2023

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub - now with extra Best Practice!

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners seamlessly to a range of high quality knowledge and evidence resources all in one place.

The Hub is a single point of access for finding high quality evidence, and through it you can access databases, electronic journals, ebooks (such as the Royal Marsden Manual or the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines), evidence summary tools and more.

A new feature has been rolled out to the Hub so that whenever you do a search, if it matches a topic (or topics) in BMJ Best Practice, they will automatically feature at the top of your results.

This makes it even easier for you to quickly click through to a summary of high quality evidence on clinical topics.

BMJ Best Practice is an evidence-based point-of-care tool, structured around the patient consultation with advice on symptom evaluation, test ordering and treatment approach that also allows you to factor in co-morbidities. You can also download whole topics as a .PDF document.

You will need a Trust OpenAthens account to access BMJ Best Practice (and all the other fantastic resources on the Hub. If you don't have one of those you can register online here.

Please contact one of the libraries if you have any questions or need any help.

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

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:

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.

Sunday, 13 March 2022

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:
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.

Sunday, 13 February 2022

A new way to find the evidence you need - the NHS Library and Knowledge Hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners seamlessly to a range of high quality knowledge and evidence resources all in one place.

Funded by Health Education England, the Hub is a single gateway and offers an intuitive search experience for quick searches and options for in-depth searches.

On it you can find:
  • Thousands of electronic journals you can search or browse
  • Basic, advanced and PICO searching options
  • books and e-publications including OUP handbooks
  • one-click access to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library
  • clinical decision support tools such as BMJ Best Practice
  • NICE pathways and guidelines
  • databases like Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL
Full access is free to all NHS staff and learners through their NHS OpenAthens account.

If you haven’t got an OpenAthens account you can register for online in just a few minutes.





To access the Knowledge and Library Hub, go to http://library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub, click “Start your search” and log in with your OpenAthens account via the yellow link at the top of the page (to ensure you can access all of our content).

Want to know more? 

We have a short guide to getting the most from the hub on our website here.

There is also a handy short tutorial video on YouTube giving an overview of how the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub works. Of course, you can always contact us if you have questions.

Thursday, 4 July 2019

Health Information Week day 4: NICE Evidence Search #HIW2019

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign to promote 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.

Our campaign this year is focused on enabling clinicians to access good quality information aimed at the public which they can recommend to patients.

We have also produced Helping you to help your patients, which is a brief guide to evaluating information as well as recommendations for sites where you can find trusted information aimed at patients.

For day 4 of Health Information Week we are looking at the NICE Evidence Search service.

You may be familiar with using the NICE Evidence Search site as a way to access good quality health information including guidelines, systematic reviews, articles and web sites, but you can also use it to find information aimed at the public by the use of a simple filter.

Go to the site and enter your search term



From the search results page, simply scroll down and tick the "Information for the Public" box to apply the filter



NICE Evidence Search will then give you information that has already been quality assessed that is suitable for the public.

Tomorrow for the final in our series of blogs for Health Information Week, we'll be looking at a site with lots of leaflets and videos aimed at patients...

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

TRIP Pro access extended for NHS staff in England

Health Education England have renewed the subscription for the premium version of TRIP until the end of March 2019.

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.



TRIP Pro is only accessible from an NHS computer (via its IP address). When accessing the site you should see the message about your account being provided by Health Education England as below.

TRIP is still accessible for free outside of the NHS, but with more limited search functionality.

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

Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Web site of the month: Clinical Key







Clinical Key is a great resource containing lots of full text content and a host of other features. Aimed at practising clinicians, it's a really useful way to access evidence based information.

If you are a junior doctor, consultant, nurse or AHP, Clinical Key will have something to offer you.

Everything is discoverable using a simple search engine that recognises medical terminology and offers quick short cuts to the information you need.

The search engine offers a number of simple filters to increase the accuracy of your results and you can also select the type of content you want (books, journal articles, guidelines, etc.).  You can also browse for specific titles if you know what you are looking for.

Full text content includes
  • 1,400 topic pages giving an overview of disease diagnosis, risk factors, treatment and more
  • Over 600 electronic journals covering a broad range of specialities including the whole Lancet series
  • Over 1000 electronic books 
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
On top of all this content, Clinical Key also has a Presentation Maker which allows you to take images and add them to a PowerPoint presentation which you can download. It will even automatically add references as you go.

You can access Clinical Key online at www.clinicalkey.com, (and the site adapts well if you are using a tablet or smartphone). There is also a free app that allows for easy use on the go for Android and iOS (Apple) devices.

To access Clinical Key (and the app) all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started. If you register for an account on Clinical Key once you have logged in you will also be able to save your searches and content.


Thursday, 20 April 2017

Changes to Clinical Key

Clinical Key has received an update this month with some changes to the design as well as the way you navigate the system.





As well as these changes, Elsevier have added new electronic books and a journal to Clinical Key this month, including:

Journal
Books

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Access to TRIP Pro extended for 2017

www.tripdatabase.com
Health Education England have funded access to the premium version of TRIP until the end of December 2017.

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 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.

TRIP Pro is only accessible from an NHS computer (via its IP address). When accessing the site you should see the message about your account being provided by Health Education England as below.












TRIP is still accessible for free outside of the NHS, but with more limited search functionality.

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

Wednesday, 17 August 2016

New books and journals added to Clinical Key



Elsevier have added new electronic books and journals to Clinical Key this month, including:

Journals
Books

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Monday, 1 August 2016

Web site of the month: Qwant - an interesting alternative to Google

Qwant is a European search engine alternative. Like DuckDuckGo (another favourite of ours), and unlike other search engines such as Google, Qwant does not track your activity or trap you in a filter bubble (where you see results based on your previous search history and clicks, rather than those that are most relevant).

When you search Qwant your results are presented in 3 columns tagged Web, News and Social (social media like Twitter). You can also filter your results to just include images or videos, or for shopping or music using the buttons on the left.

www.qwant.com


























You are also able to create a free account and set lots of preferences, including having a list of favourite web sites which can act as a start page (these act like bookmarks and can be accessed from anywhere when you sign in with your account).

Qwant has other useful features including:

  • Opening results in a new tab so you retain your list of search results
  • Searching options like phrase or title searching, excluding search terms or limiting to a particular file type
  • Qwant Lite has minimal graphics on display making it ideal for mobile devices and where there is a slower internet connection
  • Qwick which easily allows you to search the content of a particular site through some clever shortcuts
  • Boards which allows you to share content like pictures, videos, websites and even your own text
  • Qwant Junior: a more heavily filtered search aimed at 6 - 13 year olds, with an education tab which displays results from recognised educational sources 
Qwant has enough interesting features to make it an alternative to Google and other more mainstream search engines. It's approach to privacy and searching mean you get results based more on your search criteria than your previous activities and we think it is well worth a look.

Tuesday, 19 July 2016

New books and journal added to Clinical Key



Elsevier have added new electronic books and a journal to Clinical Key this month, including:

Journals
Books

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Monday, 20 June 2016

New books and journals added to Clinical Key


Elsevier have added new electronic books and journals to Clinical Key this month, including:

Journals

Books

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Changes to Clinical Key

Clinical Key has proved to be a highly popular resource with a lot of staff making use of the large volume of high quality content available through it, so we have renewed our subscription for 2016-17.

Elsevier have made some changes to the way the search filters on Clinical Key work.

Instead of appearing at the top of the page once you have searched, the filters now appear on the left hand side of the page (which will be more familiar to anyone who has used our catalogue, or indeed, shopped at Amazon).

The filters allow you to select full text journal articles, books, images etc. (or combinations there of) to find the information you want. You can also limit by study type, medical speciality or by date.


Elsevier have also added new electronic journals and books to Clinical Key this month, including:

Journals
Books

Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Web site of the month: Search Medica

Search Medica is a UK developed search engine aimed at health professionals. Powered by a customised Google search, it allows you to search the web and bring back results that are actually relevant to your work (unlike a more general search).

The site was originally intended for use by doctors, but since its launch in 2006, it has been further developed to include results relevant to nurses, pharmacists medical and other health professionals.

Search Medica is a great alternative to starting with Google if you are looking for clinical information.

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Web site of the month: eTools.ch

www.etools.ch/
eTools.ch is a Swiss hosted metasearch engine. What is a metasearch engine? Rather than having it's own database of sites, eTools searches 15 different sources at the same time to present you with a comprehensive list of information. There is more information about the way it searches on the site.

The sites it uses for searching include Google, DuckDuck go (which we really like), Bing, Ask and Google Scholar, to name a few.

eTools allows you to set a number of preferences that are saved onto your device by a cookie (meaning no having to remember yet another log in). These include:

  • main country to be searched
  • language
  • weighting to give to each of the 15 sources, from normal to very important. You can even select sources and exclude them from your search results completely.
  • safe search filter
  • a number of setting around how results are displayed

eTools also offers phrase search (using " "), AND, OR and NOT operators. You can also download your results as a .PDF file using the handy results tool.

Finally, eTools also offers a mobile friendly version, making it easy to use with a tablet or smartphone.

With it's handy customisable search features, eTools is a useful way of quickly searching a number of different sources to get a better spread of results, all from one place.

Saturday, 27 June 2015

New electronic books added to Clinical Key

Elsevier have added some new electronic book titles to Clinical Key this month.

New titles available online include:


Clinical Key is a fantastic, easy to use resource that contains huge amounts of full text content including:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Our subscription to Clinical Key this year was generously funded by the 


Monday, 20 April 2015

Clinical Key has arrived.

We have been very lucky to secure a year's subscription to Clinical Key, thanks to generous funding from the Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund. It is produced by Elsevier who publish the Lancet and a wealth of well known medical books such as Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine.

Clinical Key is a versatile search engine backed by a huge amount of full text electronic content. It can be used at the point of care for fast overviews, or for more in-depth research or study, making it a valuable resource for consultants, doctors, students, nurses and other clinicians.

www.clinicalkey.com
Unlike a normal search engine, Clinical Key's smart search is designed to find answers very quickly and to think like a clinician. When you search it recognises relevant clinical concepts, giving you a short cut to the information you need.

You can also filter your search by types of content, books, journal articles, videos etc.

Search results will often lead you to a disease topic page where you will get an overview, including definition, diagnostics, differential diagnosis, imaging and treatment.

Clinical Key contains:
  • 1,400 topic pages
  • Over 600 electronic journals 
  • Over 1000 electronic books
  • 850 First Consult monographs
  • 17,000 + medical / surgical videos
  • 300 + Procedures Consult videos
  • 15,000 patient education handouts
  • 2.2 million images
  • You can find a full content list here
As well as reading them online, individual articles (and some book chapters) can be downloaded as .PDF files 

Whilst there is no app, Clinical Key is optimised for mobile devices and will work well with the browser on your tablet or phone.

You will also be able to find the full text journal content from Clinical Key when you use HDAS to search the databases (e.g. Medline or the British Nursing Index) on the NICE Evidence Services site.

To access Clinical Key all you need is your OpenAthens password (register online here if you don't have one) to get started.

Clinical Key is a fantastic easy to use resource, full of high quality information from world recognised sources (and if you do get stuck there is a user guide here).

At the end of our subscription in March 2016 we will be evaluating how much usage Clinical Key has had and deciding whether to fund an ongoing subscription from the Library's budget, so now is your change to try it out and let us know what you think.


Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund

Monday, 16 February 2015

Changes to the NICE Evidence Service site

NICE have launched a significant upgrade to their Evidence Services site. The site is now more integrated within NICE giving better linkage to NICE guidelines.

The changes include:
  • A new look for the front page
  • More responsive design to get the best from whatever device you are using to access the site, be it desktop PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone
  • Improved download speeds (especially for mobile devices)
  • Relevant NICE guidelines and Clinical Knowledge Summary links displayed along side search results
  • Systematic reviews will be included in the Evidence Search results
  • A clear layout allowing easy access to the BNF, BNFC, Clinical Knowledge Summaries and journals and databases
  • The journals and databases page has been redesigned (although not necessarily improved). The actual HDAS interface remains unchanged
Please contact us if you have any problems with the new site...

http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/