Clinical Key – SmartSearch

Clinical Key includes SmartSearch technology to help you to find information fast.

Login

You will need a UHNM Athens username to access Clinical Key. Use the link on the Healthcare Resources page or click the OpenAthens link on the Clinical Key login page.

Searching

To run a search, simply type your keywords into the search box. SmartSearch technology will offer you a range of suggestions an related terms for the text that you type – you can select one of the suggestions or run the search for your text.

You can run the search against all the content within Clinical Key or focus on a particular set of source types:

Books	First Consult
Journals	Medline
Clinical trials	Multimedia
Guidelines	Procedures Consult
Patient Education

Screen-shot of Smartsearch options

Results

Results are returned in relevance order. You can filter your results further by source type, study type, specialty, or publication date.

Topic Page

Some search terms will offer a topic page. This will present you with a concise overview of the topic as detailed in a trusted source.

Screen-shot of Search Results

Medline Search

Clinical Key also offers you the ability to run a medline search – simple select Medline from the source type list. You can check whether we have access to the full-text of the articles returned in the results list by clicking the Full text @ link.

Screen-shot of Medline Results

Try It

Why don’t you try a search based on a recent case you have dealt with?

Watch the Video
This short video will give you an overview of the search features.

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Kortext eBooks - easy access to key ebooks

You can find information on a wide range of topics from the Kortext ebook collection, including non-clinical topics as well as nursing and medical textbooks. The ebook interface is easy to use. You can search for keywords, jump to different chapters or add your own notes. Special collections include ebooks for: Karger fast-facts Diversity and inclusion Primary care Psychological professions Wellbeing This collection is available to NHS staff via their NHS OpenAthens username. Link to the collection via the ebooks page on our website. Go to our ebooks help page to learn more about using ebooks or complete our tutorial - Using eBooks . Find more ebooks via Library Search or the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. Just contact the Health Library for more help finding ebooks.

Check Browzine for easy access to full-text articles

NHS staff can check Browzine for access to full-text articles - making it easy to check your favourite journals and get the latest research articles. Browzine holds information about our healthcare-focused journal collection, including journal issues, table of contents and links to articles. You can link to open access articles, our subscribed content and request items not available in our collection. Browse through the collection without logging in. Have your NHS OpenAthens username handy when you want to access an article in full-text. You can link to your Browzine collection from our Journals page . For more help on how to access journals, go to our Journals help page or complete our online etutorial - Find Full-text Articles and Journals for the NHS . If you need any more help just contact the Health Library.

TRIP database - turning research into practice

The TRIP database is a user-friendly search engine making it easy for you to find high-level, good quality information and research. Focusing on healthcare evidence this database offers you the opportunity of completing simple searching as well PICO-based searching and allows you to focus results by content type. Some functionality is freely available without the need to login. You can "go pro" by logging in with your NHS OpenAthens username to access extra resources and functionality. You can link to the TRIP database from our NHS Resources page , where you'll find a list of key NHS-based resources and tools. For more help using the TRIP database go to our TRIP help page or check out the options on the site where blog posts are also available. Contact the Health Library for more information and help.

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