More to help you be SearchSmart (#32)

We provide you with lots of opportunities to develop your literature searching skills.

Book Collection

You can look for items within the library by using Library Search. The following shelf-marks will be particularly useful – LB2369.O6, R118.6 and RT81.5.

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Online Guides and Support

Most of our main resources have their own help page in the Online Guides and Support section of the website. Here you will find links to etutorials, guides, videos etc to help you to the most out of the resources we have.

Online eTutorials

We have developed a number of online etutorials to help you to get started with our main resources and develop your information skills.

Training Programme

You can book onto one of our scheduled training sessions to develop your skills further. These are delivered by our training librarians. They provide you with lots of opportunities to ask questions and get some hands-on practice.

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Which resources can NHS staff access?

Need access to journals and articles? Want guidelines or recommended practice? Are you looking for case reports or drug reference texts? Want to be confident of the clinical decisions you make? Complete our short tutorial Finding NHS Resources to quickly learn about the wealth of material that you can access. You'll learn: Which essential resources you can use How to access NHS resources How you can learn more about NHS resources Contact the Health Library for more help finding the information you need.

Login to Library Search – step-by-step instructions for NHS staff

Library Search is a discovery tool, allowing you to find items within the library collections. You can search Library Search without logging in to view books and ebooks available in our collections. By logging in to your library account on Library Search you can access a range of additional functionality, such as: Viewing details of your library account Submitting a request to hold a book for you Adding items to your e-bookshelf Saving searches Note that for NHS users logging in to Library Search does not give you access to full-text items. As an NHS member of staff you access online resources using your NHS OpenAthens username. Anatomy of a Library Card First let’s take a quick look at the most important components of your library card. Your library card and library card number give you access to print resources as well as library services. They confirm that you are a member of the library. Your name : this will be printed on your card, so you’ll know it’s yours!...

Ebsco Cinahl training for NHS staff

Ebsco are delivering training on the new ebsco databases interface this month. Advanced Searching for CINAHL in EBSCOhost This 60-minute session will introduce advanced search concepts for searching in CINAHL on the EBSCOhost interface. In this session we will look at navigating the interface, the use of CINAHL (Subject) Headings, the application of filters, reviewing available options to save, share, download and export search results, as well as saving, editing and downloading searches. Please book online: • Thursday, 3rd September @ 2.00pm • Wednesday, 16th September @ 10.00am

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