Information Skills for Health

Make sure you have the right skills to complete your literature search and find the information you need.  We've updated our help page for literature searching : Download a plan Use one of our online tools Complete an etutorial Read an online post

We have updated our help page for Library Search by including the step-by-step guides on our blog. You can find all the guides in one place to get you started: using your library account and finding books and journals.

Find out what full-text journals we have available by checking our journals lists. Not sure how to do that? Go to our ejournals help page and find out by: completing an etutorial checking a guide following step-by-step instructions

We have a number of guides, etutorials and help files to help you to get started searching the Cochrane Library for systematic reviews. We have updated the help page in our Online Guides and Support section on the website.

Clinical Key is available to our OpenAthens users at UHNM and is one of our most popular online resources.  You can access the full-text of ebooks, topic pages, ejournals and patient information guides. Information is searchable via the clinical search engine. There are a number of tools available to help you to make the most of the information you find. We've updated our Clinical Key help page to include a range of "How to..." blog posts to help you get started with all the features.

I don't want to be teaching grandmother how to suck eggs , but remember that reading an academic textbook is not the same as curling up with a good Harry Potter book. We've put a few helpful pointers on our online guides page for books . Worth having a look - you may save yourself some time and get to the information you need sooner.

There are currently problems accessing the NHS Journals A-Z list. The error below is being presented: Screen-shot of NHS Journals A-Z error If you encounter this, there Is a work around. Use Google Chrome browser Go to this link https://openathens.nice.org.uk/Auth/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fHub and log in with your Athens username / password. This will log you into your Athens account. Leave this page open Open a new tab and copy and paste this link into the new tab https://journals.nice.org.uk/ Click the Login to Athens link. You should be logged in to the Journals A-Z list Screen-shot of a successful login to NHS Journals A-Z, showing your Athens username We have reported the problem to NICE and expect a fix shortly.

Users may be experiencing problems logging into the NHS eJournals A-Z list. We have received the following error: Screen-shot of NHS Journals error Apologies for the inconvenience that this will cause you. We have reported the problem to NICE and they are trying to resolve it.

The British National Formulary and the British National Formulary for Children (BNF and BNFc) are the key texts to reference for medicine and drug information. You can find out about all the different ways that you can access these titles from our online guides page for the BNF and BNFc . 

Latest updates to Clinical Key: New Clinical Overviews – CK Global Acute ethanol toxicity Epidural abscess Epilepsy in children Updated Clinical Overviews – Selected Topics Acute diarrhea in adults Bladder cancer Chronic myelogenous leukemia Endometriosis Journal Removals – CK Global European Geriatric Medicine ; ISSN: 1878-7649; Package/Collection: Internal Medicine Extended. Title transferred to another publisher. Recommended alternative – Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. International Journal of Epilepsy ; ISSN: 2213-6320; Package/Collection: Neurology. Title discontinued. Recommended alternative – Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy. Books Added – CK Global Endocrine Secrets  (McDermott, Michael) 7th ed; ISBN: 9780323624282; Package/Collection: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; New edition (replaces 9781455749751);  https://www.clinicalkey.com/ dura/browse/bookChapter/3-s2. 0-C20170006493 Books Removed – CK Global Arthritis and Arthr

If you work for UHNM you can publish your own case study in BMJ Case Reports for free. We have a subscription to BMJ Case Reports that, as well as giving you access to the full-text reports via your OpenAthens login, will also allow you to submit your own reports. You will find links to lots of help on how to do this on our re-vamped BMJ Case Reports help page .

BMJ Best Practice has been purchased for all NHS users and is accessible via your OpenAthens username. It is an evidence-based, clinical decision support tool providing access to guidelines, recommendations, topic pages and videos. We've updated our online guides page for BMJ Best Practice so you can get started quickly. You'll find guides, webinars, podcasts and videos.

We've updated our Online Guides and Support page for NHS Athens . You can now: Check your eligibility Complete our online tutorial Keep a introductory leaflet Follow our "How to..." instructions Make sure you register for your NHS Athens / OpenAthens account so that you can access all the NHS-subscribed resources.