I thought I would share with you some of the links and apps that I've added to my tablet that cover many of our NHS-based resources. Some are freely available, others will required your NHS OpenAthens login details. You will often need an Internet connection to access the content.
Links on the Home Screen
This is a list of resources that might be useful to you. These are all provided via your browser. Go to the link to view the resources. By selecting your browser menu you should get an option that allows you to add the link to your device home page.
Health Library home page - of course!
Health Library News—latest news about facilities, services & resources
Information Skills for Health blog—develop your information skills
Health Library Current Awareness Service—latest research published
NHS Journals A-Z (NHS OpenAthens Log in)—find out what full-text journals you have access to
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| Example of a Journal A-Z page |
Library Search—search for books & ebooks
NICE Evidence Search—find good quality, high level evidence
NICE Guidelines
Clinical Knowledge Summaries—guidelines to support primary care
Oxford Handbooks Online (OpenAthens, UHNM only)—selection of full-text handbooks on a range of specialties
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| Example of an Oxford Handbook |
Royal Marsden Manual Online (OpenAthens, UHNM only)—nursing procedures and guidelines
TRIP database—healthcare specialist search engine, supporting EBM
Twitter—follow the library @CECLibrary
Facebook—find the Health Library’s facebook page
Apps to Install
Some of our main resources have app versions so that you can access information on the go
- BNF / BNFc (free, no login)—essential drug & medicine reference
- Clinical Key (OpenAthens, UHNM only)—find answers fast via the clinical search engine: full-text articles & ebooks
- Dynamed (OpenAthens, UHNM only)—evidence-base point of care reference tool
- Cochrane Library (free, no login)—systematic review updates
- BMJ Best Practice (OpenAthens, All NHS)—clinical decision supporting tool
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