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Going Mobile with NHS Resources

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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.
My tablet home screen

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!
https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/

Health Library News—latest news about facilities, services & resources
https://hlnews.blogspot.com/

Information Skills for Health blog—develop your information skills
https://infoskillsforhealth.blogspot.com/

Health Library Current Awareness Service—latest research published
https://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northstaffs#Welcome

NHS Journals A-Z (NHS OpenAthens Log in)—find out what full-text journals you have access to
https://journals.nice.org.uk/auth/protected.aspx?returnurl=%2f
Example of the Journals A-Z page
Example of a Journal A-Z page


Library Search—search for books & ebooks
https://keele-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?vid=44KLE_V1&search_scope=Everything

NICE Evidence Search—find good quality, high level evidence
https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/

NICE Guidelines
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance

Clinical Knowledge Summaries—guidelines to support primary care
https://cks.nice.org.uk/

Oxford Handbooks Online (OpenAthens, UHNM only)—selection of full-text handbooks on a range of specialties
https://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/ebooks/oxfordhandbooksonline/
Example of an Oxford Handbook
Example of an Oxford Handbook


Royal Marsden Manual Online (OpenAthens, UHNM only)—nursing procedures and guidelines
http://www.rmmonline.co.uk/

TRIP database—healthcare specialist search engine, supporting EBM
https://www.tripdatabase.com/

Twitter—follow the library @CECLibrary
http://www.twitter.com/ceclibrary

Facebook—find the Health Library’s facebook page
           http://www.facebook.com/ceclibrary


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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