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Get the right NHS resource for the best evidence

 What are the NHS resources you need to give you the best evidence?

You need something: healthcare specific  **  good quality  **  trusted resource  **  appropriate level

Go straight to our NHS Resources page to find the resource you need.

Go to the NHS Resources page

Find the NHS resources page on the Health Library website.

home page for the Health Library
Use the menu options along the top - the NHS Resources page is in the Find section - or page down to the Quick Links section to go straight to the NHS Resources page.

Quick links section of the website showing lists of key pages for students, NHS users and academic staff

Who do you work for?

You need to select which organisation you work for to ensure that you get the right links to some major resources. The main page includes links for UHNM staff. Staff working for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare or GP practices in Staffordshire or Clinical Commissioning Groups in Staffordshire need to select the button to go to the version of the page with their resources - it is laid out the same way.

Page showing the buttons users must select

Search the Knowledge and Library Hub

Page down to the Knowledge and Library Hub section. 

You can search the Knowledge and Library Hub directly from this page using the search box. Enter your keywords and click search. You'll be taken to the Hub interface to view your results. You can focus your results further by using the filter options with in the Hub. Log in using your NHS OpenAthens username to access any full-text content.

The Knowledge & Library hub is embedded within the NHS resources page

What databases can you use for literature searching?

Page down to the Literature Searching via Databases section. 

Complete more in-depth searching by using the databases to run your literature search. You'll find the databases listed by platform. Log in to each platform to search the relevant database.

Literature search section listing databases
For more help using NHS resources try the options listed under the Literature Searching section. These include: our Finding NHS Resources tutorial, our online guides and support section and our training opportunities.

Check the A-Z List

Page down to the A-Z section.

You can find a wealth of healthcare specialist resources in the A-Z section of the page. Here we list NHS Core Content resources, our library NHS subscribed resources as well as key resources available on the Internet.

You will need your NHS OpenAthens username for some but others are freely available on the Internet.

A-Z section of the web page

Jump to resources starting with

Looking for a particular resources? Select the relevant letter to jump to resources beginning with the letter.

List of resources beginning with M

Filter the A-Z list to find a resource

Not quite sure what the resource is called? Try filtering the list by the name you know - enter your keyword into the filter box. Here I have filtered the list using the text "ovid" to find out what Ovid resources there are.

List of resources mentioning ovid

Need more help?

For help finding, accessing or searching NHS resources, please contact:

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