Clinical Key for quick access to support clinical decisions and full-text to support in-depth searching

Clinical Key is a simple, specialist search engine to help you get to the evidence quickly.

doctor searching clinical key on a laptop

Get quick access to evidence-based information

Make confident clinical decisions using the best evidence - find it quickly on Clinical Key:

use the simple, text-predictive search engine
browse comprehensive clinical overviews
check the latest guidelines from leading organisations, including NICE
look for customisable patient education leaflets

Get full-text access to support in-depth searching

Complete your in-depth searching by accessing key full-text content on Clinical Key:

ebook texts in key subjects
full-text access to journal titles
multimedia resources to support learning

Get access

Clinical Key is available to NHS staff working at UHNM:

go to our NHS eresources page for the link to Clinical Key
log in when prompted using your NHS OpenAthens username
activate your account once logged in to access advanced features

Get help

For more help:

complete our short presentation Getting Started with Clinical Key to learn more about advanced features and watch video demonstrations
register online for your NHS OpenAthens username
contact the eresources librarian for more help

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