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 Use our good quality, healthcare specific resources to find the evidence you need to support your studies, research and work, to make confident decisions and deliver evidence-based practice.

We purchase and subscribe to a wide range of resources to help you to get to the best information.

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You can borrow from the print book collection via your library membership:
  • Keele University staff and students automatically become members of the Health Library. Your Keele card is your library card.
  • NHS staff can join the Health Library. Complete our membership application form to request your library card.
You need a username / password to log in to our online subscribed resources:
  • Keele University staff and students log in to subscribed resources using your Keele email address and password.
  • NHS staff log in to subscribed resources using your NHS OpenAthens username. See our OpenAthens web page for details of how to register and maintain your NHS OpenAthens username.

Keele University Resources

Use the links on your subject page for easy access to essential resources such as books, ebooks, journals and databases.

NHS-based Resources

Use the links on your NHS resources page to get easy access to key resources such as books, ebooks, journals, databases and clinical decision support tools.

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