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Your NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is here

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 Do you need trusted, good quality, healthcare information quickly?

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is a new resource for all NHS members of staff. You can easily search across a wealth of NHS-subscribed resources, including:

  • journals, ebooks and databases
  • clinical decision support resources such as NICE Guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
  • resources purchased nationally and locally
  • one-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact your library

Full access is free to all NHS staff using your NHS OpenAthens account.

Using the Knowledge and Library Hub

You will find a link to the Knowledge and Library Hub on our NHS resources page or go straight there. Make sure you have logged in to OpenAthens you ensure that you search all the resources available to your organization.

Here is an overview of the Hub interface:


  1. Select whether you want to search for keywords, a title or an author.
  2. Enter your search terms – you may be prompted with suggestions.
  3. Click the Search options to set your search parameters such as applying similar words, full-text only, publication date range and more.
  4. You can also elect to go to the individual databases and other resources to run your search there.
  5. You can view all your subscribed journal titles from the journals A-Z list.
  6. Click the Your Health Library link to go to the library website.
  7. Click sign-in to go to your Hub folder where you can save articles and searches
  8. You can send a query to the Health Library by clicking Ask-a-Librarian.
  9. You’ll find more library services available on the footer.

Get more information from this short, printable, online guide.

Learn how to search the hub by watching this video

More help

For more help searching the Knowledge and Library Hub contact our training team or the eresources librarian.

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