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Sustainable living and working – check the sustainability collection for NHS users

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 Need some advice and support to help you to live and work in a sustainable manner? Do you need to develop policies and practices to ensure services continue in a changing world? Or do you just want to live creating as little damage to the planet as possible?

Take a look at the sustainability collection available to NHS staff members.

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We have a range of books to help support you. This collection is from the NHS Kortext collection of online books.

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Access the collection

Kortext Collection

The NHS has subscribed to a range of useful ebooks from the Kortext collection. These include management topics and self-help support as well as healthcare topics. To log in to the Kortext collection and start searching for ebooks follow the instructions on our help page.

NHS Knowledge & Library Hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub allows you to search a range of different NHS-based resources from one page. To search for ebooks on the Hub, see the step-by-step instructions on our blog post Finding ebooks on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub – step-by-step instructions.

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What about a print book?

Library Search

You can search our catalogue, LibrarySearch, for print books available in our collections. Library Search allows you to search for books at the Health Library, Keele Campus Library and the Health Library at County. Campus Library will have a wider selection of books which cover the sustainability topic. If you need a book from another library’s collection, just ask us and we’ll arrange for it to be sent to the Health Library for you to pick up.

Learn more about running a basic search on Library Search

Selection of book titles to start (from images above):

  • 50 Ways to help the planet / Sian Berry
  • An Introduction to Sustainability / Martin Mulligan
  • Developing a plan for the planet / Ian Chambers and John Humble
  • Greener Marketing / Martin Charter
  • Greener Purchasing / Trevor Russel
  • Making sustainability Work / Marc J Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac
  • Purchasing and Supply Chain Management / Thomas E Johnson et al
  • Sustainability for Healthcare Management / Carrie Rich et al
  • Sustainability Made Simple / Rosaly Byrd and Lauren Demates
  • Sustainability principles and practice / Margaret Robertson
  • The Challenge of Sustainability / John Zinkin
  • The Energy Wise Workplace / Jeff Dondero
  • The Sustainable(ish) Living Guide / Jen Gale
  • There is no Planet B / Mike Berners-Lee
  • Walking / Corinne Mulley et al

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