eBooks for NHS staff

 No time to visit the Health Library to collect books? That’s OK! We’ve got a great range of online titles. 

We’ve just updated our eBooks web page, listing the collections that you can access and where you can find them: 

• NHS Knowledge and Library Hub – wide range of ebooks from the NHS core content purchased collections. 
• Library search – some ebook titles are available to NHS members via our library catalogue.  
• Oxford Medicine Online – key collection of essential handbooks from the NHS core content collection; also available via the Hub and Library Search. 
• Clinical Key ebooks – range of specialty texts for UHNM staff only. 
• Kortext NHS ebook collection – a wide spread of topics are covered by this NHS core content collection, including management, sustainability and wellbeing; also available via the Hub. 
• Medical Exam Revision collection – whilst most of these books are in print format, some are also available as ebooks; available via Library Search.
• Medical Education Collection – made available to NHS staff in partnership with Keele University, this collection covers anatomy, pharmacology and more; as well as videos, quizzes and cases. eBooks are also listed on Library Search. 
• Bedside Clinical Guidelines – special collection of ebooks created locally. 
• eBooks from MPFT – link to the ebook collection of the MPFT Library Service; available to MPFT employees only. 

Access eBooks 

• Go to our ebook web page for a list of collections 
• Log in with your NHS OpenAthens username and password when prompted 

More help 

• Try our etutorial Using eBooks 
• Check our ebooks help page for more information 
• Look on our Information Skills for Health blog for posts related to ebooks