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 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. 

screen shot of list of ebook collections on the ebook web page


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