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Critical steps to get access to NHS resources for NHS staff

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 This #KNOWvember we’re sharing lots of key healthcare resources to help you to refresh and improve your knowledge. Make sure you can access the key evidence you need. The Health Library provides a wide range of resources to support your work, studies, professional development and patient care. It’s easy to access our resources – just follow these steps.

Join the Health Library

Borrow from our collections. You can access healthcare specific books as well as leadership and management topics and exam revision texts. Our Patient Voices collection helps you to learn more about the patient perspective. Whilst our Reading Well collection can help you to learn more about yourself.

Complete our membership form and start browsing

Register for your NHS OpenAthens username

Many of the resources you can access are available online. Get your NHS OpenAthens username so that you can log in and read the full-text. You’ll be able to read ebooks and journals as well as search databases and use healthcare-based tools.

Complete the online form to register for your NHS OpenAthens username.

Need more help?

Try our online tutorial Using the Health Library to find out what else you’ll get with your library membership.

Not sure about whether you need an NHS OpenAthens username? Take this quick quiz to learn why you do. Here are some instructions to help you to complete the form.

Contact the Health Library for help accessing or using library resources.

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