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 Your NHS OpenAthens username gives you access to to excellent healthcare-based resources. Are you using them efficiently and effectively to get the evidence you need? Make the most of NHS resources; develop your skills by making the most of the training opportunities available at the Health Library. Read our latest NHS OpenAthens bulletin below or open the bulletin in a new browser tab . NHSOpenAthens bulletin April 2026 by Cheryl Kent

 Got a reference for an article? Need to find the full-text? Not sure if we have an NHS subscription to the content you need? Do you want to: Get full-text easily Feel confident and calm Impress colleagues Save time Or are you happy to: Search lots of resources Get frustrated Ask colleagues and friends Waste time You can check for your access to full-text articles and journals by using simple tools to search NHS resources. This will give you links straight to the full-text, no matter which platform holds our content. Complete our tutorial Find full-text articles and journals in the NHS to learn how to easily get to the full-text content you need. screen-shot of the etutorial showing avatars Emma and Dan You will learn: How important NHS OpenAthens is The one place to access these easy-to-use tools How to search for the DOI How to use NHS Knowledge & Library Hub How to use the Browzine journals list Why LibKey Nomad is so important How you can make searching on google scholar e...

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