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 Get the best evidence from essential resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Whenever you’re looking for the right information for confident clinical decisions, career development, research projects or support for patient care, make sure you can access the best evidence. Access NHS and Health Library subscribed resources using your NHS OpenAthens username and password. What is NHS OpenAthens and are you eligible? Complete our quick quiz NHS OpenAthens – what’s fact or fake? to learn… What is NHS OpenAthens? Are you eligible? What resources you can access? How can you register? home page for the nhs openathens quiz Practice evidence-based healthcare by accessing the best evidence using your NHS OpenAthens username. More help Contact the Health Library for more help finding and accessing the information you need.

  Make sure you get to the right information you need quickly and efficiently. Learn how to improve your search skills and make the most of library resources such as databases. Elevate your assignments, enhance your career progression and upgrade your literature searching by training at the Health Library. students working at computers in a library We give you a range of training opportunities, designed specifically for students and NHS staff, by experienced, professional librarians. Book a training course Check the courses and workshops we have available to support your skills development: Searching Keele healthcare databases Searching NHS Ovid databases and other resources Critical appraisal skills Learn about health literacy and patient information Get started with MS 365 Copilot chat Sessions can be delivered online or in-person. Book a session for your team, attend an available date or arrange a 1-to-1 session. Complete an etutorial Complete your inducti...

 The Health Library is your Health Library. We are here to support Keele University healthcare students and NHS staff working for our partner organisations; giving you a pleasant study or work environment, providing specialist services to support your studies and patient care and getting you the best healthcare evidence. Come along and visit the Health Library to study in a quiet environment, use the university or NHS IT facilities, get help from our experienced staff or even pick up a book. Contact our specialist services to develop your skills or get help finding the best evidence you need. Search our wide range of healthcare specialist resources for books, articles, research and evidence to help you complete your assignments or make the best healthcare decisions. Complete our tutorial Using the Health Library to learn more about what we offer you. Access all our services and resources from the Health library website . More Libraries You can also visit our partn...

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub now has a new look. It is still the place to go to find information, articles, e-books and journals from a range of healthcare specific resources for our NHS customers; and also to find out about print books available at both of our Health Libraries. If you are on a Trust computer the desktop link to the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub will now take you to the new interface. Below is a guide to the new interface. Search page: 1. Log in using your NHS OpenAthens username / password. 2. Enter your search keywords into the search box. You can search for a topic, a journal article, a book or a journal title. Suggested text is presented for popular search terms. You can select these or ignore them and use your own keywords. 3. Advanced search options are available. You can combine search terms here. 4. Select PICOT to search using the PICO tool. 5. If you prefer to search by asking a question - toggle on the natural language search option, then put your ...