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Try this new one-stop shop for knowledge and library resources available locally and across NHS England. Log in with your OpenAthens account to take full advantage of this resource. Log in to make the most of it and access links to all the NHS databases you can use for literature searching.

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The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS England staff and learners for the first time to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place.

Funded by Health Education England, the platform contains the following features:

journals, books and databases

clinical decision support resources including NICE Guidelines and BMJ Best Practice (NHS access)

resources purchased nationally and locally such as Royal Marsden Manual and UpToDate

one-click links to access articles, request pdfs of articles not readly available, or to contact the library

Access the hub via this link Log in with your NHS OpenAthens account for full access. Don't have an account? Register for one here

Download this guide for an overview of the Hub and its benefits or watch this video

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The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS England staff and learners for the first time to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place.

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Use our free NHS Article Request service to request a PDF of any article from the University's ejournal collection.

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Request up to 10 articles at any one time. Please provide the following details for each article requested: article title, journal title, author(s), journal volume, journal issue, page numbers, publication date. We are happy to accept records from Hunter, the library catalogue, web addresses, DOIs or database search records containing the details required for speed.

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Most requested articles will be supplied under the NHS Copyright Licence Plus. This allows you to make copies of the article, to share these with NHS colleagues and to keep a copy on a secure work network. If we cannot supply the article under the NHS Copyright Licence Plus, we can still usually supply a 'Library Privilege' version but the usage is more restrictive. If we can only supply a library privilege copy it must be for personal, non-commercial use and you must not make further copies. We ask you to sign the declaration below needed for library privilege copies but we will inform you when we supply the article how it has been supplied and how you can use it.

1. I hereby request you to supply me with a copy of the item(s) specified above, which I require for the purpose of research or private study. 2. I have not previously been supplied with a copy of the same material by you or any other librarian. 3. I will not use the copy except for research for a non-commercial purpose or private study and will not supply a copy of it to any other person. 4. To the best of my knowledge, no other person with whom I work or study has made or intends to make, at about the same time as this request, a request for the same material for substantially the same purpose. 5. If this item(s) was delivered by an electronic method (which includes facsimile transmission), I will retain only a single paper copy and destroy any electronic copies after printing.

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CARES (Clinical and Research Enquiry Service) is a librarian-led literature searching service provided to all NHS and academic staff at St George’s.

CARES supports clinical practice, service development and management, research and teaching by providing librarian-run literature and evidence searches on your behalf.

Note to students

It is not available to students for academic purposes, including nurses on workforce development (WFD) courses. If you are a student requiring help with literature searching please visit our training page for a list of information skills training courses and resources, or contact your liaison librarian.

How the service works

The search results will comprise a list of references, with abstracts and links to full text items where available. The search strategy, including a list of resources used, will be included. The search results will not be summarised, graded or categorised in order of importance.

Your results will normally be emailed to you within 5-10 working days. If you need the results sooner than this, please contact the liaison librarian team on 020 8725 5433 to discuss your needs.

How to make a request

Completing this form as fully as possible will help us to provide you with more relevant results. However, it may also be necessary for library staff to contact you for clarification of terms or further information.

Feedback

Finally, please be aware that we occasionally follow up searches to ask how the information was used and what, if any, changes were made as a result of using this service. Your feedback is important to us and will help us to improve our service.

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For St George's, University of London and Joint Faculty staff and students, there is a charge of £6 for each book or article we obtain as an interlibrary loan.

Most NHS staff can request 10 interlibrary loans per year without charge. After this, further items can be requested at a cost of £6 each.

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Before making an interloan request, please check in Hunter to make sure we do not hold the book or article you require.

Making a request

Interloans can be requested:

To make a request through Hunter:

Go to Hunter and sign in at the top right of the screen.

University staff and students can sign in using an SGUL username and password.

NHS staff should email the library at library@sgul.ac.uk for login details.

You can also email us at intloan@sgul.ac.uk with details of books or articles you would like to request.

Paying for a request

St George's, University of London and Joint Faculty staff and students must pay for interloan requests before items can be ordered. The charge is £6 per book or journal article.

Payment can be made:

by credit/debit card at the Library Helpdesk during our staffed hours. We cannot currently accept payment by cash or cheque.

by account code. Add the code in the Comment box if requesting through Hunter, or include it in your email.

NHS staff and post-registration nursing students employed by the trusts below can receive 10 interloans per year (August-July) free of charge:

If you have used your allowance for the year, you can make further requests at a cost of £6 each. Please follow the payment instructions for university staff and students above.

Most articles arrive within 2-7 days.

Most books arrive within 7-14 days.

Please note, however, that supply times for standard requests depend on the organisation supplying the material and this is not within our control.

Urgent article requests

We can obtain journal articles within a shorter guaranteed timeframe in urgent cases. These requests have to be dealt with individually and will cost considerably more to obtain.

To place an urgent article request, please email us at intloan@sgul.ac.uk before 3pm, Monday to Friday.

You will receive an email with an attached PDF or a link to download a PDF.

Articles from the British Library will be sent from noreply@bldss.bl.uk

Articles from other libraries will be forwarded to you by SGUL Library

If you are unable to download your article, please forward the email to us at intloan@sgul.ac.uk.

Interloan books can be collected from the Library Helpdesk during our staffed hours; we'll email you when your book arrives and is ready to collect. Interloan books are checked out to your library account and must be returned by the due date, unless you are requesting a renewal.

It is usually possible to renew books that are on loan from other libraries. Each renewal is charged at £6 or one NHS interloan credit.

To request a renewal, please email us at intloan@sgul.ac.uk a few days before your item is due for return.

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Course outline

Skills to appraise and evaluate research literature are key to being able to judge whether it is trustworthy, relevant and of value. This course will introduce the concepts of critical appraisal and give an overview of the tools and techniques which can be used in this process to understand scientific evidence.

Who is this course for?

NHS staff and university academic or research staff who want to understand more about the critical appraisal process. It assumes that you have no prior or little knowledge of critical appraisal.

Sessions available on request.
Please email liaison@sgul.ac.uk

Course outline

This session will provide an overview of the more traditional citation metrics, such as the journal impact factor and h-index, together with the more recent alternative metrics, or altmetrics. The pros and cons of traditional and alternative metrics will be considered, together with the opportunity for hands-on exploration of a range of metrics.

At the end of this session you will be able to:

access the Web of Knowledge

search for cited papers in the citation indexes

retrieve information about impact factors from the Journal Citation Reports database

consider the impact of altmetrics.

Who is this course for?

University staff and researchers.

Sessions available on request.
Please email liaison@sgul.ac.uk

Course outline

Finding top-quality evidence is a priority for health care practitioners. This session will introduce the high-quality resources available to you, as well as provide training in how to use them effectively to support evidence-based clinical practice or decision-making.

The session will cover:

the range of evidence-based healthcare resources available, including: NHS Evidence, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, the Cochrane Library and BMJ Best Practice

how to use the NHS databases effectively and identify the most appropriate database for your need

how to create and plan a search strategy using subject headings and keywords and how to combine searches and apply limits to focus your results

how to access full-text articles where available or locate articles through St George's journals page

how to save your searches and set up alerts.

Who is this course for?

NHS staff and placement students.
Upcoming sessions
This session will run in 2021/22. See dates and booking form on the link below:
https://sgul.libcal.com/calendar/infoskills
Course outline

Library induction for NHS staff, introducing you to the range of services and resources on offer to those working for St George's Hospital, Queen Mary's Hospital and other community-based sites.

Who is this course for?

NHS staff and placement students.

Upcoming sessions

This session will run in 2021/22. See dates and booking form on the link below:

To book visit: https://sgul.libcal.com/calendar/infoskills

Course outline

Keeping up to date with recent health and scientific publications is vital for staff and researchers. This training course covers a range of services that will help you keep up to date. The current awareness services for healthcare information that facilitate this are mainly available online.

In this session, you will be introduced to:

RSS as a current awareness tool

traditional methods of current awareness such as search alerts and table of contents

using new social media to stay current.

Who is this course for?

Academic staff, researchers and NHS staff.

Please email liaison@sgul.ac.uk to book your bespoke session

Course outline

Participants will learn how to effectively use subject databases, such as Medline (Pubmed), Embase and CINAHL. The resources used for research can be discussed with the librarian during the session in order to select the most appropriate one(s).

Learning objectives

Identify an appropriate subject database for your search

Plan, phrase and record a sophisticated search strategy

Apply advanced search techniques, such as alternative keywords, truncation and phrase searching to a relevant database.

Broaden or focus your results using BOOLEAN operators.

Review results and edit your search terms to improve relevancy of results.

Save your search and results for future reference.

Who is this course for?

Suitable for academic staff, researchers, SGUL or FHSCE students in year 2 or above who are looking to further their understanding of literature searching in order to conduct in-depth research into a topic.

Upcoming sessions

This session will run in 2021/22

See dates and booking form on the link below:

To book visit: https://sgul.libcal.com/calendar/infoskills

Course outline

The Library introduced a new reading list system - My Reading Lists - in July. The new system integrates with Canvas to make it easier for students to identify and access key texts, recommended readings and other resources to fulfil their learning objectives. It will also make it easier for you to add a range of resources and to identify the latest editions of books that the Library holds. This session will help you get to know My Reading List and learn more about how you and your students can use it.

Please note that you must be a member of the Library to access and edit My Reading Lists. If you are not already a member, please register here before the session.

Email liaison@sgul.ac.uk if you have any questions or need help with My Reading Lists.

Who is this course for?

This session is aimed at teaching staff.

Learning objectives

We will get you started on creating one of your own Module Reading Lists during the session. The session will cover:

how to add resources from Hunter (the Library's search tool); how to add websites; tips on how to create better Reading Lists; how to request a Digitization of an article or book chapter; why you should use web links instead of uploading pdfs; how to duplicate or associate a list with a second or further module, and know when it is appropriate to do so; why it's important to add tags to an item; instructions on the publishing process.

The session will also give you an opportunity to ask questions about any current reading lists you already have.

During the session, we recommend you use an existing list from one of your current modules from which to create your new list.

Upcoming sessions

Available on request. Email: liaison@sgul.ac.uk

Course outline

Participants will learn how to manage and store their references using RefWorks. You will also practise using the Reference Citation Manager Word add-in which can help you with your referencing by inserting citations and generating bibliographies within Word documents.

Learning objectives

Import references to RefWorks from a variety of platforms, such as Hunter, EbscoHost, Ovid, PubMed and Google Scholar

Organise and manage a variety of references in RefWorks

Practise using Reference Citation Manager to create in-text citations and generate bibliographies in Word

Upcoming sessions

This session will run in 2021/22. See link below for dates and booking form.

To book, visit: https://sgul.libcal.com/calendar/infoskills

Course outline

This half-day course will focus on in-depth literature searching for systematic reviewers and how to manage your results. It will provide you with an overview of the systematic review process, know-how of creating effective search strategies, systematic searching of the literature, managing your results and documenting the search process.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session you will be able to:

plan robust search strategies for literature searches in support of systematic reviews

carry out systematic, advanced searches on the Ovid platform

save searches strategies and create alerts

plan how you will manage your search results and report on your search methodology.

Who is this course for?

NHS staff, academic staff, researchers and students.

Upcoming sessions

This session will run in 2021/22. See link below for dates and booking form:

To book visit: https://sgul.libcal.com/calendar/infoskills

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Please fill in the form below to register with St George’s Library as a member NHS staff. To complete your registration, you must, in some cases, show your staff ID card at the Library Help-desk during normal office hours (8am – 6pm) in the first instance.

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Access evidence-based resources (BMJ Best Practice & Uptodate),  the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, databases, journals and selected ebooks with an NHS OpenAthens account. Contact Stephen Reid (sreid@sgul.ac.uk x 5433) if you wish to reignite an account you already have.

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Register for a NHS England OpenAthens account

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Please note that you need to activate your account before you can use it. Please read the information on the page you’ll see after you have submitted this form, and check your inbox for your activation email.

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Please enter the name of your department, ward, GP practice or clinic

Position duration Permanent Temporary

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This registration page can only be used to create OpenAthens accounts for NHS England users. Users from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland should access the relevant service using the links below:

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

To help the approval of your application, if possible:

register using your work email address

register from your workplace

If we do not recognise your email address or the location that you’re registering from, an OpenAthens administrator will need to assess your details and decide whether you meet the eligibility criteria.

To enter your organisation, please start typing the name of your organisation in the box. Wait a couple of seconds for a list of options to appear, and then click on the appropriate option to select it. Not every organisation is listed, as some are grouped together by region. If you work for a GP practice or CCG, or a public health or social care organisation, try typing the name of your organisation first. If nothing relevant appears in the list of options, try entering your type of organisation and your region, for example:

GPs and practice staff North

Social care Midlands

Public health London

Commissioning South West

This helps to speed up the approval process, and makes sure you get access to all the resources available to you.

Data Protection

Jisc will hold your personal details and may provide you with information about the resources available. Your national, regional and local OpenAthens administrator(s) can also access your details.

Your local NHS library may contact you about local services, training, and support in relation to OpenAthens resources.

For more details, see NICE’s privacy notice and the OpenAthens privacy notice.

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Find an NHS ejournal- A-Z listing and LibKeyNomad

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You have access to over 7k e-journals remotely with an NHS OpenAthens account, including titles such as Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Journal of Physiotherapy . Click on the link above  to find an A-Z list of all titles and date ranges available to you.  Install LibKey nomad on your browser of choice  to detect articles available to you via OpenAthens when researching on the web. Find out more about NHS e-journals on our dedicated webpage.

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Check out our Finding the evidence page for links to NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, evidence-based resources and healthcare databases

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Making use of trustworthy, reliable, high-quality evidence for patient care and decision-making is now an essential requirement for all healthcare practitioners and managers. St George's, University of London library staff are dedicated to supporting you in finding the evidence to inform evidence-based practice to improve healthcare in everyday clinical practice.

We have created a collection of the very best specialist online information resources which evaluate and summarise the research evidence, provide guidance and recommendations, can be used at point-of care, and can save you time.

St George's library not only provides access to these resources but also offers training and advice on how to use them effectively- click on the links below to access our collections.
Use this page to also connect to our KnowledgeShare Evidence updating service and the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

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Making use of trustworthy, reliable, high-quality evidence for patient care and decision-making is now an essential requirement for all healthcare practitioners and managers. St George's, University of London library staff are dedicated to supporting you in finding the evidence to inform evidence-based practice to improve healthcare in everyday clinical practice.

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If you're looking for current, high-level practice-changing research or the latest reports and guidelines in your area, sign up to KnowledgeShare and feel more confident that your decision-making is informed, evidence-based and up-to-date.

With KnowledgeShare, where-ever we find high level evidence in your areas of professional interest, you'll receive emailed alerts to curated reports, guidelines and OpenAthens authenticated articles.

KnowledgeShare is exclusive to St George's Trust staff- create your profile today and we'll do the rest.

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If you're looking for current, high-level practice-changing research or the latest reports and guidelines in your area, sign up to KnowledgeShare and feel more confident that your decision-making is informed, evidence-based and up-to-date. With KnowledgeShare, where-ever we find high level evidence in your areas of professional interest, you'll receive emailed alerts to curated reports, guidelines and OpenAthens authenticated articles.

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Find a book on Hunter, the library catalogue

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Search Hunter, the library's search engine to find print and electronic books- for e-books, you'll need an NHS OpenAthens account. Specialist collections include our well-being, black history and reading for pleasure collection. University e-journals also listed in Hunter are not available remotely for Trust staff (get any of those you identify via our NHS Articles Request service!).

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Finding the evidence: 5 tips for successful literature searching

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Read this guide on planning your searches. Downloadable search plan templates are available to help.

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Before you begin searching for literature to support your review, you need to carefully focus and define your research question.

It's important to be as specific as possible when defining your research question in order to develop an effective search strategy to find all relevant papers that match your review question. This is a very important aspect of creating a systematic review, as your search needs to be as comprehensive as possible in order to create a high quality, unbiased review.

The best way to initially start planning your search is to break up your topic into its main concepts or ideas, and then develop a list of keywords related to each of your concepts in advance of searching your databases.
Planning with P I C O S- quantitative studies
To help you focus your question for quantitative research topics and begin planning your search strategy, use frameworks such as P I C O S.

P I C O S, a variation of the PICO tool described by Richardson, W et al in 1995, is explained below:

P identify the specific characteristics of their Population group and their Problem. For example: ethnicity, age, gender, condition or disease, presentation, healthcare setting

I -specify which Intervention or exposure is being looked at. For example: treatment (e.g. drug therapy, surgery or non-pharmacological treatments); service intervention (e.g. midwifery-led service), diagnostic test, risk factors (e.g. smoking)

O- outline which, if any, Comparisons are being made with alternative interventions or population groups. What is it that we are comparing against?

C- target which Outcomes are of importance to the review question. Outcomes could be patient related (such as mortality, return to function, patient satisfaction or complications) or cost related (such as cost-effectiveness, length of stay or reduction in referrals)

S- state which type of Studies would best provide answers to the question. For example, would randomized controlled trials be the best kind of study design to answer your question?

It is not essential for each of these elements to appear in your search strategy but all research questions should at the minimum have a population group and intervention of interest. In many cases the outcomes are not included as part of the search strategy itself, but rather these will act as a guide when you are reviewing papers to include and exclude to define your final set of papers that will form the basis of your review.

Click here for a Cochrane presentation for more detailed information on PICOS.

Planning with S P I D E R- qualitative studies

For qualitative studies, the framework S P I D E R , first described by Cook, A, Smith, D and Booth, A (2012) and may work better than P I C O S

S- Sample - who are the people involved in the study?

PI- Phenomena of Interest- What do you hope to understand? Beliefs, attitudes or experiences?

D- Which methodological Design works best for your research

E- Evaluation- What outcomes measures will you judge the results by?

R- What Research type best suits your question: Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods?

As with P I C O S, it is not essential for each of these S PI D E R elements to appear in your search strategy.

Why spend time planning?

If you do not allot time to focus your question and plan your search strategy, your review may suffer from the following:

If your question is too broad you may be overwhelmed with results to sift through

If you do not identify the main concepts in your research and draw up a list of alternative words or phrases for these concepts, you may potentially not find all the papers relevant to your research question, thus introducing bias into your review

If you skip this stage, your database searching will lack structure and, as a result, be less effective

For more additional guidance on how to focus your question, read this article by Andrew Booth from ScHARR.

Search plan templates, worked examples and information about other planning frameworks are available at the bottom of this page.

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LibGuides: Systematic reviews: finding and managing the evidence: Focusing your question

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Before you begin searching for literature to support your review, you need to carefully focus and define your research question. It's important to be as specific as possible when defining your research question in order to develop an effective search strategy to find all relevant papers that match your review question.

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Watch short introductory, intermediate or advanced videos on the Ovid platform here and see in action the search techniques discussed during our session on 13th July 2022, and more. You can access the following databases via Ovid with your NHS OpenAthens account: AMED, Embase, Emcare, HMIC, Medline, Social Policy and Practice

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Ovid Online Resources, Training and Tools

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Watch this advanced searching video for EBSCO databases. Via EBSCO with your NHS OpenAthens account, you can access: CINAHL, Medline and Psychology and Behaviour Science Collection

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Find previous recordings of webinars on using the Proquest platform. With OpenAthens, Proquest provides access to British Nursing Index, Hospital Premium Collection (ejournals), PsycArticles and PsycInfo

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Evidence Based Medicine - Deep dive into Health and Medical information on ProQuest

In the spring 2021 we hosted a series of webinars focused on the search functionality for health and medical teaching, learning and research through ProQuest. We started at introductory level suitable for non-expert users, students, under and post-graduate and we progressed to advanced level for expert users, librarians and government researchers.

If you are entirely new to the ProQuest platform, and would like a short overview of full platform functionality before joining the sessions below, we recommend you watch some of our short e-learning modules available on the ProQuest Platform LibGuide
Please click on the title of the webinar to go to the recording.

Database Descriptions - Table of Contents

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LibGuides: NHS ProQuest: Recent Webinars Recordings

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*Cochrane Library- for SRs and RCTs (Central)
*NHS Knowledge and Library Hub- new NHS-wide platform
*Pedro- EB physio reports
*Prospero- prospective SRs
*PubMed- customised SGH version of PubMed that links to articles available via OpenAthens
*Trip- Filter your search results by research types, full access with OpenAthens

All these and more available via our A-Z of databases, link above

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The most frequently-used databases

BMJ Learning features hundreds of accredited, peer-reviewed learning modules in text, video, and audio formats.
The first time you login you will need to also register, or log in with, a BMJ Personal Account when prompted (when setting your password for this account you must use a unique password - do not reuse your SGUL password).
The next time you visit BMJ Learning, you can sign in via Shibboleth directly using your SGUL username and password.

Hunter - Library Search can search across the resources available via St George's Library, including - Books, Journals, Articles, Videos, and SORA (St George's Online Research Archive).

Search Tip: Search on a title or topic, then select the 'Online Resources' filter to view e-resources available for your search.

Oxford Medicine Online is where you can access the electronic version of many key texts such as the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine and Oxford Textbook of Medicine. With over 1,000 books available, many of which include exclusive digital tools such as videos to further enrich your learning and practice.

Oxford Medicine Online offsite access - log in using your SGUL username and password

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) was founded in 1831. The Association was created to promote the advancement of science in all its aspects. In 2009 it was renamed The British Science Association.
The BAAS archive from Wiley Digital Archives contains an aggregation of collections from the BAAS and from archival collections related to the BAAS, contributed by various institutions across the United Kingdom.

British Association for the Advancement of Science Archive (Wiley Digital Archives) offsite access - log in using your SGUL username and password

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS England staff and learners to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place.

Funded by Health Education England, and hosted by the EBSCO Discovery Service, the platform includes:

* journals, books and databases
* clinical decision support resources including NICE guidance and BMJ Best Practice (NHS access)
* resources purchased nationally and locally such as Royal Marsden Manual and UpToDate
* one-click links to access full text articles, request a copy or contact the library

Full access is free to all NHS staff and learners when you log in with your NHS OpenAthens account. Don't have an account? Register for one on this online form

Social Policy and Practice brings together data from the following 5 leading collections of social policy and practice resources:

AgeInfo - Centre for Policy on Ageing

NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Planex - IDOX Information Service

Social Care Online - Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

ChildData - National Children's Bureau (NCB)

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NHS E-books can be found via Hunter, the library catalogue.  They are published on a variety of platforms and accessible via NHS OpenAthens

E-book central- home to the majority of our e-books

Kortext- a growing collection of NHS-only e-books

Oxford e-books- handbooks and textbooks from OUP

Check out our e-books guide, linked above, to find out more

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LibGuides: E-Books guide: E-books from SGUL Library

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