Knowledge Resources
You must Join the Library before you can use the resources listed below:
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub:
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A platform for healthcare databases, ejournals, NICE guidance and other support tools
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Select ‘Start your search’ then ‘Welcome Guest. Sign in with OpenAthens for full access’
Books and ebooks:
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Library Catalogue: shows 8,000 LGT books and 100,000 books across London
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EBSCO Nursing Collection: over 800 nursing and midwifery titles
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Kortext: over 560 titles, covering a range of specialities
Clinical decision making and best practice:
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BMJ Best Practice: symptom evaluation, differential diagnosis, tests and treatments
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Clinical Knowledge Summaries: management of common conditions in primary care
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NICE Guidelines: evidence-based recommendations for health and care in England
Databases (containing journal citations, abstracts, and links to full-text articles):
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CINAHL: allied health, midwifery and nursing
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Cochrane Databases: systematic reviews in health care
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EMBASE: biomedicine and pharmacology
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EMCARE: allied health, midwifery and nursing
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Health Business Elite: healthcare management
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MEDLINE: biomedicine, including allied health
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PubMed: public access version of Medline
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TRIP Pro: clinical evidence
eJournals:
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BrowZine Library: browse journal tables of contents and link to full-text articles
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MAG Online Library: nursing and midwifery
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Wiley Collection: medicine and nursing. Select 'Institutional Login’ then ‘OpenAthens’
Publishing opportunities:
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BMJ Case Reports: to submit a case report contact us for Trust Fellowship Code
Training and support tools:
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ClinicalSkills.net: contains nearly 500 illustrated guides, covering nursing procedures
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e-Learning for Healthcare (eLfH): a national e-learning programme
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Royal Marsden Manual: includes over 350 evidence-based clinical procedures