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KNOWLEDGE TOOLKIT

A-Z of resources

Many of these resources are subscription based (NHS OpenAthens) so you will need an NHS OpenAthens account to gain access. Library membership is available to all staff and students on placement at Southport & Ormskirk Hospital. Contact us for further details. 
Forgotten your NHS OpenAthens username or password? Contact us and we can re-set it for you. ​
​BMJ Best Practice *NHS Athens Account required
The latest evidence-based information, whenever and wherever you need it.

BMJ Case Reports 
*NHS Athens Account required
A high volume of cases in all disciplines, so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions. Publish your own case report, contact the library for further information. 

Books & Journals - Library Catalogue
The Library & Knowledge Service holds collections at the Hanley Library,  Southport and the Sanderson Library Resource Room, Ormskirk. The full stock is searchable online via our library catalogue  

BNF and BNFC - online  
Guidance  on the actions and uses of drugs prescribed in the UK

Cochrane Library Special Collections
A collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about groups in The Cochrane Collaboration.

ClinicalKey *NHS Athens Account required
A clinical reference tool for use at the point-of-care. ClinicalKey provides access to clinical overviews, e-books, e-journals, guidelines, multimedia and patient information on a wide range of specialties. 

eBooks
Click here to access a selection of eBooks by subject, or search for a title on the Library Catalogue or browse the collections below - *NHS Athens Account required
  • Oxford Handbooks and Oxford Textbook of Medicine
  • Ebsco eBook Collection
  • Kortext eBook Collection
  • Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures

 eJournals 
Use the BrowZine Library to find the journals to which you have access. Select the ‘Choose My Library’ icon. Find your Trust or type NHS England and you’re good to go. - *NHS Athens Account required
  • ​MAH Complete - covers the whole health care spectrum including nursing, midwifery, medicine, allied health professions and health economics
  • BMJ Journals - including BMJ Leader, the official journal of FMLM and is a quarterly online publication dedicated to medical leadership and management
  • Proquest Hospital Premium Collection
  • Science Direct - Life sciences and health sciences collection

e-Lfh
E-Lfh is a Health Education England programme in partnership with the NHS and professional bodies providing high quality content free of charge for the training of the NHS workforce across the UK.  HEE E-Lfh's programmes cover subjects from audiology to anaesthesia, dentistry to dermatology, electronic fetal monitoring to end of life care, primary care to prescribing, safeguarding children to statutory and mandatory training.  You will need to register to access the e-learning portal and set up a profile. 

​Healthcare databases *NHS Athens Account required
Bibliographic databases such as Medline, Embase and CINAHL are available for conducting advanced literature searches including for systematic review and informing research.  Training and User Guides are also available.

​IT  equipment & WiFi
The Hanley Library (Southport) and Sanderson Library Resource Room (Ormskirk) have  separate WiFi connections in addition to  the NHS network which you can connect your own devices to. Contact us for further details. PCs and printers are available at both libraries. 

Libkey Nomad
Libkey Nomad is a browser extension that automatically provides links to the full text of journal articles subscribed to by the library service, while you are carrying out your research.  If we do not hold a subscription to an article it will point you to open access alternatives.

The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry
The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry is the essential evidence-based handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents. Covering both common and complex prescribing situations encountered in day-to-day clinical practice, this comprehensive resource provides expert guidance on drug choice, minimum and maximum doses, adverse effects, switching medications, prescribing for special patient groups, and more. Each clear and concise chapter includes an up-to-date reference list providing easy access to the evidence on which the guidance is based. *14th Edition, 2021*

NHS Knowledge & Library Hub
The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place.  Funded by Health Education England, it includes: 
  • journals, books and databases 
  • clinical decision support resources including NICE Guidelines and BMJ Best Practice 
  • policy and management information and research literature
  • resources purchased nationally and locally  
  • one-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library

NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Provide primary care practitioners with access to evidence-based guidance on over 300 key conditions presenting in primary care.

NICE Guidance
NICE guidelines make evidence-based recommendations on a wide range of topics, from preventing and managing specific conditions to planning broader services and interventions to improve the health of communities.

The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures - *NHS Athens Account required
Clinical nurse experts from one of the UK’s leading centres of expertise have brought together all the latest clinical evidence nurses need to meet confidently the requirements of their demanding profession. The Manual includes over 350 evidence-based clinical procedures related to every aspect of care, from handwashing to cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 

TRIP Database
Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.

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