Who is this for?

Aimed at all healthcare staff (who are not doctors) working at, or affiliated with St George’s NHS Trust, who want to find  evidence-based literature for their work and CPD. For doctors see 'Searching Evidence-based literature Online workshop for NHS doctors'.

What does it cover?

In this session, your NHS Librarian will guide you through the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub and other essential online resources (see below). 

The workshop includes:

• Planning and designing an effective search strategy

• Effective use of search techniques e.g. phrase searching, truncation 

• Searching for healthcare literature using the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub platform

• Identifying specialist resources e.g. TRIP Pro database, MAG Online Library, Royal Marsden Manual Online, BrowZine Journals, Oxford Medicine Online, Kortext, etc.

• Locating, accessing or requesting full text articles from Library Services 

• LibKey Nomad

You'll learn how to navigate these tools efficiently and use them to find high quality evidence-based articles, ebooks, databases, guidelines etc to support your work in patient care, service improvements, teaching, clinical audit or CPD.

IMPORTANT: An OpenAthens login will be necessary to access these resources. To register for an account go to: https://openathens.nice.org.uk. We recommend registering at least two days prior to the workshop.