The NHS Knowledge & Library Hub
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Discover high quality knowledge and evidence resources, all in one place.The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners seamlessly to a range of high quality knowledge and evidence resources all in one place, enabling you to find evidence resources to support your clinical practice, learning and research. |
What is it?
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The new Hub gives you quick access to:
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The Hub is a single gateway that offers an intuitive search experience for quick searches and options for in-depth searches.
Whether you need published knowledge and evidence for patient care, management decision-making, education or research, or just professional curiosity, the NHS Knowledge Hub will provide you with a great place to start your search. The Hub offers streamlined access to full-text articles and gives you options for doing a follow up in-depth search and/or contacting a librarian for assistance.
The Hub looks almost identical wherever you are in the country, but actually includes over 250 locally tailored ‘views’. Wherever you work, you get to see all the nationally-funded digital resources and resources that your local library service has made available.
Find out more about the Knowledge & Library Hub and how it will develop.
Whether you need published knowledge and evidence for patient care, management decision-making, education or research, or just professional curiosity, the NHS Knowledge Hub will provide you with a great place to start your search. The Hub offers streamlined access to full-text articles and gives you options for doing a follow up in-depth search and/or contacting a librarian for assistance.
The Hub looks almost identical wherever you are in the country, but actually includes over 250 locally tailored ‘views’. Wherever you work, you get to see all the nationally-funded digital resources and resources that your local library service has made available.
Find out more about the Knowledge & Library Hub and how it will develop.
Where is it?
Connect directly to The Knowledge & Library Hub. To read more about it please visit https://library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub.
Watch out too for the embedded search boxes on the library website, links to the Hub from the intranet and a desktop icon on your NHS devices.
Watch out too for the embedded search boxes on the library website, links to the Hub from the intranet and a desktop icon on your NHS devices.
Searching: Health and Care Evidence, from Health Education England
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How do I login?
Full access is free to all NHS staff and learners through their NHS OpenAthens account. If you haven’t already register for NHS OpenAthens.
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1. Simply connect to the The NHS Knowledge & Library Hub and click on the gold bar at the top of the screen to login with your OpenAthens account. You won't need to login if you're accessing the Hub via the desktop shortcut.
Once you've logged in, check out the options in the top blue menu bar (A-Z Journals List, access folders to save your searches), scroll down to the main search box and browse the clinical decision tools further down the page. |
Are there any user guides?
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Yes!
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Can I still use Healthcare Databses Advanced Search (HDAS) via NICE Evidence?
Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS) will close down on 31 March 2022. After that, you will only be able to access bibliographic databases via their individual interfaces which can be accessed from The NHS Knowledge & Library Hub.
If you need help moving from HDAS to individual database interfaces please don't hesitate to contact us (01709 427139; rgh-tr.libraryhealthcare@nhs.net). Further support is available in Resources for advanced searching.
If you need help moving from HDAS to individual database interfaces please don't hesitate to contact us (01709 427139; rgh-tr.libraryhealthcare@nhs.net). Further support is available in Resources for advanced searching.