NHS Knowledge & Library Service Awareness Week!

13-17th June 2022

Find out what we've got on offer and how we can help you...

Knowledge and library staff enable the NHS to make more than one million well-informed decisions a day. 

Your local library and knowledge service is here and ready to help you. 

We're here to support:
  • the use of evidence and knowledge to inform decision-making
  • research and the spread of innovation
  • education and life-long learning
  • time saving: let us do the searching for you.

During NHS Knowledge & Library Service Awareness Week (13-17th June) we'll be highlighting key services and letting you know that if you 'Need help? Just 'Think library!'. 

Sharing know-how

The Library & Knowledge Service is here to help ensure knowledge flows as freely as possible around our organisation, between our people and via our online systems. ​We can advise on knowledge management (KM) techniques, facilitate, support and provide space for KM sessions, and assist with the gathering and sharing of know-how. Browse the tools and techniques in our Knowledge Mobilisation Toolkit and contact us to discuss what might work for your team and to find out more about how we can help.
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Supporting quality improvement: get the latest on the latest

We search and summarise the latest evidence: we'll sift the emerging research, data and publications and turn it into a bitesize summary for you. Request an evidence search today. 

Feel better with books
Craving a good read to help you switch off at the end of the day? Interested in the best way to manage a physical or mental health condition? The library has got a large collection of fiction and self-help books to help you. ​Find out more about our well-being resources. 

High quality evidence resources, all in one place

The new NHS Knowledge & Library Hub gives you quick access to:
  • over 7,000 journals 
  • books and e-publications including OUP handbooks
  • one-click access to full-text articles
  • one-click access to 'request an article' via your local library
  • clinical decision support tools such as BMJ Best Practice
  • NICE pathways and guidelines
  • databases like Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL
  • online support via 'Ask a Librarian' 

Brush up your critical appraisal, search and study skills. High quality evidence resources, all in one place

Did you know we can teach you how to critically appraise articles, how to search biomedical databases, to reference and to understand trials? Our quick training sessions will open up a world of research and study skills: all available online or in person at a time to suit you. Find out more about information skills training.