Welcome to the Libraries & Collections support pages for NHS staff.

Libraries & Collections can help you with:

• finding materials (books, journals and more) relevant to your CPD, research and patient care
• using our online resources
• learning skills in handling evidence

If you need any help, feel free to contact us.

Use the pages on this guide to find out more about how to join the library, the resources available, and the training and support available to you.

KCH staff can also request an evidence search via this guide and sign-up for current awareness alert and access extra training including health literacy awareness.

Remember to sign-in with your NHS Open Athens account to get quick access to full text. Click the yellow banner at the top of the page once you have done your search.

Get ready for a fresh new way to access the evidence

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub gives you access to high quality evidence resources and support from your Knowledge and Library Services team.

The Hub will shortly be getting an update bringing a cleaner search screen and new features. Watch this space to find out more about seamless linking and a new search mode to help you search more effectively, more easily.

There will be a change to any saved items and searches.  If you do not currently have saved searches or alerts, or are not worried about keeping them, then no action is required.

However if you currently save items in the Folders section of the Hub then you should take action to preserve these.  See this FAQ for details.

NHS access to ProQuest resources

Earlier in the year, NHS England took the difficult decision to cancel two eresource packages. This means that from the beginning of July 2025, NHS staff will no longer be able to access databases previously provided via the supplier ProQuest , including Health Research Premium Collection, AMED, British Nursing Index and PsycINFO. NHS England have also cancelled their subscription to Oxford University Press (OUP) for textbooks and specialist handbooks. 

Thanks to the work of our subscriptions and access team, we are confident that we can cover the majority of the affected resources, including OUP ebooks and Health Research Premium titles. This will be via our current license extensions, NHS article request and interlibrary loan services, or via onsite access to databases such as PsycINFO.  Email library@kcl.ac.uk if you have any queries about these changes.

Wellbeing Book Collection at the WEC Library

There is now a new wellbeing collection for NHS staff at the Weston Education Centre library, curated by WEC Library Assistant Ellen Cropley who wanted to create a selection of books aimed at supporting NHS staff wellbeing. The books are shelved separately from our main collection and can be found on the first floor outside the staff office.  We are keen to expand this collection as well as our clinical titles, so if there are any books you would like us to purchase, please let us know by emailing us at library@kcl.ac.uk.

New e-books - Karger Fast Facts added to Kortext

The collection of 160 Karger Fast Facts titles is now available to all NHS staff and students.

This series covers a wide range of clinical topics, from audiology to women’s health.

The books are now all on the Kortext platform (select to log in via institution and choose your Trust from the list) and will also be retrieved when you search the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.

 Suggestions for new titles are welcome (library@kcl.ac.uk). See more details of all the options on our ebook page.

Every day librarians and knowledge specialists bring the evidence and knowledge to inform #AMillionDecisons in healthcare. KCH staff request your Evidence/Literature Search today!