Contact Us
For general enquiries about Libraries & Collections, you can also email library@kcl.ac.uk
If you would like to contact IT, their details are below:
Or email them at 88888@kcl.ac.uk
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Welcome
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 alerts.
NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
Knowledge & Library Hub
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.
- Knowledge & Library HubLogin with OpenAthens for a simple way to search across the evidence, access articles and for links to Medline, CINAHL and other literature databases
Key Library links
- Knowledge & Library HubLogin with OpenAthens for a simple way to search across the evidence, access articles and for links to Medline, CINAHL and other literature databases
- BMJ Best Practice BMJ Best Practice takes you quickly and accurately to the latest evidence-based information, whenever and wherever you need it. Comorbidities Manager has now been added to aid treatment decision making. App version available.
- Ebook Central (Proquest) - NHS This link opens in a new window NHS OpenAthens required - click on more for full details
- Kortext ebooks NHS OpenAthens required. Click on More for full details
- Oxford Medicine Online (OMO) - NHS This link opens in a new window NHS OpenAthens required - click on more for full details
- NHS OpenAthensSelf register for OpenAthens to access databases and online journals. You can also login here to update your details
- NHS Ejournals A-ZOnline journals from any computer - you must login with OpenAthens to see the full list via A-Z or Browzine
- Libraries & Collections For general information about Library Services including opening hours, how to join, and borrowing allowances
- Library catalogueThe resource links in LibrarySearch are to the University access. NHS staff should use the Knowledge & Library Hub for ejournals and check the ebooks tab on this guide. Use the filters to limit to paper books.
Karen John-Pierre - Clinical Support Librarian (KCH)
Karen Poole - Clinical Support Librarian (KCH)
News
Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED) available via a new platform from April 2024
From April 2024, AMED, the allied health and alternative medicine database, moves to a new platform called Dialog.
Log in with your NHS OpenAthens account at this link to search AMED. Contact us if you need any help with using the new platform.
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.
