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.
The Hub offers an intuitive search experience for quick searches and options for in-depth searches.
On it you can find:
Remember to log in using your NHS OpenAthens details to access the full text of journals and books. Full access to the Hub is free to all NHS staff and learners through their NHS OpenAthens account. NHS Staff can self register for OpenAthens - contact nhsenquiry@kcl.ac.uk with questions or if you are a King's healhcare student.
Find out more in our NHS001 Rapid access to evidence-based resources workshop.
Other key resources
Best Practice is a highly tailored tool to deliver at the point of care (App version available).
In a single source there is combination of the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis
NHS Staff can self register for OpenAthens - contact nhsenquiry@kcl.ac.uk with questions or if you are a King's student. GSTT staff have login free access on site.
There is a mobile app available.
DynaMed Plus is the evidence-based reference tool for use at the point-of-care to get answers to clinical questions quickly and easily. DynaMed Plus covers a wide range of specialties. Each topic includes concise summaries and detailed recommendations based on the most current evidence. An app is available – login and follow the link to receive the required code.
NHS OpenAthens required - KCH Trust staff only. NHS Staff can self register for OpenAthens - contact nhsenquiry@kcl.ac.uk with questions or if you are a King's student.
Libraries & Collections are exploring the potential for ebooks for our NHS staff. A small collection of purchased titles is available with further access to over 154,000 titles. You can read online but also borrow (download) these titles for a few days at a time.
NHS Staff can self register for OpenAthens - contact nhsenquiry@kcl.ac.uk with questions or if you are a King's student.
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.
Some staff and learners need to carry out complex, robust and reproduceable searches including for systematic review and informing research. These advanced searches should be conducted directly in bibliographic databases such as Medline, Embase and CINAHL (rather than simply using the Hub main search).
Databases are collections of resources such as journal articles and conference papers, and also sometimes book chapters and reports.
Access the CINAHL, Embase, Emcare, HMIC, Medline and Social Policy and Practice databases via the links on the Hub under the column headed: In-depth searches.
Find out more at our NHS002: Healthcare databases for Advanced Searchers workshop
When searching using the databases the NHS provides access to you will find links to the full text of articles when you look at your search results. If there is no link then you should see if it is available via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.
Some full text database platforms available to NHS staff (Proquest and Ebsco) may not work when logged in to King's College London computers due to authentication issues. Please try using a Private or Incognito browser to access the Hub or database resources if you are seeing an error message.
All King's College Hospital staff can request one of their Clinical Support Librarians to undertake an evidence search on their behalf to find journal articles and evidence to support patient care, clinical practice, quality improvement projects or guidance development.