We have a great relationship with the nurses within the Trust, over 700 of whom are current members of the library - to join them, fill in a membership registration form here: http://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/education/knowledge-and-library-services/joining-the-library/
We know how important the work you do is, and we want to provide you with every support you need, providing you with resources and services that give you the right information to support evidence-based practice, as well as to support you in your studies and Continued Professional Development.
See below for some of the great resources and services we offer especially for nursing staff - all of these services and resources are absolutely free. If you would like any further information, please visit our website www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/library orcontact us at library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk.
Current Awareness Service
When you have a heavy workload, it can be hard to stay on top of all the new evidence and research coming out from a huge number of sources within your field.
Let us know your professional interests (you can be as specific or as broad as you like) and we will produce an individually tailored current awareness report which will be emailed to you every two weeks, providing a summary of key new evidence relevant to your interests. If you want to find out more about any of the items in the summary, simply email a response and your dedicated librarian will respond to you personally. To tell us about your interests, fill in the form here: http://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/education/knowledge-and-library-services/keeping-up-to-date/
Barts Evidence Enquiry Service (BEES)
Need evidence in a hurry to support your decision-making? Knowledge and Library Services can help with BEES. Simply tell us your information needs, and one of our professional librarians will buzz off and conduct a literature search to find the most relevant, up-to-date information on the subject, delivering it to you in a report with links to the full text where available. To request a literature search from BEES, fill in the form here: http://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/education/knowledge-and-library-services/request-a-literature-search/
Books and Journals
We have a wide collection of books and e-books aimed specifically at nurses - see the catalogue for the full list: http://bartshealth.nhslibraries.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm0=nurs*&I2.x=0&I2.y=0
Most of our journal collection is electronic, so you can access information any time, anywhere and on any device (as long as you have an internet connection). You will need just one OpenAthens username and password to access the majority of our electronic content - to register for your OpenAthens account, please fill in the form here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/
Once you have an OpenAthens account, you can use it to log in to search a huge range of journals, including those aimed specifically at nurses e.g. Nursing Times, Nursing Standard, British Journal of Nursing and more: http://www.library.nhs.uk/login.aspx?postloginpage=/booksandjournals/journals/
Other resources
We provide a number of other free resources especially for nurses:
Royal Marsden Manual Online: Log in with OpenAthens to access this key nursing text online, with over 350 illustrated procedures covering every aspect of care.
Dynamed Plus point-of-care tool: Log in with OpenAthens to access clinical summaries for over 3200 topics, updated regularly from over 500 medical journals and systematic review databases. This can also be accessed offline via an app on your phone - contact library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk for details.
ClinicalSkills.net: Log in with OpenAthens to access this information packageof illustrated clinical skills guidelines, with over 160 procedures covered in an accessible, visual format.
MedHand for Nurses: This mobile app gives you access to top-quality e-books on the go. Access 5 core titles as standard, then choose an additional two books from a collection of over 150 titles completely free. To register for a MedHand account and learn how to install the app and choose your optional titles, email library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk
