A guide to ClinicalKey

ClinicalKey is a clinical insight engine that addresses your key clinical research requirements from a collection of clinical resources which include MEDLINE, eBooks, journals, drug information and more.

Logging in

To access ClinicalKey, you need to login via your NHS Athens account with your Athens username and password.

• Go to www.clinicalkey.com 

• In the upper right hand corner of the Home Page, click Login and this takes you to the Login page.

• Select the OpenAthens login option.

•  The Athens authentication page opens. Enter your NHS Athens account details and Login.

 

Personalized Registration

This is a free user profile which is required to view, email or print PDFs of book chapters or articles and other exclusive benefits such as:

• Saved searches - save images, your search history, your own collection of book chapters and articles to read at your leisure.
• Presentation Maker - collect and save images to your presentations. 
• CME - Free CME credit for online, structured, self-directed learning which is provided by the Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education. 

Click Register at the top right hand corner of the home page to reveal the online registration page. Fill the form and click on Register.

Remote Access

This resource provides Self Managed Remote Access which verifies your email against the domain name of the Trust to activate 180 days of remote access when you are not on your institution's network. You will need to be on the Trust network when you activate remote access.

If you do have a personalized profile,

• Click Login at the top right hand corner of the home page.

• Click the link under Remote Access Activation

• Enter the email address associated with your profile and click Continue. 

If you do not have a personalized profile,

• Click Register at the top right hand corner of the home page.

 

• Use your bartshealth.nhs.uk email address to fill in the required information on the registration page. Click on register at the bottom of the page when it's completed.

An activation message will be displayed and you will receive a confirmation email. Click on the link within the confirmation email and to activate remote access. Remote access is now activated and you can use ClinicalKey anytime, anywhere when logged into your user profile.

You will need to log into your personalized profile while on the Trust network prior to the end of the 180 days to extend remote access for a further 180 days. Once your access expires, you need to go through the steps above to reactivate it.

Logout 

Clicking on the Log out button logs you out of ClinicalKey but does not log out your Athens account. You must completely close the browser you are using (e.g. FireFox or Explorer) to ensure that your session is terminated. This is important if you are on a shared computer. Your account will be logged out automatically after 30 minutes of inactivity.


Go to the Searching and saving on ClinicalKey Blog for help navigating Clinical Key.

Training to support evidence based practice

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The Knowledge and Library Services runs training sessions which are freely available on request to all Barts Health NHS Trust staff and students on placement. These sessions aim to help users learn more about finding information to support evidence based practice.

Are you interested in learning about Critical Appraisal, Reference Management, Literature Searching, Accessing journal articles, Dynamed or Cochrane? Then contact us without further delay. You may request for a session tailored specifically to your professional group or a one-to-one session. The session can be delivered in your workplace or in a training area at a time to suit you.

                  Feel free to contact the Library if require assistance in any other area.

                                                 email: library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk 

Knowledge and Library Services Whipps Cross reopening event

There will be a reopening event at the refurbished Whipps Cross library on Thursday 4 June from 3pm - 4pm. This means that the library at Whipps Cross will be closed for general use from 2.30pm - 4.30pm on that day. If you are at the Whipps Cross library on that day, you are welcome to join us for the event and for light refreshments. Please inform us if you would like to attend by emailing Angharad Roberts.

The Library at Newham will also be closing early at 1.30pm on 4 June.

For book returns at Newham, please use the book return box by the first floor entrance to the Education Centre. For book returns at Whipps Cross, please use the book return box near the entrance to the Medical Education Centre.

You can also contact us by email at library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk and we will respond as soon as possible.

May Bank Holiday Closure - 25/05/15

Knowledge and Library Services at Whipps Cross and Newham will be closed on Bank Holiday Monday, the 25th of May.

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For book returns to Newham, please use the book return box by the first floor entrance to the Education Centre. For book returns at Whipps Cross, please use the book return box near the entrance to the Medical Education Centre. You can also contact us by email at library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk and we will respond as soon as possible when the libraries reopen on Tuesday 26th of May 2015.

Knowledge Awareness Week (18-24 May)

Barts Health NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Service is offering a programme of activities for staff to mark Knowledge Awareness Week 18 - 24 May, as follows

Programme of activities 

• Pop-up library stalls to be held at Barts Health sites
• Lunch-time workshops on evidence-based practice
• Resource presentations and drop-in sessions
• Library crossword puzzle competition for all staff
• Photography competition (Contact Shamima Akther, Library Assistant, Tel: 020 7363 8016)

Come along and find out how the Library can support you with

• Locating evidence-based information to improve patient care
• Conducting literature searched for systematic reviews
• Finding the information you need for clinical research
• Getting access to books, journal articles, and many more

If you would like to find out more or have any questions, please contact Isatou N'jie, Clinical Support Librarian, Tel: 020 8535 6562

Whipps Cross Hospital Library refurbishment

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The Library and Knowledge Hub at Whipps Cross Hospital will be closed from Friday 24 April to Friday 8 May to accommodate Library refurbishment works. This will involve redesigning the library space to provide a wider variety of study spaces, as well as space to work collaboratively.

During this time, you can email Knowledge and Library Services on library.enquiry@bartshealth.nhs.uk or  telephone 02073638016. The Library at Newham University Hospital will be unaffected by this work.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience which this closure may cause to you.

Pop up Library

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There will be a stand for a Pop up Library at the Newham University Hospital Restaurant on the first floor, Zone 4. The stand will be available on Wednesdays in April i.e. on the 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th between 12 and 2pm.

Drop in and speak to a Librarian who will be there to help with

• Literature searches
• Training
• Finding information resources
• Athens registration 
• Library registration
• Dynamed
• Renewal or returning of Library materials, and more

It is absolutely free and there is no appointment needed. Just drop by. Complete an evaluation form about your experience at the Pop up Library for a chance to win a travel mug.