Welcome to your

Library
& Knowledge
Service

We now have four acoustic pods available to book please click the button above for more information.


Click the button above and log in with your NHS OpenAthens account to search full-text articles,        e-books, clinical decision support tools, NICE pathways and guidelines and clinical databases -  all in one place

 

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To look for print or e-books you can search our catalogue by clicking on the button below. 

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WHAT'S NEW

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Christmas and New Year Opening Times 2024

17 December 2024

Magnus and Snorri (https://www.knowledge-nw.nhs.uk/news/06December2024) are still busy in the library, so have left 2 of their friends to let you gnome that the library will be closed between Christmas and New Year:

'Tis the season!

6 December 2024

Join the Library and Knowledge Service throughout December as our Christmas Gnomes celebrate the services and resources we bring to all our users.

Building work in the library

28 November 2024

The Library is undergoing some renovations from Monday 2nd December.

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CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS

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UpToDate is an evidence-based physician-authored clinical decision support resource which assists in making the right point-of-care decisions. NB: Only available to Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (St Helens and Knowsley) employees.

BMJ Best Practice is a clinical decision support tool, uniquely structured around the patient consultation, with advice on symptom evaluation, tests to order and treatment approach. This resource is available to ALL NHS employees using their NHS OpenAthens account.

REQUEST AN ARTICLE OR BOOK

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Need a copy of a journal article or want to borrow a book? Use the links below to send us your requests.

 

JOURNALS @ BROWZINE

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NHS staff and students can access over 7,000 full-text electronic journals via BrowZine.

Please remember to login with your NHS OpenAthens account.  If you haven't got one yet, please click here to register.