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NHS: Knowledge and Library Hub

A guide to online resources for staff employed by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Subjects: Medicine

Introduction

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The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub (the Hub) is a search engine connecting NHS staff to high-quality knowledge and evidence resources all in one place, including journal articles, e-books, databases, and other resources. You can access the Hub from anywhere, at home or in the office. 

Getting started

Use the tabs at the top of this section for more information about the Hub.

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub (the Hub) is a simple way to quickly search a wide range of evidence sources. It is designed to save time finding journal articles, ebooks and evidence summaries. Search results have buttons giving you the option to either download an article there and then, or request a copy from your hospital library service.

The Hub can be used from any web browser, and on your phone. All you need to access the Hub is an OpenAthens account.

Don't have an OpenAthens account? Visit our OpenAthens page to find out how to get signed up. 

The ‘Hub’

  • Includes all journal articles, e-books, guidelines and evidence summary tools provided nationally and by your local NHS library team
  • Provides seamless access to full text, as an immediate download, with an option to request journal articles that are not available. 

Use the Hub to access:

  • Clinical decision support tools such as BMJ Best Practice and DynaMedex
  • Databases for advanced searching, such as Medline, EMBASE and CINAHL
  • Nursing and midwifery resources, such as ClinicalKey for Nursing and the Royal Marsden Manual
  • OUP resources such as the Oxford medical handbooks

How to Access the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

  1. Visit the Knowledge and Library Hub homepage.
  2. Click the 'Welcome, Guest' banner at the top of the page and sign in with your OpenAthens account*. This ensures that you have full access to resources purchased for OUH Trust staff. If you have signed in successfully, the banner will disappear. 

*Don't have an OpenAthens account? Visit our OpenAthens page to find out how to get signed up. 

Using the EBSCO interface

The Knowledge and Library Hub uses the new EBSCO interface. This is fairly intuitive, but if you would like learn more about how the new EBSCO interface works (useful for more advanced searching), please refer to the guides below. 

EBSCO training guides

Advanced searching

The Knowledge and Library Hub has links to bibliographic databases for more advanced searching, including Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase and EBSCO CINAHL. Visit our Databases page for more information about these different databases.

Contact Us

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We are happy to take your questions.

Email: hcl-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 

Telephone: 01865 (2)21936.