Jo Hunter

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The National Library for Health

• Jo Hunter
• Research and Effectiveness Librarian
• University of Oxford Health Care
• Libraries

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What is the NLH?

• A comprehensive web resource for the NHS,
  available to all NHS staff, students, patients
  and carers
• www.library.nhs.uk

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What is the NLH?

• Part of the NHS Connecting for Health programme
• Integrated with services from the National
  Programme for IT
• Will be accessible from the NHS Care Record
  Service

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Within the NLH

• Search Engine for
• Free resources
• Password-protected resources
• Specific resources
• News and recent additions
• Primary Care Question Answering Service

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NLH Search Engine

• Type in search terms
• Free resources
• Guidance
• Evidence
• Specialist Libraries
• BioMed Central journals
• www.library.nhs.uk

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Log in

• Get an NHS Athens username and password straight
  away
• Widens your search to include
• Clinical Databases
• Journals
• Books
• www.library.nhs.uk

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Specific Resources

• Specialist Libraries
• Guidance
• Evidence Summaries
• Clinical Databases
• Journals and Books
• www.library.nhs.uk

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News and RSS

• Hitting the Headlines
• Focus on Bandolier
• Document of the Week
• Whats New
• www.library.nhs.uk

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Primary Care Question Answering Service

• Pragmatic attempt to answer questions within 5
  days
• Answers come from NLH resources
• Service provided by TRIP Database Ltd
  (www.tripdatabase.com)
• www.library.nhs.uk

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Feedback

• Valuable
• Talk to your local librarian
• Fill in a form at www.library.nhs.uk/about/feedbac
  k.aspx
• www.library.nhs.uk