NHS Knowledge & Library Hub: Search all our resources in one platform.

In-depth Searching:

• CINAHL
• Cochrane Library
• EMBASE
• EMCARE
• Medline
• PsycINFO
• PubMed

Point-of-care / clinical decision support tools:

• UpToDate
• BMJ Best Practice
• ClinicalKey

Other resources:

• Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Summaries  of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best evidence.
• New England Journal of Medicine: Online access to NEJM.org.
• NICE Pathways: Free interactive tool giving quick and easy access to NICE guidance
• Trip Medical Database: Find high quality clinical research evidence.

ClinicalKey Provides access to more than 1000 books covering a wide range of specialties. Browse or search by specialty or title.*

Royal Marsden Manual Online Evidence-based clinical skills and procedures related to essential aspects of a patient's care.*

Kortext A collection of over 100 eBooks available to read electronically. Type 'Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust' and log in with your OpenAthens username and password. Click 'Collections' to look at the available titles.* Also available to download as an app for easy reading of the books already added to your Kortext library.

Diversity and Inclusion See also special collection on diversity and inclusion, also available via Kortext with your OpenAthens username and password. To register for free for OpenAthens, complete the form here. 

Oxford University Press Handbooks  Access to over 100 Oxford Handbook eBooks via Oxford Medicine Online nationally, plus a collection of specialist handbooks purchased by Frimley Health. Click sign in via your institution, choose NHS in England, login with OpenAthens, then click Browse all titles in your subscription (under your institution name). 

(* Not available to all organisations)

UpToDate Anywhere: This evidence-based, point-of-care resource for staff includes updated reviews and images of clinical topics in 21 medical specialties. It can be accessed via your desktop PC or mobile app, on or off-site.*

NB. The account is linked to your affiliation with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. To keep your account active, simply login through the Trust intranet link every 90 days to maintain benefits.

(* Not available to all organisations)

Accessing UpToDate:

• Accessing UpToDate via the Frimley network
• Accessing UpToDate via EPIC

UpToDate^® Anywhere Registration Benefits: 

• NEW – CME can be submitted via Mobile devices, as well as on your desktop! Plus- Free continuing education credits (CME/CE/CPD) when you research a clinical question using UpToDate onsite or remotely and on your mobile device
• Free UpToDate Mobile App for your iOS^® or Android^™ device
• Remote UpToDate access from outside the hospital network
• Bi-weekly Clinical Newsletter with important updates from the UpToDate editorial team

You must register to take advantage of these benefits, please click here

The Trust has a corporate subscription to the HSJ, which is one of the leading providers of news, insight, analysis and expert opinion across the UK healthcare sector.

Trust staff can view articles via the website or download the free mobile app for convenient reading while away from your desk.

You can also access HSJ Solutions which contains more than 3,000 best practice case studies of how other organisations have solved their challenges.

To gain access to the HSJ, please email fhft.frimleyhealthlks@nhs.net.

BMJ Learning is an e-learning platform for healthcare students and professionals, providing high-quality, evidence-based, and continuing medical education.

NHS OpenAthens password required; view the User Guide to get started, or contact the library for further details.

The trust now has access to Cite Them Right Online, a digital guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism!

Access is via a Frimley Health NHS OpenAthens account only:

• Go to https://openathens.nice.org.uk/Hub/Resources and login with your OpenAthens account
• Select Cite Them Right Online from the list of resources

Please contact the library for any further help required with referencing.

It is important to critically appraise published research articles in order to check the trustworthiness and relevance of the paper. There are a number of tools to help you with this task.

CASP (Critical Appraisal Skills Programme)

The CASP website provide a number of checklists to help appraise different types of evidence (systematic reviews, RCTs etc).

These will help you to answer the following key questions:

1. Is the study valid? ie is the methodology sound, is the study unbiased etc?

2. What are the results? eg how much uncertainty is there about the results?

3. Are the results useful? ie how does the evidence apply to your question?

Selected Books

How to read a paper, the basics of evidence-based medicine: Tricia Greenhalgh (2014)

The doctor's guide to critical appraisal: Narinder Kaur Gosall (2015)

A beginner's guide to evidence-based practice in Health & Social Care: Helen Aveyard (2013)

These and others are available to borrow from Frimley Health libraries.

Please contact Library Staff at Frimley Park or Wexham Park.

Patient Information Leaflet (Wexham Park)

Advice on finding health information online, and services available at Wexham Park library.

Patient.co.uk

Up-to-date health information for patients.

The NHS Website

Information on conditions, treatments and healthy lifestyle.

NHS Evidence

Website produced by NICE (National Institute for Health & Care Excellence). Primarily aimed at NHS staff and students, but results can be filtered by "Information for the Public".

UpToDate Anywhere -  Patient Information (for Clinicians*)

Almost 1500 patient information topics covering the most common medical conditions. 

Choose from 2 types:

Brief Overview = The basics, 1-3 pages, simple language.

Beyond the Basics = More detailed, 5-10 pages, may include technical medical terms.

*Must register initially via Trust intranet to use. Re-validate every 90 days to maintain access.

BNF & BNFC App The new BNF & BNFC app is now available, giving access to evidence-based medicines information wherever you are

Quick Guide for Resources & Apps For Trust staff (may not be available for other organisations)

Focus Games Free online education games on topics such as Dementia Awareness, Biobanking, Dysphagia and Cystic Fibrosis.

Anatomy TV: Interactive 3D resource bank of images, video clips and slides.*

Clinical Key: Provides access to a large collection of online reference material, books, journals, images and videos*

Images in Clinical Medicine: A resource bank of freely available images. 

UpToDate Anywhere: This resource includes updated reviews and images of clinical topics in 21 medical specialties.*

(* Not available to all organisations)

BestBets: Originally developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, BETs now covers also cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and paedicatrics.

ERIC: Institue of Education Sciences.

Open Grey: Open access to large quantity of bibliographical references of European grey literature, including research reports, doctoral dissertations, some conference papers and official publications.