An exciting new book collection has been made available for NHS staff in Greater Manchester and Christie staff can now access many new eBooks via DawsonEra!

This blog post is based on a resource created by Paula Elliott, the Library Manager at Royal Bolton Hospital, and will help you to easily Find, Access and Use the resources!

There are 244 free eBook resources, spanning across the specialities as well as many titles on mentoring and leadership. There are also many cancer specific titles too!

Find

EITHER You can go directly to a resource via our library catalogue when onsite or offsite, the eBook link will be within the book record.

OR: To browse all the titles, and also ones which you can rent you can go to: https://dawsonera.com

Access

Click ‘Sign in’ and log in with NHS Athens (OpenAthens)

Use

Dawsonera has one main search box and some browse options:

Searches can be refined using the options to the left of the results list. You can also do a more specific search by using the Advanced Search option near the search box.

See screen shot below:

Click to remove the tick from the Show unowned content box; click the Update button and you will see a list of the free ebooks you have access to.

Options for accessing Unowned content:

Preview = 5 minutes to look at the first 50 pages

Pay to rent ebook = choose which option suits you and pay online with your debit/credit card

Suggest for purchase = send an e-mail to Library staff so the title can be considered for addition to the collection

Browse options (from the Home screen):

ebook Catalogue – a list of the ebooks you have access to (Owned by my library)

Browse 576,450 books by – the complete list of ebooks available. Choose a category and then use the options on the left to refine your results.  Choose Technology for Medical sciences and Management.