NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

Demonstration

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is a one stop shop to help you embed evidence into your daily practice.

It includes:

  • journals, books and databases 
  • clinical decision support resources including NICE Guidelines and BMJ Best Practice 
  • policy and management information and research literature
  • resources purchased nationally and locally  
  • one-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact our library

Take a look at our demonstration for how to use the tool here:

Library Newsletter

December 2022

Please take a read of our December newsletter, featuring our resource of the month and events taking place over the next few weeks.

Please remember to get in touch with the library team on: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk if you need any support accessing resources or for any general enquires.

Library Newsletter

August 2022

Take a look at our latest newsletter including some highlights of the month and our resource of the month – ORCHA (app library). For any support or advice relating to news from this month, please get in touch with academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Lunch and Learn

July

Thank- you to all of those who attended our July lunch and learn session last week. This was held with Dave Clayton – the founder of ‘Wotwududo’ – an educational program to help children discuss scenarios related to a range of mental health issues.

You can catch up on the session here: Lunch and Learn-20220706_120143-Meeting Recording.mp4

We greatly appreciate any feedback you may have on these sessions and kindly ask for you to complete our short survey: Lunch and Learn – July session Survey (surveymonkey.co.uk)

Library Newsletter

July 2022

The July newsletter is now available to view and download. Featuring our resource of the month – The Library and Knowledge Hub, details of our lunch and learn session next week and key events happening throughout the month.

Resource of the Month

The Knowledge and Library Hub

The Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff to high quality knowledge
and evidence resources all in one place. Full access is free with your Open
Athens credentials
.

The Knowledge and Library Hub includes:

  • Journals, books and databases
  • Clinical decision making resources including NICE guidelines and BMJ Best Practice
  • Policy and management information and research literature
  • Resources purchased nationally and locally
  • One-click links to full-text, request a copy or contact an NHS library

If you do not already have an Open Athens account, you can complete your own registration here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ or get in touch with the library for support: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Library Newsletter

June

The June edition of the Library Newsletter is now available to view here:

Please feel free to download and share with your colleagues and/or department. If you would like to see any additional features on our newsletter or have any queries regarding information featured in this month’s newsletter, please get in touch by emailing: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Resource of the Month

Therapist Aid

The Therapist Aid website features essential tools for mental health professionals; therapy worksheets, audio, activities, and more.

Therapist Aid is dedicated to helping mental health professionals improve their craft by providing free evidence-based education and therapy tools. The resources have been created with clients in mind, which means avoiding jargon, and creating tools that are not only useful in theory, but in practice.

Scan the smart code on the poster or visit the website here. For help with this please email the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Resource of the Month

KnowledgeShare

KnowledgeShare allows you to create a bespoke service, specifically designed around you and your professional needs/interests. By signing up, you will receive updates directly to your inbox (on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis) to keep you up to date with current awareness and research in your identified field of work.

To sign up simply download and complete the registration form and email it to us: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department: Knowledgeshare-posterDOWNLOAD