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Subject Support and Subject Guides – Gateshead NHS Trust Library

Subject Support and Subject Guides

Students

Students from Newcastle or Northumbria Universities can use any NHS library in the Northumberland, Tyne & Wear area for the duration of the course.

Students on placement from any other university can use the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Library for the duration of the placement.

Student library membership will entitle you to:

  • 24/7 access to Library and facilities (out of hours access using a door code)
  • Full borrowing rights from 35,000+ items on the shared NHS Libraries Catalogue
  • Access to training and skills support
  • IT Access – PC’s, ipads, printing/copying, scanning, software including Office and Endnote
  • An NHS OpenAthens account providing access to the library Discovery search, NHS e-resources, databases and point of care tools such as UptoDate and BMJ Best Practice – an excellent way to supplement university resources and access some key resources only available via the NHS

Register for your Trust library account and NHS OpenAthens account quickly and easily online.

Leaders, managers and clinical leads

The library supports leaders, managers and clinical leads through providing tailored resources and support.  Find information to help you research, manage projects and stay up to date with the latest local and national issues.  Access to key NHS management resources are provided via the library, including a dedicated book and ebook collection, a range of electronic journals and databases, and personalised current awareness alerts using KnowledgeShare (a current awareness service which sends updates by areas of professional interest) and the personalised features of the library Discovery tool.

Research databases which you have access to as a leader, manager or clinical lead include Health Business Elite (HBE) and Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC).  These can be searched individually or simultaneously using Healthcare Databases (HDAS) – which also comprises Pubmed, Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, AMED and BNI, covering nursing, medicine and allied health.   Within HBE and HMIC key journals include Harvard Business Review, British Journal of Healthcare Management, Clinical Leadership and Management Review, Healthcare Leadership Review, Leadership in Health Services, Reflections on Nursing Leadership and Strategy and Leadership.  Health Service Journal can be accessed by emailing the Trust Director’s office to request a subscription.

Log in to the library Discovery tool, or direct to databases, using your NHS OpenAthens user ID and password which will unlock subscription research, allowing you to read research, set up search alerts and current awareness alerts to keep up to date with the latest published research in clinical and management topics.

The library has a tailored Leadership area collecting the best open access resources from across the web together into subject/topic areas.  Other useful sources of information, news and tools include Kings Fund, NHS Improvement and North East Leadership Academy and Healthcare Leadership Model and Royal college resources for clinical leads – paediatrics, opthamology, nursing, gp’s

In addition to all of the above the library also offers an Inter Library Loan service, extending the reach of collections to books and research items held in other libraries.

We provide group and individual training and support with using resources and a literature search service to help leaders and managers track down and assimilate the best evidence based research for informing clinical and management decisions.

Leadership key links:

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Allied Health Professionals

As an Allied Health Professional at Gateshead you have access to a huge range of evidence-based research to help inform your practice and develop your professional skills.  Your NHS OpenAthens account provides access to key databases such as AMED (Allied and Complimentary Medicine) and CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) and specialist journals.

Point of care tools UptoDate and BMJ Best Practice can support your clinical decision making and inform patient care.

Keep up to date with the latest evidence and research with KnowledgeShare – sign up to receive tailored, specific alerts to newly published research in your area.

Library staff can help you with use of resources and provided 1-1 and group training on demand – ask us for more details.