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Five minutes to read: hours of frustration saved
Every minute counts in the NHS. That’s why this issue of Click is all about saving time. Whether you’re looking for answers to a clinical question, researching a project, looking into service improvement, or supporting your professional development, Click will highlight practical ways to save time and effort.
Issue contents:
🔓 OpenAthens – Spend less time logging into resources
🌐 LibKey Nomad – For quicker access to articles when researching
ℹ️ KnowledgeShare – Stay current effortlessly
🩺 Point of Care tools – For rapid answers to clinical questions
🏥 Internurse – For quick access to nursing research
🖥️ NHS Knowledge & Library Hub – Simple searching in one place
📰 Article request service – For quick access to hard-to-find articles
🔎 Literature searching service – Reduce time spent looking for evidence
OpenAthens – Spend less time logging into resources
- One login to unlock thousands of resources
- Easily access trusted evidence for patient care, research, and study
- Get to the evidence faster
Take 5 minutes to register for an OpenAthens account – we recommend you do this on a Trust computer and register with a Trust or academic email account.
Watch our 2-minute bite-size video on how to register for an OpenAthens account. For help on how to activate and use your account visit our Bitesize Learning page.
LibKeyNomad – Spend less time hunting for articles and more time using the evidence
LibKey Nomad is a free browser extension and your short-cut to research:
- See available articles as you browse the web
- Get to full text faster with LibKey Nomad
- Install in under 5 minutes at work or home
- Works in all major browsers
Watch this short video for more information about LibKey Nomad and how to download the extension.
KnowledgeShare – Stay current effortlessly
Delivers personalised evidence updates straight to your inbox:
- One email to replace many
- Choose the topics that interest you
- Choose how often you receive updates
- CPD and revalidation made quicker and easier
- Support patient care, research, and education
- Stop searching, start reading!
“This system makes things easier for clinicians. In a time of significant pressures and stressors anything which saves time and makes CPD an easier smoother process is invaluable” – Allied Health Professional
Point of Care Tools – For rapid answers to clinical questions
Get the information you need in minutes, not hours, with DynaMed and BMJ Best Practice:
- Quickly access trusted clinical information during consultations, ward rounds and patient care
- Reduce information overload with key recommendations and practical guidance
- Make informed decisions quickly and confidently
- Save time reviewing multiple articles as DynaMed and BMJ Best Practice do it for you
- Available in Harris Flex and as apps to download to your phone
Watch our 2-minute bite-size video for quick guidance on using DynaMed.
Internurse – For quick access to nursing research
- Access a wide range of nursing journals in one convenient place
- All articles available in full text
- Find relevant nursing research, clinical updates, and best practice information faster
- Spend less time looking for information and more time caring
Watch our 2 minute bite-size learning video for tips on searching Internurse to find nursing articles quickly.
NHS Knowledge & Library Hub – Simple searching in one place
- Search for articles, ebooks, guidelines, and more in one place
- Only one login required to access multiple resources
- Find trusted evidence faster
- Get straight to the full-text quicker
- Refine searches easily
Article Request Service – For quick access to hard-to-find articles
- Let us track down hard-to-find articles
- Reduce the frustration of not being able to access articles
- Request articles online and have PDFs emailed to you free of charge
- Spend more time applying the evidence and less time hunting for articles
“The library services I get from all staff is simply exceptional, whatever article or book title I ask for, it comes at almost no time which I find very helpful for my kind of fast learning and moving forward” – Consultant
Literature Searching Service – Reduce time spent looking for evidence
Get the evidence you need without the searching:
- Let our expert librarians do the searching for you
- Skip the searching and get straight to the evidence
- Avoid information overload, and focus on what matters most – patient care
“Excellent search, reduced my time on this project massively” – Literature search survey
Contact us
If you’re having any issues with the above resources or you’d like some training, please get in touch:
Email: library@lthtr.nhs.uk
Tel: 01772 522763