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We know it can be difficult to navigate your way around a resource you’ve never used before, so the Library has created a range of videos to give you quick and easy guidance on using our resources.

DynaMed

DynaMed is an evidence-based clinical decision support tool designed for healthcare professionals to use at the point of care. It provides rapid, daily-updated summaries of diseases, conditions, and drug information to improve patient outcomes, featuring actionable, curated evidence with explicit quality grading.

Creating a personal account

OpenAthens

OpenAthens is an access management system that gives you access to the Library’s online resources, such as eBooks, eJournals, DynaMed, Internurse, healthcare databases, and more.

Creating an OpenAthens account

Knowledge Hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is a single, national digital portal providing NHS staff and learners in England with free access to high-quality healthcare evidence, including journals, e-books, clinical decision-support tools (like BMJ Best Practice and NICE guidelines), and databases. Accessible via OpenAthens, it enables one-click access to full-text, evidence-based information to support patient care and research.

For help with the following:

  • Browsing journals
  • Reading articles
  • Searching more effectively
  • Saving and sharing your results

Visit the Help on the Hub website