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Estates & ancillary staff use our quiet space to catch up on emails & paperwork. They can also receive alerts for publications on health facility environments, maintenance, design & sustainability. We have many books on non-clinical topics, such as management & wellbeing too

Many Library resources are available with one convenient OpenAthens login. This includes eBooks, BMJ Best Practice, the Knowledge & Library Hub, ClinicalSkills.net, KnowledgeShare, and eLearning for Healthcare. Register for a free account at openathens.nice.org.uk

Are you a manager seeking tools & tips to run an effective team? Books, new evidence alerts & bulletins are available in the Library on leadership styles, coaching, developing talent, diversity, & well-being at elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk For more information, please contact us

The British National Formulary can also be accessed through BMJ Best Practice. Simply go to 'Your Profile' then select 'Drug Information', which will bring up the BNF. BMJ Best Practice can be accessed with your OpenAthens account.

Learning at Work Week starts Monday! THRIVE launches a 6‑week campaign. Join online to see what our Library has to offer. Monday 18th May: Meeting ID: 392 861 077 430 705 Passcode: AE6Fn28R Face to face on Tuesday 19th May! More information: [email protected]

DynaMed is a point of care tool that contains guidelines on a variety of specialities. It contains a list of Drugs from A-Z, as well as clincial decision support trees on a variety of conditions. All accessible with an OpenAthens account here dynamed.com

Our staff can access BMJ Best Practice - a clinical decision support tools that provide overviews of conditions, guidelines, patient leaflets, drug databases, calculating tools & CDP tracking. Access via institutional sign-in with your OpenAthens account bestpractice.bmj.com/info/

Access your library e-card by signing into the online catalogue & scrolling to the bottom elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/o… Screenshot the card on your phone to avoid repeating this step, & use it to borrow books from our kiosks.

There is a self‑service kiosks in the Library for your use to borrow or return books with your membership details or ask the Library. You can also use an e‑card that you can create on your phone for easy access. Please place all returned books in box shown in picture below.

The Library can provide you with basic evidence summaries of several articles to allow for ease of comparison – something that journal publishers do not permit AI to be used for. Please contact us to request an evidence summary.

Evidence Summaries The Library can provide you with basic evidence summaries of several articles to allow for ease of comparison – something that journal publishers do not permit AI to be used for. Please contact us to request an evidence summary. [email protected].

A big shout out to our incredible Midwives at West Herts. Please reach out to the Library for support with evidence based resources to inform patient care. Do you need resources for developing language skills or a quiet space? [email protected] or phone 01923 217437.

Registered members can borrow 8 books from our libraries and those in our region. To check if we have a book, please browse the catalogue on elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk For support to access e-books, please contact the Library on [email protected]

It's #WorldHealthDay with this year’s theme being “Together for health. Stand with science”. Scientific achievements are made through research, underpinned by information & evidence obtained from library services. We’re proud to be a part of that process who.int/campaigns/worl…

Our catalogue is used to find books in our libraries and across the East of England. Books can be reserved and you’ll be notified when it’s available to collect at your chosen library. Browse, reserve, track, recommend, register and make reading lists at elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk

E-Learning for healthcare contains a variety of online learning modules from Anaesthesia & Geriatric Medicine to Microsoft teams training & Well-being and Mental Health. All accessible with an OpenAthens account here: Home -elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

E-Learning for healthcare contains a variety of online learning modules from Anaesthesia & Geriatric Medicine to Microsoft teams training & Well-being and Mental Health. All accessible with an OpenAthens account here: Home -elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

BMJ Best Practice and DynaMed offer powerful, built‑in calculation tools to support your work. These evidence‑based calculators help you make decisions quickly, confidently and consistently at the point of care.

Want more control over your literature searching? Access the full EBSCO interface with NHS OpenAthens and search databases like CINAHL, MEDLINE, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, LISTA and GreenFILE. We can train you to search these databases effectively! search.ebscohost.com

We hold a subscription to The Bone & Joint Journal, that focuses on orthopaedic surgery, trauma, & related musculoskeletal disorders. Contact us for articles from it, or you can browse the latest issues yourself at St Albans City Hospital Library. [email protected]