Staff Library and Knowledge Service

Who can register for library membership?

All clinical and non-clinical staff in Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust ; students on placement during their time in the Trust; organisations with a valid contract or service level agreement (Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership).

Register for library membership

Please read our Privacy notice and membership declaration.

OpenAthens is an authentication system that allows you to access a range of quality information online.

You will need an NHS OpenAthens account to access our online resources. 

Register here

Lost/forgotten log-in details

If you have lost or forgotten your OpenAthens account details please click:

Reset your password

Other problems
Should you experience any difficulties obtaining an NHS OpenAthens account, or accessing online resources. Please contact the library team.

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What is KnowledgeShare?

KnowledgeShare is a personalised email current awareness service.

How does it work?

You tell us which aspects of healthcare and/or professional practice you are most interested in. These interests can be broad (e.g. respiratory tract diseases) or more specific (e.g. asthma). You can amend your interests at any time.

We will then create your KnowledgeShare profile, detailing your interests.

Once your profile is set up, you will receive regular alerts containing new evidence and publications. Alerts are sent fortnightly by default. However you can choose to receive them more or less often.

How do I sign up?

Register for KnowledgeShare

Having trouble with the online form? Please complete this KnowledgeShare Registration Form and email it to us. 

Please read our Privacy notice and membership declaration.

Library catalogue

View our library catalogue

View a list of new resources added to stock during March 2023.

Online resources

BMJ Best Practice with Comorbidities

BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

The BMJ Best Practice comorbidities tool is now embedded within BMJ Best Practice. This tool supports the management of the whole patient by including guidance on the treatment of a patient's acute condition alongside their pre-existing comorbidities.

Access BMJ Best Practice

BMJ Case Reports

BMJ Case Reports is an award winning journal that delivers a peer-reviewed, valuable collection of cases across all disciplines enabling healthcare professionals and students to find clinically important information on common and rare conditions easily.

Access the case reports archive

All Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust staff and placement students can submit a case report for publication using our Institutional fellowship code (available from the library team).

BrowZine

BrowZine is an online platform which allows you to browse, read and keep up to date with the e-journals that the Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Library and Knowledge Service has subscribed to.

Access BrowZine

Access BrowZine online, or via the BrowZine app (available for iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices). For further information see our BrowZine user guide.

eBooks

Our eBook collection is accessible via the library catalogue.

eBooks

Access to eBooks requires an NHS OpenAthens account,register here.

Healthcare databases

We’ve put together guides to help you start searching for evidence on each of the healthcare databases available on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.  For more in-depth help please contact us to arrange a database training session.

Finding evidence on AMED

Finding evidence on BNI

Finding evidence on CINAHL

Finding evidence on EMBASE

Finding evidence on EMCARE

Finding evidence on HMIC

Finding evidence on MEDLINE

Finding evidence on PsycInfo

NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

Access the hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place. 

It provides direct access to:

• Clinical decision support tools (BMJ Best Practice)
• Healthcare databases
• Journals
• NICE guidance and pathways

For further information about the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, download our help guide or contact the library team for support. 

Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures

Provides detailed procedure guidelines based on the latest research findings and expert clinical advice, helping you to deliver clinically effective patient-focused care.

Access the Royal Marsden Manual online

Requesting books or journal articles

You can request scanned copies, photocopies and loans of materials either from our stock, or from other libraries if we do not hold items locally.

Email your request(s)

Request a literature search

The Staff Library and Knowledge Service undertake literature searching for all staff to support evidence-based decision making about patient treatment, health policy, service development initiatives and research projects.

To request a search please complete the request form below, or contact us to discuss your information needs.

Form to submit a literature search

We will aim to complete literature searches within 5 working days.

Access the hub

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub connects NHS staff and learners to high quality knowledge and evidence resources in one place. 

It provides direct access to:

• Clinical decision support tools (BMJ Best Practice)
• Healthcare databases
• Journals
• NICE guidance and pathways

For further information about the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub, download our introductory user guide, help guide, or contact the library team.

COVID-19 bulletin: Emerging Evidence and Official Guidance

Our weekly bulletin ceased publication in 2023. However, this information is still available via KnowledgeShare for those who wish to receive it. 

Mid Yorkshire Medical Education ‘Teaching, Training Update’ 

Mid Yorkshire Medical Education 'Teaching, Training' Update - April 2023

Mid Yorkshire Medical Education 'Teaching, Training' Update - August 2022

Mid Yorkshire Medical Education 'Teaching, Training' Update - May 2022

 

Non-Medical Prescribers’ bulletin

The Non-Medical Prescribers’ bulletin is a quarterly current awareness bulletin. It aims to keep colleagues to date with the latest research, guidelines, reports & other information relevant to non-medical prescribers’.

Access the latest issues:

• NMP Bulletin - Issue 25 (April 2023)
• NMP Bulletin - Issue 24 (January 2023) 
• NMP Bulletin - Issue 23 (October 2022)

To request older editions from the archives, please contact the library team.

 

What's New?

'What's New?' is a monthly current awareness bulletin, published as two separate editions:

Clinical which covers publications from government, NHS and professional bodies on policy, guidance and evidence for patient care and medical procedures.

Health Services Management which covers any publications on staffing, training, statistics, pay & conditions, infrastructure, quality improvement and associated areas.

Access the latest issues:

• What's New? - June 2023 - Clinical  Edition
• What's New? - June 2023 - Health Services Management Edition 
• What's New? - May 2023 - Clinical Edition
• What's New? - May 2023 - Health Services Management Edition
• What's New? - April 2023 - Clinical Edition
• What's New? - April 2023 - Health Services Management Edition

To request older editions from the archives, please contact the library team.

Critical appraisal 

Critically Appraising the Evidence Base elearning programme

This elearning programme has been designed to enable the healthcare workforce to build confidence in the critical appraisal process when applying and evaluating research.

A list of critical appraisal videos and resources is also available to download. 

 

Introduction to Critical Appraisal: How to read a paper

This half-day session is aimed at staff new to critical appraisal or those looking to refresh their skills. We cover the basics of critical appraisal and how to use CASP checklists to assess research: we will critically appraise a Randomised Control Trial paper as an example. The course will help you develop confidence in approaching research to support evidence-based practice and/or further study.

Aims:

• Understand the importance of critical appraisal for different types of research.
• Understand key statistical concepts used in research papers.
• Be able to use CASP checklist to critically appraise a paper

The next session will take place:

18^th July 2023, 9:30 to 12:30pm at Trust HQ, Pinderfields.

Please contact the Staff Library & Knowledge Service (ex 53899) to book a place.

 

Health literacy: An introduction

"Health literacy is about a person's ability to understand and use information to make decisions about their health" (NHS UK, 2021). 

This session aims:

• To raise awareness of health literacy.
• To highlight how poor health literacy can affect patient outcomes.
• To introduce communication techniques which can be used to better support patient's understanding.
• To capture the experience/expertise of attendees by encouraging sharing. 

The next session(s) will take place:

• Thursday 13^th July 2023  2pm-3pm via Microsoft Teams
• Thursday 7^th September 2023  2pm-3pm via Microsoft Teams

This course is suitable for anyone who works in the trust, particularly those with patient contact. Please contact the Staff Library & Knowledge Service (ex 53899) to book a place.

 

Searching for evidence using online databases

The library offers one-to-one and small group training on searching the healthcare databases and offers guidance in conducting an effective search strategy. 

This training can be delivered in person, or virtually via Microsoft Teams. To book a training session please contact the library team.

 

Searching for evidence using the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

During this session we will show you:

• How to access the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
• How to search for evidence using the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
• How to apply limits to your search
• How to save and export your search and results.

The next session(s) will take place:

Friday 7^th July 2023  11:00 - 11:45, Trust HQ Pinderfields 

Please contact the Staff Library & Knowledge Service (ex 53899) to book a place.

 

Systematic reviews

The Science Basement Podcast - Systematic reviews

This hour long podcast episode discusses the what, why and how of a systematic review.

This information has been written to help you find health information you can trust.

What to watch out for…

A reliable website should:

• Have a clear logo that tells you who they are.
• Have an ‘about us’ tab that tells you what they do.

Is the website…?

• Trying to sell you something?
• Trying to persuade you to think differently?
• Making claims which are too good to be true? (Using words like ‘incredible’, ‘amazing’, ‘life changing’)
• If the answer is yes then the website may be biased.

Is the information reliable?
Good health information comes from reliable research which is published in medical journals and by trusted organisations. The website should make it clear where the facts and figures and medical advice come from so that it can be checked.

Is the information up to date?
Good websites will make it clear when a web page was last checked and updated. This is usually at the bottom of the page.

The Quality Standard mark
Look for the Patient Information Forum tick. This tells you that the information on the website has been checked and is reliable. Find out more here.

How do I avoid wrong or misleading health information?
When you use a search engine like google the first page of results do not mean that the
information is better quality. Use this guide to help you decide whether to trust a website.
Misinformation and fake news. When you read something on social media you may just be
reading someone’s opinion and they may not be an expert.
You can use the UK Government’s SHARE checklist to help you spot false information.

Some websites to get you started

National Organisations	Local Organisations
NHS A-Z of Health Conditions	MY Cancer Services
NHS Medicines A to Z	South West Yorkshire NHS Trust (Mental Health Support)
Learn My Way	West Yorks & Harrogate Healthy Hearts
Health & Care video library	Yorkshire Smokefree Service
NHS.UK information in other languages	Healthwatch Wakefield
Health Unlocked	Live Well Wakefield
NHS Find a Pharmacy	Turning Point Talking Therapies

Disclaimer: While we make every possible effort to ensure that the information in this publication is accurate and up to date at the time of publishing, we do not accept any responsibility for errors or omissions. Nor do we accept any responsibility for loss or damage resulting from making use of this information. Hyperlinks to third party websites are provided for the convenience of users and we in no way endorse the contents, views or
information held on such sites.

The Library & Knowledge Service YouTube channel contains a series of short video guides which have been created to help you get the most from your library membership and the resources we subscribe to.

• NHS Knowledge and Library Services for information on the national library and knowledge service offer for NHS staff and students on placement.
• Visit Medical Education & Simulation Hub for information on courses, simulation and training for medical students and junior doctors.

Staff can also contact:

• MY Occupational Health for information on health and wellbeing programmes and resources for staff and students.
• MY Organisational Development for eLearning support, mandatory training enquiries and other available organisational training.
• MY Research & Innovation for contact details, advice and guidance on all aspects of research and innovation.