Library Services

Black Country Healthcare Library Services support staff and students on placement with the trust with all clinical and non-clinical evidence and knowledge related questions. If you would like access to free online tools and e-books, please register for a Athens username and password here. https://openathens.nice.org.uk/ with your NHS email address.

All users have access to the following: e-books collection – clinical and non-clinical e-books, Clinical Key Psychiatry and Nursing, Oxford Handbook E-book collection, BMJ Best Practice Point of Care Tool, Royal Marsden Nursing Manual, KnowledgeShare current awareness service. All evidence based free national subscription journal articles and locally purchased print and electronic journals

NHS Knowledge and Library Hub

The BCHFT Knowledge and Library Hub is here! It allows users to search all our e-resources in one window.

FAQs about the Hub are here and user guide here

Visit the hub here (Full access is free to all NHS staff and learners using your NHS OpenAthens account). Don’t yet have an account? Register for NHS OpenAthens

Short 5 minute video here to show you how easy it is