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UpToDate
UpToDate 

UpToDate is an evidence-based knowledge system that helps clinicians make the right decisions at the point of care. It provides evidence-graded treatment recommendations as well as diagnostic and other information for common as well as rare conditions.
​Off-site use requires either an ELHT OpenAthens account, or a registration created whilst using UpToDate on-site. By creating a registration, you’ll also be able to earn CME/CPD points, and use the registration to access the mobile app. You’ll need to revalidate your account every 90 days by logging in with your personal account whilst on the ELHT network.
How to use UpToDate 
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AnatomyTV

 Anatomy.TV powered by PRIMAL PICTURES

Anatomy TV is an electronic resource offering access to 3D and real time models of human anatomy.  The anatomical models can be rotated and layers of anatomical details stripped away and added as required. ​Primal's 3D Human Functional Anatomy demonstrates muscle movements as you’ve never seen them before. 
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The following modules are available to ELHT users - if accessing outside of the ELHT network ELHT OpenAthens is required.
  • 3D Real Time 
  • 3D Atlas
  • Human Anatomy & Physiology 
  • Disease and Conditions
  • Functional Anatomy and Therapy
  • Quizzing​
AnatomyTV Help Guide ​
BMJ Best Practice
BMJ Best Practice

BMJ Best Practice provides access to the latest evidence-based information for healthcare professionals, structured around the patient consultation with advice on symptom evaluation, test ordering, treatment approach and follow up. ​
It also offers clinical calculators, patient information leaflets and some procedural videos.
Onsite at ELHT simply visit the BMJ Best Practice website for password-free access. You will have the option to create a personal account to record usage for CME/CPD points. For off-site access for any NHS staff or student, you can use an NHS OpenAthens account. Visit the BMJ Best Practice website and login with your NHS OpenAthens account.  You can also use a personal account created whilst on-site at ELHT.
BMJ Best Practice User Guide

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E-Books
Our e-book collection can be accessed through the individual websites
​plus links to all our e-books are available on our library catalogue
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Kortext
Kortext
You will need to select your organisation first and then log-in with Athens.  If you click on the “Collections” tab you should see our current collection. 
Kortext Support Page
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Oxford Medicine Online
Oxford Medicine Online
​You can cross-search the full text of the best Oxford books including Oxford Medical Handbooks, Oxford Medical Textbooks, Emergencies In and Oxford Handbooks in Nursing. You will need an ELHT OpenAthens account to access outside of the ELHT network.
Help Guide 
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Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures
Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures
This manual draws together up‐to‐date procedures and practices, providing an essential resource of current knowledge against which nurses can critically analyse the judgements they exercise in a variety of clinical settings. You will need an ELHT OpenAthens account to access outside of the ELHT network.
Video Tutorial 
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Wiley Leadership and Management E-Books
Wiley Online Books - Leadership and Management
Access 52 books on leadership and management. They offer unlimited access, printing and downloading. ​An ELHT OpenAthens account will be required to access outside of the ELHT network.
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The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry
The essential evidence-based handbook on the safe and effective prescribing of psychotropic agents. Covering both common and complex prescribing situations encountered in day-to-day clinical practice, this comprehensive resource provides expert guidance on drug choice, minimum and maximum doses, adverse effects, switching medications, prescribing for special patient groups, and more. 
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Online Journals
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BrowZine
View academic journals in an easy, browseable format ...
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t's also the fastest way to full text!
BrowZine enables users to browse, read and monitor e-journals from different publishers in one simple interface. 
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BMJ Case Reports
BMJ Case Reports
BMJ Case Reports is an award winning journal that delivers a focused, peer-reviewed, valuable collection of cases in all disciplines so that healthcare professionals, researchers and others can easily find clinically important information on common and rare conditions.
You can submit unlimited cases in the world's largest online repository of case reports. 
​Call into the library or contact library.blackburn@elht.nhs.uk to get your Fellowship number.
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MAG Online Library 
MAG Online Library is home to over 40 journals and periodicals covering nursing, midwifery and other health professions. Log in with an ELHT OpenAthens username and password.
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PubMed

​PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. The PubMed database contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.
​You may need an ELHT OpenAthens account to access outside of the ELHT network.
PubMed User Guide
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Apps for Health professionals
Apps for Health Professionals

​More and more healthcare professionals are using mobile apps to provide more efficient healthcare. 
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