It’s World Breastfeeding Week, and the Library has added several recent books on this topic in response to staff requests. See our growing collection at elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha... #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #HopefulFutures

If you need any assistance on how to cite references for an assignment or document, the Library can help to get you started by explaining referencing principles and sharing access to reference management tools. Contact the Library to make referencing easier.

In order to provide evidence-based healthcare, we need to be certain that we’re basing our decisions on high-quality research. Being able to separate the strong evidence from the poor is where our critical appraisal skills come into play. Contact the Library for Critical Appraisal training.

Misinformation Found some Health information online but not sure if you can trust it? 🧐 Follow the #MisinformationUnmasked strategy to check the reliability of health information. It's time for misinformation to be UnMASKED. Find out more at library.nhs.uk/health-infor...

Found some Health information online but not sure if you can trust it? 🧐 Follow the #MisinformationUnmasked strategy to check the reliability of health information. It's time for misinformation to be UnMASKED. Find out more at library.nhs.uk/health-infor...

Guidelines for a variety of conditions can be found on BMJ Best Practice & DynaMed. Guidelines from the UK, Europe & internationally. Simply access BMJ & DynaMed with your OpenAthens account, click on a condition and head to the Guidelines & Resources section

Do you work in an Additional Clinical Services role, like Support Worker, Technician, Emergency Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant, or Nursery Nurse? The Library has resources tailored to your needs. Contact the Library for more information: westherts.librarywat@nhs.net.

Staff, students, volunteers & any workers based on Trust sites can register with the library. This allows you to borrow & browse books across NHS libraries in the East of England. Register & explore at elms.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Some may not know we are part of the East of England Consortium of NHS Libraries, who share journals, books & other publications to maximise resources available to all trusts. If you don’t see a publication you need, ask Library staff. There’s more available than it seems

Do you have questions about WHTH library services or resources that you are not sure about? Visit our Library's frequently asked questions page for clear and concise information 👇 10.144.37.212/library/FAQs...

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Patients with lower health literacy suffer the worst health outcomes. To raise the awareness on the impact of health literacy skills on patient care, the library offers training on sessions on health literacy skills. For more information contact westherts.librarywat@nhs.net

The physical library space is a dedicated area conducive to private study, which also serves as a wellbeing sanctuary away from your work environment. Equipped with desks & computers, it is there 24/7 to all staff who register & can be accessed on the Watford & St Albans sites

This week is #DiabetesWeek 2026. The library has a range of resources on diabetes such as clinical guidelines through BMJ Best Practice. Books & articles on diabetes can be found by searching on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub here 👉 library.nhs.uk/knowledgehub/ Access these with OpenAthens

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, Dynamed, 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 contact westherts.librarywat@nhs.net

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: westherts.librarywat@nhs.net

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 www.dynamed.com

Staff at West Herts 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... Screenshot the card on your phone to avoid repeating this step, & use it to borrow books from our kiosks.

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.

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 westherts.librarywat@nhs.net

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Today is #WorldHealthDay with this year’s theme being “Together for health. Stand with science”. Scientific achievements are achieved through research, underpinned by information and evidence obtained from library services. Today, we’re proud to be a part of that process www.who.int/campaigns/wo...

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World Health Days, 7 April, provide an opportunity to focus world attention on a health problem or issue that deserves special attention.

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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

For people who like full control over their advanced evidence searching, the platform Ovid can be accessed with an OpenAthens account. Ovid features the databases Medline, Embase, Emcare and more! 🕵️ 🔎 Access Ovid with your OpenAthens account here: tinyurl.com/mpnvsknh

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)

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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

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