Virtual LKS Service: A message to all our library users

To all our library members,

We are thinking of all our staff at this very challenging time.

We wanted to put together a post that outlines the services we can provide to support you during the coming months:

• The library space will remain open until otherwise instructed. Medical texts, as well as our fiction and wellbeing collections will all be reference only. Any books that are currently on loan have been extended to 29 May 2020 in the first instance.

• We have a number of online resources to support you:

• Regarding online books:
• Oxford Handbooks Online - Access e-books from the Oxford Handbooks and Emergencies series: http://arrowe.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SearchTerm0=Oxford%20Handbooks%20Online&DataSetName=LIVEDATA
• Cheshire and Wirral Community and Public Health e-book collection: http://arrowe.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/retrieve2?SetID=E6F7C0C2-8210-4D38-B6AC-BA11A1962296&LabelText=Community%20and%20Public%20Health%20e-book%20collection&searchterm=Cheshire%20and%20Wirral%20Community%20and%20Public%20Health%20e-book%20collection&Fields=%40&Media=%23&Bool=AND&SearchPrecision=20&DataSetName=LIVEDATA
• Both of these links are available on the library catalogue homepage under ‘Quick links’: http://arrowe.cirqahosting.com/

§  Regarding online resources:

§  Journals and databases that require an OpenAthens account can be found here (click ‘login with your OpenAthens account’ first: https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/journals-and-databases

§  To create an OpenAthens account, please click here: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/

§  To have your OpenAthens account transferred from another Trust, please email us at: wuth.lks@nhs.net

§  UpToDate is still available on any Trust computer and also available for you at home via OpenAthens, as well as using the App on your phone or tablet if you have a personal account set up. Reverification for UpToDate has been extended to every 180 days, rather than 90 days.

§  BMJ Best Practice is available via an OpenAthens account and can be found here (under ‘Evidence-based Resources’) or via the app on phone or tablet  if you have a personal account set up. https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/journals-and-databases

§  We have many more online resources, which can be found here: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/choose-us/for-library-and-knowledge-services/search-for-information-or-evidence/online-resources/

• We have lots of help sheets available to help you. Find these listed here or email us if you aren’t sure which one you need: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/choose-us/for-library-and-knowledge-services/help-and-support/helpsheets/

• We are here to conduct literature searches on your behalf. Please complete this form to request a literature search: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/choose-us/for-library-and-knowledge-services/literature-search/

• All books currently on loan have been auto-renewed until 29 May 2020 and any fines will be waived.

• We are still offering an interlibrary loan service for electronic articles only. To request an article, please complete this form: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/choose-us/for-library-and-knowledge-services/document-and-book-supply/

• We’re offering our Searching, Training, Help and Advice services online or via telephone. If you require support, please email wuth.lks@nhs.net

• Our website has lots of further information: https://www.wuth.nhs.uk/choose-us/for-library-and-knowledge-services/

If you need support with something else, please let us know via wuth.lks@nhs.net and we will try our very best to help you as soon as we can.

With our very best wishes,

The LKS team: Carly, Annabel, Linda and Jen x