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Guides and forms

ILL/document requests          Registration forms & privacy policy

Resource guides & training dates

 

ILL/document requests 

Article request form (online)

Article request form (printable)

Book request form (online)

Book request form (printable)

Book suggestion for addition to collection


Registration forms

Registration form- staff (printable)

Registration form- student (printable)

Privacy Policy

 

Resource guides & training dates

Guide – searching the Swims book catalogue

Guide-  Searching NHS Healthcare Databases

NHS Healthcare Databases short video guides (created by HEE. Approx 1 min)
Selecting databases in Healthcare Databases Advanced Search (HDAS)
Searching for similar terms and combining with OR
Combining different searches with AND
How to search with Subject Headings
How to use a wildcard for alternate word endings
How to apply limits in HDAS (NB this should be the last part of your search)
How to export all of your search results
How to select and export individual results

How to Search the Literature Effectively is a free online training programme from Health Education England on Elearning for Health (ELfH).
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here).

We cannot currently offer face to face training, but can provide remote sessions. Email library.mailbox@nhs.net if you are interested.

Literature Searching Training Dates – February-March 2020

Searching surgery

 

 

 

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