Library resources
Library and Knowledge Services provide the evidence base to support decision making on treatment, patient care, patient safety, commissioning and policy.
As a Sussex Partnership employee you have access to extensive library resources to support you. For many of the resources listed below you will need a Sussex Partnership OpenAthens username and password, which you can register for here.
Library catalogue
You can borrow books and DVDs and find the journal articles you need from our wide collection of resources.
All the libraries’ resources can be found on the Kent, Surrey & Sussex libraries’ catalogue.
To renew or reserve books on the online catalogue you will need your library membership ID and PIN. Contact your library if you need a reminder of these.
Journals
All the journals provided nationally, regionally and locally for you can be found at BrowZine.
Login with your NHS OpenAthens account, browse or search for a particular journal, and then search for relevant articles within that journal.
Searching for evidence
For a quick search to get you started use the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub.
For more in-depth searching, we recommend using the resources below.
Find videos and guides to help with searching healthcare databases on our training page here.
If you need further guidance or help searching, please contact us on spnt.
More resources:
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMJ best practice | Browse conditions, then look for the 'Patient Leaflet' link in the 'Resources' tab. | NHS OpenAthens required. Click on ‘Access through your institution’ then choose ‘NHS England | Free for registered users with personal account |
| Choice and Medication Sussex | Patient information about mental health conditions, treatments and medications | No | No |
| ClinicalKey | Choose 'Patient Education' from the drop-down menu on the homepage | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| Easy Health | Accessible health information and leaflets | No | No |
| Electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) | Patient information leaflets about medicines licensed for use in the UK | No | No |
| ESCIS | Provides information on local organisations, clubs and services across East Sussex and Brighton and Hove | No | No |
| GOV.UK | The official government website for citizens | No | No |
| Healthtalk | Share in other people’s experiences of health and illness | No | No |
| MEDLINEplus | Extensive information about drugs and supplements, and the latest health news | No | No |
| NICE | Versions of NICE guidance written for patients, carers and members of the public | No | No |
| nhs.uk | Helps people make choices about their health including finding and using NHS services | No | No |
| Patient UK | Comprehensive, free, up-to-date health information as provided by GPs to patients during consultations | No | No |
| The Patients Association | UK website including support groups, campaigns, a helpline and publications | No | No |
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMJ Best Practice | Point of care decision-support | NHS OpenAthens required. Click on ‘Access through your institution’ then choose ‘NHS England. | Free for registered users with personal account | ||
| Clinical Knowledge Summaries | Summaries of the current evidence base from NICE | No | No | ||
| Cochrane Clinical Answers | Evidence-based clinical questions and answers | NHS OpenAthens | No | ||
| Cochrane Library | Systematic reviews and trials | No | No | ||
| NICE guidance | NICE guidance | No | No | ||
| NIHR Evidence | Summaries of research funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research | No | No | ||
| Trip database | Health and social care | No | Available for free | ||
| VisualDx | Point of care decision-support with images | NHS OpenAthens | Free for registered users with NHS OpenAthens | ||
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy.TV by Primal Pictures | Anatomy and physiology online, including interactive 3D models and narrated animations | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| ClinicalKey | Images and videos | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| Health Education Assets Library | Images for health sciences education | No | No |
| Honmedia | Medical images and videos | No | No |
| Images from the history of medicine | Images on the social and historical aspects of medicine | No | No |
| Public domain pictures | Free public domain images | No | No |
| Public Health image library | Public health photos, illustrations and videos | No | No |
| VisualDX | Point of care decision support with images | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| Wellcome images | Images from the Wellcome Library | No | No |
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allied & Complementary Medicine (AMED) | Allied health and complementary medicine | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| British Nursing Index (BNI) | Nursing and midwifery | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| CINAHL | Nursing and allied health | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| ClinicalKey | Articles, guidelines, images, videos and ebooks | NHS OpenAthens | Free with NHS OpenAthens |
| EBSCO Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection | Articles, guidelines, images, videos and ebooks | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| EMBASE | Biomedical and pharmacological | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| EMCARE | Nursing and allied health | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| ERIC | Education | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| Google Scholar | Scholarly literature (including medicine) | NHS OpenAthens and Google account for full text | No |
| HMIC | Health management and policy | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| MEDLINE via Ovid | Medical | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| MEDLINE via Proquest | Medical | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| PsycInfo | Psychology and allied fields | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| Pubmed | Biomedicine | No | No |
| Social Policy and Practice | Social science | NHS OpenAthens | No |
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| BNF | British national formulary | No | Free to NHS users |
| BNF for children | British national formulary | No | Free to NHS users |
| Electronic medicines compendium (eMC) | UK prescription and over-the-counter medicines | Free registration | No |
| Handbook on prescribing of psychotropic agents | NHS OpenAthens | No | |
| MIMS | Prescribing | Free registration to articles only | No |
| NICE medicines information | Medicines and prescribing | No | No |
| Specialist pharmacy service | Prescribing | No | No |
| National poisons information service | Free health profession department registration | Free to NHS users |
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMJ Impact Analytics | A tool to track where research publications have been cited in health policy and guidance | Request password | No |
| ClinicalTrials.gov | From U.S. National Institutes of Health | No | No |
| Cochrane Library | Systematic reviews and trials | No | No |
| EU clinical trials register | EU clinical trials on medicines conducted in European Union and European Economic Area | No | No |
| ISRCTN registry | International register of clinical trials in healthcare, social care, education, workplace safety and economic development | No | No |
| PROSPERO | International prospective register of systematic reviews | No | No |
| UK clinical trials gateway | Details of open UK clinical trials | No | No |
| WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) | Trial registration data sets (not a clinical trials registry) | No | No |
A number of speciality resources are available for you to access. Please visit your local library webpages to explore all the resources available:
- Brighton & Hove and Haywards Heath
- Chichester, Worthing and Hampshire
- Crawley
- Eastbourne and Hastings
Our 'Resources by speciality' series lists just some of the key resources and services available for staff and trainees in various specialities.
An NHS OpenAthens account is required to access the online resources in these lists. Register for your account here.
- Mental health – Children and adolescents
- Mental health – Complex emotional difficulties
- Mental health – Forensic
- Mental health – Learning disabilities
- Mental health – Mind and body
- Mental health – Mood and anxiety
- Mental health – Nursing
- Mental health – Older adults
- Mental health – Psychosis
- Mental health – Wellbeing
| Resource | Description | Password required? | App available? |
|---|---|---|---|
| data.gov.uk | Datasets from UK government | No | No |
| Department of Health and Social Care | UK policy, statistics and consultations | No | No |
| Health and care statistics landscape for England | Where to find official UK health statistics | No | No |
| National Centre for Health Outcomes Development at the University of Oxford | National health outcome measures | No | No |
| NHS Digital | Statistics and data | No | No |
| Office for National Statistics (ONS) | UK statistics on economy, population and society | No | No |
| Population statistics | UK population statistics | No | No |
| Public Health England: Fingertips | Public health outcomes framework | No | No |
| QualityWatch | Independent scrutiny of quality of health and social care | No | No |
| UK Data Service census support | UK economic and social data | Some data requires registration | No |