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• The Knowledge Network is the digital library for health and social care staff across Scotland: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk
• A wide range of resources are made available by your library service so you don't need to pay - from books and journals to clinical evidence summaries to referencing
• Use the Library Search to find articles, journals and books, both online and print
• The key is an NHS Scotland OpenAthens account – linked to your NHS Scotland email address or available for staff in partner organisations via a short registration form
• Help and support is always available from NES Knowledge Services and your local NHS Scotland Library service

The Knowledge Network is the digital library for health and social care staff across Scotland: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk
It provides access to a range of resources including:

• Evidence summary services to support decisions at point of care
• Library resources such as eBooks, print books, eJournals and guidelines
• Key medicines information resources
• Databases covering many health and social care topics
• Social care subject specialism
• Leadership and self-development resources and British standards
• RefWorks reference management software
• Recent news and announcements, including current awareness bulletins
• Training opportunities to develop searching and information literacy skills
• Support to help you to use The Knowledge Network 

The Library Search provides one place to search NHS Scotland’s national collection of electronic resources (eJournals, articles and eBooks) and local NHS Scotland library collections (primarily print books).

The key to it all is an NHS Scotland OpenAthens account – NHS Scotland staff can choose to sign in with an NHSS email address and all other eligible users can self-register.

If you need to find something specific on The Knowledge Network website (like the name of a resource or information about OpenAthens) try the site search at the top right of any page.

The Knowledge Network is managed by the NES Knowledge Services team. As knowledge management professionals, our aim is to provide you with access to knowledge and evidence to use the right information at the right time to deliver quality evidence-based care. We can tell you how to access all these resources so you can be confident that your practice is based on up-to-date guidelines and evidence.

Whether you are a new or seasoned user, we have lots of help available for whatever you need – find handy videos, short guides, face to face training opportunities and links to local Library Services on our Help and Training pages.

Sign up for an Introduction to The Knowledge Network via Turas Learn, to help you find your way around and remind you of the many services available to you: Book now. If you would like to request bespoke training for yourself, your colleagues or as part of your own training programmes, please contact us via the details below.

• Keep up to date: Knowledge Nuggets mailing list / @NESKnowledge
• Give us your feedback
• Contact us: NES Knowledge Services Help Desk

The Knowledge Network provides free access for health and care staff to a wide range of evidence summaries, journals, books, and databases via the Knowledge Network. Access online from anywhere, at any time and on any device: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk

Need help to find something? You need a Librarian. Contact your local NHS Scotland library service for literature searches, support, and advice: https://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/help-and-training/local-library-services/

Sign up for an Introduction to The Knowledge Network via Turas Learn, to help you find your way around and remind you of the many services available to you: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/72136

Find summarised, quality-assured evidence to support decision making at the point of care – free via The Knowledge Network, this includes quick links to BMJ Best Practice, DynaMed and Clinical Key: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/library-resources/evidence-summaries

Databases are useful for doing a thorough search of the literature on a subject as they often support more complex search queries than the Library Search. The Knowledge Network has access to databases across a range of subjects including social care, nursing, medicine and management: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/library-resources/databases

The Knowledge Network provides easy access to resources to support the safe use of medicines and advice on their therapeutic use. Includes BNF/BNFC, Martindale and Stockley's: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/library-resources/medicines-information

Our social care pages are a gateway to social care information and learning resources to support practitioners in their day-to-day work and professional learning: www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/library-resources/social-care

To keep up with what is happening on the Knowledge Network sign up to the Knowledge Services monthly newsletter: mailchi.mp/nes/nuggets or follow @NESKnowledge.

Contact NES Knowledge Services for more information or to request training: NES Knowledge Services Help Desk

Direct users to the homepage of The Knowledge Network for the tour video or use the below Vimeo links to embed in your own sites

• Tour Vimeo link: https://vimeo.com/943290947
• Tour embed code (if this doesn’t work, try going to the link above and generating the code from the share options yourself):
  • <div style="padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/943290947?h=f73df43483" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/943290947">Tour of The Knowledge Network</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/nhseducationforscotland">NES</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>  

Find a range of help videos in the Help and training section

See the full range in this Vimeo showcase: The Knowledge Network help videos