Find Evidence

• Browzine allows you to search, browse and access all of the online journals your library has access to, making it easy to find journals for your interests. Click 'Choose my library' and search 'Leeds' when you first access Browzine. To access full text of most journals, you will need to sign in with OpenAthens when prompted. 
• To check whether your library service has access to a specific journal, you can use the Journals A-Z (Links for: LTHT, LCH, LYPFT). Sign in with OpenAthens and then search for the journal title you are looking for, then follow a link to access the range of issues available. 
• A small number of older journals are only available in print. To search for print journals, use the library catalogue, and choose 'periodical title' as the search field. 
• If you need to access articles in journals that your library does not have access to, see the information under 'Find an article' . Library staff may be able to obtain individual articles for you from other NHS library services. 

If you need help with any of these ways of accessing journals, please contact us.

• To borrow books, you need to join your library service.
• You can use the library catalogue to search all of the books and most of the ebooks across the libraries in the Leeds Libraries for Health partnership.
• If you have found a book that you want to borrow, visit the library from which the book is available during opening hours. Alternatively, contact us to request the book or place a hold through the catalogue, and arrange to collect the book from the library which is most convenient for you. If you can't make it to the library during opening hours, contact us to discuss options - we may be able to send the book to you. 
   
• To access ebooks you will need an OpenAthens account. You can search for ebooks through the library catalogue, Knowledge Hub or through the e book providers Kortext, Ebook Central ,Clinical Key (LTHT only) and Oxford Academic.
   
• If the book that you need is not available in the Leeds Libraries for Health catalogue, we may be able to to borrow it for you from another NHS library service. To request a book that is not on our catalogue, please use the book request form for your organisation:
  • Leeds Community Healthcare
  • Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust
  • Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
• If you would like to suggest that we add a book to our collection, please contact us 

• The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub is a great place to start your search for information and evidence on a topic. This tool allows you to search thousands of journals, articles, e-books and more, all in one place.
  • When you are in the Hub, if a yellow banner displays at the top of the page, make sure you log into your OpenAthens account to view and access the full range of results available to you.
• To browse a list of online search tools and information sources, visit our A-Z of evidence. 
• To explore collections of evidence resources relevant to specific job roles or topics, visit our topic guides.
• Alternatively, click on the relevant heading below to discover online sources of different types of information and evidence:
  • Grey literature (information produced outside of traditional publishing and distribution channels-eg. reports, leaflets etc.)
  • Clinical guidelines
  • Clinical trials
  • Decision support tools/ evidence summaries
  • Statistics
  • Apps
  • Images
  • Healthcare databases
• Our Information Skills Guide can help you to choose resources, plan your search strategies and appraise the information that you find. 
• To save you time and ensure that you find the best evidence for your needs, you can request an evidence search from one of our experienced healthcare librarians. 

• The NHS Library and Knowledge Hub can be used for basic and advanced searches of a very wide range of healthcare literature. For help with advanced searching through the Hub, book onto one of our training sessions.
• To learn more about the principles of how to search for healthcare literature effectively, visit our Information Skills Guide or book onto a Searching Skills Course.
• Some staff and learners need to carry out complex, robust and reproducible searches for literature reviews or research projects. These advanced searches should be conducted in bibliographic databases such as Medline, Embase and CINAHL. Find out how to access and use these Healthcare Databases.
• To save you time and ensure that you find the best evidence for your needs, you can request an evidence search from one of our experienced healthcare librarians. 
• If you have any queries around searching, please contact us. 

If you want to save time and be sure that you've found the best evidence to answer your question, you can request an evidence search from your librarians.