Using our Services
We provide a wide range of services to assist patient care, study and research. To use many of these services, you will need to join the library.
We can provide many of our services face-to-face in your workplace or in the library, by telephone or email and of course the wide range of resources and services are available through this site, so in many cases you won't even need to visit a library to make the most of the information available to you.
Some of our services include
- An extensive range of books and journals to meet your needs, along with request services for books and journal articles not held in stock
- Access to a growing range of e-resources including databases, e-journals and e-books
- Help and training on using library resources (including searching databases, finding patient information and critical appraisal skills)
- Tailored training for teams or specialist groups on searching for information on a particular subject, for example diabetes or cancer care
- Literature searching and enquiry services, for audit, guidelines, protocols, care pathways and research
- Facilities for study, including quiet study rooms, IT drop-in and training rooms and photocopying facilities
- Assistance with identifying the most appropriate evidence-based resources
- Keeping you up to date with the latest evidence with a variety of current awareness services, as well as help with setting up tailored search strategies and alerts to ensure you retrieve relevant information quickly and effectively
- Linking with you to review and improve the books, journals and electronic resources available to you
- Supporting Journal Clubs, for example by identifying approprate articles or providing help with critical appraisal
- Visiting departments or attending team meetings to demonstrate information resources or services
- Supporting you with information queries by using our specialist knowledge and expertise
- Providing resource guides tailored to individual departments
- Supporting Team Knowledge Officers by ensuring the effective input of evidence into clinical practice
For SaTH staff, there is a named librarian for each department or subject area, and you can find out who to contact on the Trust Intranet. For PCT and related staff, please contact the PCT Library and Knowledge Services.
We do charge for some of our services. Please visit our Library Charges page for more information.
Library Charter