Healthcare Library Induction
Name: Abbas Bismillah
Job title: Healthcare Library Manager
MEMBERSHIP
MEMBERSHIP
The Healthcare Library serves the staff of Berkshire Healthcare NHS
Foundation Trust, community and primary care staff in West
Berkshire, students on placement with either of the organisations
and Berkshire Shared Services.
HOW TO JOIN
You can come and see us with your ID badge, or send us the
completed registration from your induction pack, or join online at
http://www.berkshire.nhs.uk/libraries/forms/membership.htm
OUR LIBRARY IS MORE THAN BOOKS
Healthcare
Library
Computer Room
Photocopier/Printer/
Library Catalogue
Journals Collection
Information
Training Room
SOME OF THE SERVICES ON OFFER
SERVICES:
Literature Searching
Training
Librarian Service
Outreach Services
Library Catalogue (SWIMS)
Out-of-hours access
Computer and Internet Access
Borrowing, renewing and reserving service
IT facilities
Inter Library loan Service
Photocopying/Printing
New Books List
Information Board/Library Newsletters
Current Awareness/Email Interest Groups
If there is a service that we currently don’t provide, please do ask us.
We may be able to help
Further information is available form our website at:
http://www.berkshire.nhs.uk/libraries/
TRAINING
TRAINING SESSIONS AVAILABLE TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS:
Induction to the library
Locating Books and Journals
Finding and evaluating health information
Map of Medicine
Group Training or One-to One
NHS Evidence resources
Searching the Cochrane database
Literature searching
Locating E-Books
Current awareness
Using NHS journals via ATHENS
How to obtain individual help
If there is a service that we currently don’t provide, please do ask us.
We may be able to help
For further information, see the training section on our website:
http://www.berkshire.nhs.uk/libraries/
Or Telephone: 0118 960 5012
JOURNALS 24/7 ACCESS
PRINT AND ONLINE JOURNALS
To obtain access please register for a NHS Athens username and password
available from: https://register.athensams.net/nhs/nhseng/
For a full list of journals held by the library plus journals available electronically please
go to My Journals http://www.library.nhs.uk/booksandjournals/journals/Default.aspx
and log-in using your Athens username via the link in the top right hand corner of the
screen.
E-BOOKS 24/7 ACCESS
On-line access to the full text of over 400 E-Books including titles from World
Health Organization and major publishers.
E-BOOKS – to obtain access please register for a NHS Athens username and
password available from: https://register.athensams.net/nhs/nhseng/
MY ATHENS RESOURCES
Your Athens ID authorises you to access the following resources.
123Doc: ebooks and online courses
JAMA & Archives Journals
BMJ Journals Collection
Map of Medicine
BMJ Learning
MyiLibrary
BNF for Children
NHS National Library for Health - (NLH
British National Formulary
Ovid Online
EBSCOhost databases
ProQuest - ProQuest Online Databases
EBSCOhost EJS
ScienceDirect
Emerald Management eJournals
SilverPlatter Arc2
Informa Healthcare
Wiley Online Library
INFORMAWORLD
ZETOC - British Library Electronic Table of Contents
For a full list of journals held by the library plus journals available electronically please
go to My Journals http://www.library.nhs.uk/booksandjournals/journals/Default.aspx
and log-in using your Athens username via the link in the top right hand corner of the
screen.
OUR STAFF
Abbas Bismillah - Healthcare Library Manager
Tel:0118 960 5020; Email abbas.bismillah@berkshire.nhs.uk
Barbara Moye – BSc; MSc; CPPD Teaching & Learning - Librarian
Tel: 0118 960 5015; Email: barbara.moye@berkshire.nhs.uk
Janine Hall BSc - Library and Electronic Resources Assistant
Tel: 0118 960 5012; Email: Library.Healthcare@berkshire.nhs.uk
Tony Pringle BA Hons- Library Assistant - Tel: 0118 960 5012;
Email: Library.Healthcare@berkshire.nhs.uk
Graham Griffiths–Library Assistant (Berkshire Adolescent Unit)
Tel: 0118 960 5012; Email: Library.Healthcare@berkshire.nhs.uk
PLEASE REMEMBER…
The Healthcare Library is your Library
We cover a large geographic area and recognise that some of our members and
potential members may find it difficult to get here in person. Our website
enables you to have access to many of our resources directly from your
desktop at home or at work.
Please use it to its full advantage.
If you have any comments or suggestions about the service
please direct them to the Manager.
Healthcare Library
Prospect Park Hospital, Honey End Lane,
Reading RG30 4EJ
TEL: 0118 960 5012 ; FAX:0118 960 5014
EMAIL library.healthcare@berkshire.nhs.uk
Website: www.berkshire.nhs.uk/libraries