NHS Athens
Athens is an access management system used by the NHS to give access to
online resources. You can use your Athens username and password to
access the electronic resources paid for by the NHS nationally or locally.
To register for an Athens account and to access the NHS resources, go to
Journals and Databases at www.library.nhs.uk. Registration is best done
from an NHS computer.
Complete the online form. (Note for students: it is important that you type your
placement end date in the format DD/MM/YYYY). When you have submitted
the form, an e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you gave on the form.
You MUST open the e-mail and click on the link within the message to create
your own password. Your Athens password is case sensitive so make sure
you type it in carefully.
Once you have your username and password, you can access resources
using your Athens account. Log in by clicking on Sign in to NHS Athens from
www.library.nhs.uk. Remember, although a resource uses Athens
Authentication, you won’t have access to that resource unless we have paid
for it!
Select ‘My Library’ under Your Health Information
Resources to access our Journals A-Z list.
Scroll further down the page for links to all your NHS Athens resources now
often called OpenAthens as described on pages 3-4.
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The other way to log in is via http://www.openathens.net/
Click on Login to MyAthens in the centre of the page and enter your
username and password. This is the screen you will see:
You can change
your password here
Keep up to date with
what is new in your
Library or area
These are your resources you have access to –
they can also be viewed on the Resources tab
where further details are given. Click on Local
Resources to see those bought by the library
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What you see and what you get
BMJ Journals Collection
BNF and BNF for Children
from Medicines Complete
All BMJ Publishing Group journals with full
text. (Also access via the Library’s A-Z list)
The British National Formulary and the BNFC
- Guidance on the actions and uses of drugs
prescribed in the UK
Cambridge Journals Online
Online Journal of Laryngology and Otology
(Also access via the Library’s A-Z list)
EBSCOhost databases :
Health Management and
Nursing
Extensive online journal collection
(Also access via the Library’s A-Z list)
EBSCOhost databases :
Dynamed and Image
database
Dynamed is a clinical reference tool created
by physicians for physicians and other
health care professionals for use primarily at
the 'point-of-care'
EBSCOhost EJS Journals
A number of journals such as New England
Journal of Medicine.
(Also access via the Library’s A-Z list)
JAMA Network Journals
Online high impact journals.
(Also access via the Library’s A-Z list)
Journal of Bone and Joint
Surgery Inc
Top orthopaedic journal. American edition
Map of Medicine
Evidence based care pathways – will need
further registration
MyiLibrary (electronic
books)
Over 650 online books available from
anywhere at any time
Micromedex Healthcare
Series (Martindale’s
Complete Drug Reference)
Online unbiased, authoritative drug, acute
care, toxicology, patient, education and
alternative medicine databases providing
trusted clinical decision support
NHS Evidence Journals and
Databases
Access to healthcare databases and
resources for NHS staff. Formerly known as
the National Library for Health
Orthopaedic Textbooks
Online
Operative Techniques in Foot and Ankle
Surgery; Rockwood and Green’s Fractures in
Adults; Rockwood and Wilkins Fractures in
Children
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Ovid Online Journals
A number of quality online journals,
including Hepatology, Journal of Advanced
Nursing and Journal of Nursing Management
(Also access via the Library’s A-Z list)
Oxford Medicine Online
Fulltext access to Oxford Textbook of
Medicine (5th edition), Oxford Medical
Handbooks, Oxford Handbooks in Nursing
and the Emergencies in… series
Primal Pictures anatomy.tv
Interactive 3D human anatomy with
radiological cross sections. Limited
concurrent users
ProQuest (e-journals)
Online journals. Major journal titles from
medicine, nursing and allied health,
psychology and health management are
included. (Also via the Library’s A-Z list)
Royal Marsden Manual
Online
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of
Clinical Nursing Procedures (8th edition):
complete clinical procedure management
online!
ScienceDirect
UpToDate
Access Blood Reviews, Diagnostic
Histopathology, Journal of the American
College of Cardiology, Knee, Manual Therapy
and Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Reproductive
Medicine (Also access via the A-Z list)
Evidence-based online review ‘textbook’
authored by physicians to help clinicians
make the right decisions at the point of care
You can also access electronic journals directly from the healthcare databases
– Medline, CINAHL, etc. When you search in these, via the Healthcare
Databases Advanced Search, you will see a message stating that the Full Text
is Available at… Just click for immediate access to the full text.
Look out for the Athens Login button on webpages, but remember that your
NHS account will not give you access to everything!
Contact the Library for further advice
Multidisciplinary Education Centre Library,
Pinewood House, Stepping Hill Hospital
library.enquiries@stockport.nhs.uk / 0161 419 4690
Or go to the Knowledge Zone / Library microsite on the hospital’s intranet
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