Libraries

Details

North West Health Library and Information Service
Central Liverpool PCT,
Regatta Place
Brunswick Business Park
Summers Road
Liverpool
L3 4BL

Tel: 0151 285 4493
Fax: 0151 285 4499

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NHS Library

The National Library for Health (NLH) aims to be the best health library and information service in the world. It will:

• Deliver a modern, equitable library service to all NHS staff
• Extend NHS library services to patients and the public for the first time
• Be built around user needs
• Integrate library services with NPfIT and other services
• Simplify access arrangements for students and staff working partly in the HE/FE sector
• Reach NHS staff who do not regularly use NHS library services

Click here to view the The National Library for Health Website

Athens

To access the information on The National Library for Health you need to sign up for a free Athens password from the Athens website which will be delivered instantly to you if you sign on from work but will require the library to register you manually if you use the internet from home.

Fade

The North West Grey Literature Service is a service which will collect, record and disseminate information on the grey literature of health and social care in the North West. Details of the collection can be accessed using the FADE database via NHSNET. Items held by the library are made available to all NHS staff at point of need.

If you find an item of interest on the database, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Tel: 0151 285 4495) and the item will be loaned to you. FADE can be found at: www.fade.nhs.uk

What is Grey Literature

Grey Literature is a vital source of information. It defines the practice, policy and research framework in which the NHS operates. Grey Literature consists of publications with little or no general distribution. It is the material that all health bodies generate for internal use and is therefore a repository of best practice. It includes NHS circulars, government reports, policies and procedures, care pathways and clinical guidelines.

Grey Literature and New Book Alerts

The FADE library, currently based at Regatta Place, is now one of the 50 leading grey literature collecting libraries in the world. Material is continually being added to our collection and we record updates fortnightly via our Grey Literature blog. This can be viewed at fadegreyliterature.blogspot.com

If you would like these blog updates to be sent to you via email, please notify This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. putting 'GREY LIT', 'NEW BOOK' or 'GREY LIT + NEW BOOKS' in the subject line

Other Libraries

• National Electronic Library for Health
• Cochrane Library
• Biome
• Zetoc
• NICE

Local Library Catalogues

• Bolton University Library Catalogue
• University of Chester Library Catalogue
• Edge Hill University College Library Catalogue
• Lancaster University Library Catalogue
• Liverpool Hope University College Library Catalogue
• Liverpool John Moores University Library Catalogue
• Manchester Metropolitan University Library Catalogue
• St. Martin's College, Lancaster, Library Catalogue
• UMIST Library Catalogue
• University of Central Lancashire, Library Catalogue
• University of Liverpool Library Catalogue, The Harold Cohen Library
• University of Manchester Library Catalogue
• University of Salford Library Catalogue

National Libraries

• BMA Library
• British Library Integrated Catalogue
• COPAC
• LOCATORplus: National Library of Medicine
• Royal Society of Medicine Library