Electronic access to selected core journals

Electronic access now available to selected core journals

From January 2011 Worcestershire Health Libraries have secured electronic access to 33 journal titles previously held in print in our libraries or only available through inter-library loan from a partner library.

Moving to electronic access gives immediate access to the latest research from these highly-respected journals saving staff valuable time and facilitating quality, evidence-based care.

Core journals such as the New England of Medicine and Nursing Times are included as well as specialty titles such as Circulation, Critical Care Medicine and the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. In all cases the journals include the most current content and archive collections of past issues. The complete list can be viewed here.

A Worcestershire-based Athens account is required but this ensures access from any PC at work, home or from a mobile device. Sign up for an Athens account here.

Accessing the journals
To access any of these new electronic journals (and to see what other journal subscriptions are available to you as a member of NHS staff in Worcestershire) go to our A-Z Journal Listing:

· Search for the journal title. You will see different access links underlined in blue for your particular journal

· Select the Journals@Ovid (Athens Authentication) link

· Login with your Athens account if prompted

· You will be taken directly to the journal content within the Ovid database.

Please be aware that it is only possible to provide access to these journals by subscribing to a very cost-effective model. This allows only one concurrent user per journal at any one time. If another member of staff is already logged in to your journal you will receive the message: “Cannot get full text: The limit for concurrent users of [journal name] has been reached. Please try again later”. We will be monitoring usage of the journals in the first few months to ensure this situation doesn’t happen too often.

We always welcome feedback on the library services we provide. Please contact lucy.vaux-harvey@worcsacute.nhs.uk if you have any queries or comments on the above.