Library, Information & Knowledge Resources for Trust Staff

Printed books

Electronic books

More than 50,000 printed books are held across the UCLH Libraries, one of the largest collections of healthcare and biomedical resources in the UK, covering almost every aspect of clinical practice & research, health care and the life sciences. This includes national specialist collections covering dentistry, neurology & neurosurgery, nursing, speech therapy & urology. 

Search for printed books in:
 Bloomsbury Healthcare Library
 UCL Cruciform Library
 Eastman Dental Hospital
 Queen Square Library (NHNN)
 other UCL libraries (using the eUCLid catalogue)

You have access to a range of full text electronic books - both within the Trust network and from home. These are made available on the basis of national licence agreements, regional agreements, or arrangements made by your home Library or UCL Library Services. We are bound by publisher licence agreements, so levels of access and the range of titles available may vary from site to site.

You will need an NHS Athens password to use the ebook services, the various services currently available to you are:
 NHS Evidence ebook collection
 Books@Ovid (for the Oxford Textbooks)
 NetLibrary (for a range of health & medical texts)
 Dental ebooks via StatRef (ebooks available to UCLH staff using NHS Athens)