We appreciate that District Nurses are usually working in the community and therefore encourage you to access our online services such as BMJ Best Practice and RMM which can easily be viewed on a mobile device. If you wish to borrow books from the library, these can be requested via an online form and sent to your work address. You can return library books by post too!
To access online resources such as articles, e-books, the Royal Marsden Manual, BMJ Best Practice and to search the health databases you will need an Open Athens account.
If you wish to request an evidence search, please use this form.
You can view library training offers here.
If you wish to book library training, please email: librarytraining@somersetft.nhs.uk
If you are not already a library member you can register for an account with this link.
You can search for books held in our library or other libraries in our network using this link.
If the book that you require is available at a library other than Taunton, just send us an email and we will arrange to borrow it for you. You may borrow up to three inter-library loans at any one time.
In total you may borrow eight books at a time, loans are for 4 weeks and can be renewed 3 times.
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BMJ Best Practice is an evidence-based generalist point of care tool, structured around the patient consultation. It contains advice on symptom evaluation, test ordering and treatment approach. It is also UK focused and it is supported by Health Education England. Content includes clinical expertise from over 1,600 international authors and 2,500 peer reviewers, as well as essential COVID-19 resources to support healthcare professionals with diagnosis and management of COVID-19, latest news, comment, and research from BMJ. All available resources are updated daily.
Here is a step-by-step guide showing how to log in.
All NHS colleagues have access to the full version online via their 
OpenAthens account.
It can also be downloaded on your phone:
You will need to create a private account before using the application on your phone.
BMJ Comorbidities Manager
Health Education England has extended its subscription to include Comorbidities Manager. BMJ Best Practice is the point of care tool able to treat the whole patient by taking account of a patient's acute (urgent) condition alongside their existing (chronic) comorbidities.
You can see it in action on the Covid-19 and Acute Exacerbation of COPD topics.
How to access it
Available to all staff and students working for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
KnowledgeShare is a service which provides evidence updates tailored to your specific professional interests. Alerts generated include guidelines, systematic reviews and selected high-level journals.
Click below, fill in the form and we will set up your account.
3rd edition
published 2020
Available online using your Open Athens account
https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198831822.001.0001
Online ISBN: 9780191869662
Print ISBN: 9780198831822
Publisher: Oxford University Press
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Professional Edition by How to use the Royal Marsden Manual; a short video guide
Full content access to e-books provided with your Open Athens account
Empowering Healthcare Education: NHS England offers access to a comprehensive library of over 150 Oxford University Press medical and healthcare books to support staff and students on placement.
Featured Titles...
On-site access
If you are on-site at your organisation, you should automatically be signed into Oxford Academic. Click the below link to be directed to a list of all titles in the collection on the Oxford Academic platform.
Off-site access
If you would like to access off-site, click the below link which will redirect you to OpenAthens to sign in. Once signed in, you can filter by format=book on the left side of the screen to display the full titles only. If you don't have an OpenAthens account, please register for one here.
BrowZine is a portal to nationally and locally procured print and electronic journals.
Use the search box below for quick access to journals and journal articles.
Don't know the title of the journal? Use the Library & Knowledge Hub to search by keywords, or type your keywords in the 'Search in the library' in the panel on the left hand side.
Access our subscribed content with the browser extension LibKey Nomad. With one click, you can access articles and other subscribed content when searching Google Scholar or PubMed.
The browser extension is accessible on all Trust computers.
Below is a step-by-step guide to download and set up the plugin.
How to download LibKey Nomad For Edge browser
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension linking you to online content in one click. Integrated with our national and local content, LibKey Nomad gives you quick and easy access to our trusted resources. It is now available on all trusted computers and laptops. To download and use it, follow the steps below.
Step 1: Download Extension
Click here to to find LibKey Nomad browser extension.
Step 2: click on ‘Get’
Click on ‘Get’ then 'add extension' in the pop-up window.
Step 3: Select organization
Type 'Somerset ' in the field 'Selection organization' and choose 'Somerset NHS Foundation Trust'.
Step: 4 Library selection saved
You are now ready to search for trusted content. A pop-up logo with 'Download PDF Somerset NHS Foundation Trust' should appear on the bottom left of your browser. Click on it to either access full-text or request it.
We would like to draw your attention to resources from the Public Library network which might be of interest to you or your patients and their carers. All of these resources and services are completely FREE for members of Somerset Libraries. Visit this page to sign up.
There is a Library at Home service which delivers books to library members who are unable to visit the library in person.
There are Digital Health drop-ins at Taunton and Yeovil libraries, face to face support with a member of library staff to access online health information and services, such as how to load and use the NHS App on a smartphone or tablet.
iPads can be borrowed, which are pre-loaded with reliable and accessible health information for people who might want to find out more about their health condition and play an active role in their own healthcare.
Blood Pressure monitoring kits can be borrowed.
OMI Interactive Projectors can be used by dementia patients and people with a learning difficulty.
Audio-books and e-books can be accessed free via the BorrowBox App and magazines and newspapers can be accessed for free via the Libby App. More information including video guides for setting up these services can be found here.
