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NHS Evidence Specialist Collections Public Health A Training Guide Ron Hudson April 2009 Outreach Training Librarian Croydon Health Library and Resources Service NHS Croydon 12-18 Lennard Road Croydon CR9 2RS Tel: 020 8274 6316 Mob: 07733 300 104 Email: [email protected]

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NHS Evidence Specialist Collections

Public HealthA Training Guide

Ron Hudson April 2009Outreach Training LibrarianCroydon Health Library and Resources ServiceNHS Croydon12-18 Lennard RoadCroydon CR9 2RSTel: 020 8274 6316Mob: 07733 300 104Email: [email protected]

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Go to the NHS Evidence Homepage www.evidence.nhs.uk

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Select “Specialist Collections” and then “Search Specialist

Collections”

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It is recommended that you search the collections separately. Each collection has it’s own specific index and features.

Select a single

collection. Here we

have chosen Public Health.

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From the front page, you can select any of the topics, many of which expand to display sub-headings

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You can select any of the sub topics, to display all the resources available

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After selecting a particular sub topic, the results are divided between five tabs

to represent the differing types of information available

Hover the mouse over a particular topicand a definition of that condition appears

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Hover the mouse over a particular taband a definition of that tab appears

Click here to view the available full text of that particular entry

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If the available topics do not match your query,enter your query into the search box,

then select Search

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Click here to view the full text of a systematic review

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Within the results obtained, you can alternate between the different tabs,

in this example, Patient Information

Click here to view an approved

evidence based informationwebsite