Discovery service

An overview of the resources made available through the knowledge and library hub.

Details on how to use the Knowledge and Library Hub (KLH) for content discovery.

EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)

The user front-end of the Knowledge and Library Hub (KLH) is powered by EDS.

It includes a powerful, semantic search plus advanced and patient/population, intervention, comparison and outcomes (PICO) search options.

A search of the KLH retrieves results from Elton B Stephens Company's (EBSCO’s) Knowledge Base which has been tailored to meet the needs of NHS staff and learners.

The default setting is for Guest searching but users are directed to sign in using their NHS Open Athens account.

Logged in users will:

• have full access to licenced content, folders for saving results to and export options
• be able to request documents and use Ask-a-Librarian, if it has been set up locally

Search the KLH. Log on using your NHS OpenAthens account for access to full text content and local knowledge and library services.

If you have any comments or feedback, send them to the Knowledge for Healthcare team on [email protected].

Available resources in KLH

All nationally-funded subscription resources, including but not limited to National Core Content databases and journal collections, BMJ Best Practice, the Royal Marsden Manual, Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, Oxford Medical Textbooks and Handbooks, and the Cochrane Library.

In addition, there are selected open access and repository collections included.

All locally-funded subscription journals.

There is also an increasing number of library collections via integrated library management systems.

Document requesting

If a digital version of an item is not available, you will see a Request button instead.

Clicking request will open an email, pre-populated with the item’s citation details and your library’s document supply request email address.

Your library will receive the request by email to be processed in the normal way.

KLH usage training

Prior to the launch of the Hub librarians who already had a Discovery system indicated that many users are self-sufficient with basic searching on Discovery.

Experience subsequently has been that users benefit from a brief demonstration of the system, for example at induction, or pointers at the enquiry desk.

Inclusion of the Hub as part of wider training sessions helps users gain the initial awareness that helps them get started.

Research in 2023 demonstrated that users value tips on the key features of the Hub – the benefit of logging in early in their session, simple search tips, how to filter and the path to reading the article or other material they find.

NHS England is providing ongoing marketing and communication support to help you engage with your end-users.

Details are provided via the Resource Discovery Digest and materials can be found on the Future NHS platform in the KLH promotional resources space.