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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

ACCESSING ELECTRONIC BOOKS – AT WORK

To access our electronic books go to the library services pages on the intranet nww.pat.nhs.uk You will need an NHS Athens password which is available from

your site library. You will also need Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer.

On the following page select Electronic Books. And it will bring up the page

shown right.

As you can see you can search using the search field or click on links arranged by

subject and publisher. Alternatively you can browse by letter or use your browser’s

Ctrl+F find feature.

Below is a small example of the ebook list.

Book titles are hyperlinked, (ie, clicking on it will take you to the ebook), it also includes the author(s) or editor(s) as well as the provider. Pennine Acute library

service uses three electronic providers, MyILibrary, Wiley Interscience, and 123Library These providers have different ways of accessing their ebooks, which will

be covered below (see pages 4-9).

• A-Z of management for healthcare professionals, an - Lilley, R., 2002, MyILibrary, NHS Athens

• Bailey & Loves short practice of surgery (25th edition) - Williams, N. & Bulstrode, C., 2008, 123Library,

NHS Athens

• Barretts oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (2nd edition) - Sharma, P. & Sampliner, R.,

2006, Wiley Online, NHS Athens

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

ACCESSING ELECTRONIC BOOKS – AT HOME

You can access ebooks at home via the internet at www.pat.nhs.uk You will need Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer and your NHS Athens password.

Scroll down the homepage and click on the Careers option.

Then click on Library Services followed by Electronic Books section

in the left hand menu.

You should see a search box and a subject list. You use the search box to search for keywords, or the subject list to browse the titles. These book titles will appear as

blue hyperlinks, followed by the book’s publishing information. Ebooks are provided by either MyILibrary, Wiley Interscience, 123Library, or Oxford University

Press Once you have identified the book you want, click on its title.

Instructions for accessing books from each on these providers will be shown below

(pages 4-9)

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

USING ELECTRONIC BOOKS

If you are not already logged into Athens, clicking on a MyILibrary link

will take you to a log in screen, click where it says: click here to access the

Athens Authentication Point » and then enter

your Athens username and password on the following screen You will then be taken to the book; the

panel on the left hand side contains the book’s contents and can be used for

quick navigation. To navigate MyILibrary use the Arrow buttons found on the

banner menu above the book.

You can also click on Bibliographic Details and Citation for useful information on how to cite the book in different reference styles.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

To save or print from MyILibrary, select one of the icons at the top right of the

page: either to print, or to download as a PDF file.

A box will appear in the middle of the screen asking you to choose what you want to

save/print; this can be either the page you are on or a range of pages. Then select Confirm Download or Confirm Print, and then Close in the following box. This

should then bring you to your printer menu or to a prompt asking you where you like to save your page(s)

NB: MyILibrary will only allow you download/print 10 pages at a time.

However, you can repeat this process several times

More advanced features allow you to export references to a reference management programme. Click on either Refworks or Endnote, and follow the prompts that

appear.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

USING WILEY ELECTRONIC BOOKS

Clicking on a Wiley Interscience link will take you to the book’s homepage. Click on the link to INSTITUTIONAL LOGIN.

At the next screen select Go to Athens

When you enter your Athens username and password you will be taken to the site’s homepage. To quickly get back to the contents page. Go back to our list and reselect

the book. You should now be logged in.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

Wiley offers PDFs of book chapters. To open a chapter click on the PDF immediately below its name.

Once you’ve opened a chapter you can read it online, or print it off using the icons at the top of the page.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

USING ELECTRONIC BOOKS

Clicking on a 123Library link will take you to the book’s homepage. Click on the

Athens login link.

At the next screen, enter your Athens username and password.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

Click on the link Click here to read this book now

This will take you to the front cover of the book. Access to the contents list, page navigation arrows and functions such as searching, printing and adding notes are

along the top of the screen.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS

ACCESSING THE ELECTRONIC BOOKS

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SITE LIBRARY

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

USING ELECTRONIC BOOKS

Clicking on an Oxford University Press title will take you to the Athens Authentication page.

Enter your NHS Athens username and password.

This will take you to the beginning of the book, usually the preface or foreword.

Click on the Home button to see the full Contents listing.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

Click on a Chapter heading to expand the contents.

Follow the blue link to the required section.

Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate the contents.

To move to another part of the book scroll down to the Contents list which appears on the lower right hand part of the screen.

Sign out of the book with the Sign Out link on the right at the bottom of the page.

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To access the books you will need an NHS ATHENS username and password. This can be obtained from your site library.

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