To access articles you will need a NHS OpenAthens account.
To search for availability of articles use the following options:
For each option you should either be able to
Article title
Search for the Article title via the Knowledge and Library Hub
If you have the article title please copy and paste into the main search box of the hub.
If the title is a short title using common healthcare terms, then you might want to add the Author name and/or Journal title to the search to specify your chosen article.
Find further help on the Knowledge and Library Hub
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or PubMed ID (PMID)
Search for the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or PubMed ID (PMID) via LibKey
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a string of numbers, letters and symbols used to permanently identify an article or document and link to it on the web.
It is usually in the format: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05043-y
The bit in italics which starts all DOIs can be ignored - please copy and paste the rest of your specific into the search box.
PubMed identifier (PMID)
A PubMed identifier (PMID) is a unique value assigned to each PubMed record usually 8 digits long.
On the LibKey site, under 'Choose your organisation', type in one of the following and select option:
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Plymouth: for University Hospitals Plymouth
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Devon: for Primary Care and ICB staff in Devon - this includes Livewell Southwest and Plymouth GP staff/students
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South Western: for SWASFT
Journal title
Search for the journal title using BrowZine
The search only includes journals for which organisation has a subscription.
If a journal is embargoed the embargoed article will still be listed but when you click to access content you will receive a article request form rather than the fulltext.
On the BrowZine site, under 'Choose Library', type in one of the following and select option:
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Plymouth: for University Hospitals Plymouth
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Devon: for Primary Care and ICB staff in Devon - this includes Livewell Southwest and Plymouth GP staff/students
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South Western: for SWASFT
Browser extension
Browser extension to check all scholarly pages for local access via Nomad
After adding the extension, under 'Select Organization', type in one of the following and select option:
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Plymouth: for University Hospitals Plymouth
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Devon: for Primary Care and ICB staff in Devon - this includes Livewell Southwest and Plymouth GP staff/students
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South Western: for SWASFT
Please note:
On University Hospitals Plymouth and Livewell SW networked machines IT have already made Nomad automatically available via Microsoft Edge. You will need to manually download to any other browsers you use on NHS Personal Device
