1. This slide show provides information on our facilities, resources and services. To end the slide show, close this window. Welcome to BSUH Library Services

2. The library service exists to assist in the delivery of high- quality, evidence-based, patient-centred comprehensive health care. It provides a timely, cost-effective and quality-based library and information service to all health care staff within Brighton & Hove, Haywards Heath, and the surrounding areas. We offer a friendly and personal service for all your healthcare information needs. Please contact us if you think we can be of help to you. Mission Statement

3. Answer your questions Provide books, journals and online resources Help you find evidence and information for work or study Train you to find and evaluate evidence Provide a quiet place for you to work. What do we do?

4. One library service on 3 sites Sussex Education Centre Mill View Hospital Hove Main Building Princess Royal Hospital Haywards Heath Audrey Emerton Building Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton

5. You need to become a member to use some of our services. Contact any of the libraries to enquire about joining. Becoming a member

6. Library members can borrow from a diverse collection of books and reports relating to health care, health promotion, and management. Most books are loaned out for a month at a time. (Books in high demand may be issued for a week or available for reference only.) If we don’t have the book you need we can almost always get hold of it within a few days. Borrowing books

7. Library members have access to hundreds of health care journals in print and online. You’ll be able to access these electronic journals from your workplace or from home. (Ask us about the passwords you’ll need). If we don’t have what you need, the library can usually obtain a copy from another library. Journals

8. We provide online access to: Databases of journal articles Full text journals Electronic books Exam preparation tools Best evidence tools and much, much more…. Electronic resources

9. One card for photocopying and printing. Cards are either rechargeable or disposable. Members are asked to comply with current copyright law which is on display in the library. Photocopying and printing

10. We provide a quiet environment for you to read, study or simply to relax. We also offer 24-hour- a-day access to the libraries for library members. Study areas

11. The library staff are happy to assist users in searching on a wide range of health care issues or they can carry out literature searches on request. Literature searches

12. Our information skills trainers will teach you how to improve your online searching in order to find the answers to clinical and managerial questions. We also provide workshops on how to read research papers. Sessions are held in your workplace or in the library, in groups or one-to-one, and courses can be tailor made. Training

13. The library staff can help you keep up-to-date in your field. We don’t overload you with information but send out short, targeted notifications about newly published evidence that will inform your work. Horizon scanning

14. Our clinical librarians work with clinical teams across three trusts to help ensure that decisions are evidence-based, as well as to support professional development. Clinical librarians

15. The Public Health Librarian works with public health and primary care professionals in East Sussex and Brighton and Hove providing: Evidence for public health and commissioning A personalised horizon scanning service, Public Health Alerts, which is tailored to individuals’ specific professional interests. Training on accessing the public health literature. Public health librarian

16. Health promotion Our health promotion team supplies hundreds of local GP practices, schools, charities, clinics and hospital wards with leaflets and other resources to promote healthy living. The health promotion stock includes books, videos, training materials, physiological and anatomical models, teaching packs and DVDs.

17. We provide a full library service to all staff of Sussex Partnership Trust, and to all NHS staff and students based at Mill View Hospital, Nevill Hospital, Hove Polyclinic, and in the local community. The library’s collection specialises in mental health and community health resources. Email us at spnt.library-services@nhs.net Mental health

18. Brighton & Sussex Medical School is a partnership between the University of Sussex, University of Brighton and Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. The Library serves staff and students from the Medical School. The Medical School Librarian can be contacted at j.fairclough@bsms.ac.uk j.fairclough@bsms.ac.uk Medical school

19. Contact us The Library Audrey Emerton Building Royal Sussex County Hospital Eastern Road Brighton BN2 5BE Tel: 01273 523300 Fax: 01273 523305 Health Sciences Library Princess Royal Hospital Lewes Road Haywards Heath RH16 4EX Tel: 01444 441881 x5596 (Renewals) x5463 (Enquiries) Fax: 01444 443228 The Library Sussex Education Centre Nevill Avenue Hove BN3 7HZ Tel: 01273 621984 x2587 / 2576 Fax:01273 242182 www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library