Across its three sites, the library service holds over 7000 books and documents on medicine and related subjects, including a specialist mental health historical collection in the Warneford Library. Books held at other libraries though our national library networks.

To find all our holdings, search the SWIMS catalogue

For information on loans, reservations and renewals see the library services borrowing page.

How do I obtain books not held by OHFT libraries? If the library does not hold the item you require, we may be able to borrow it for you from another library through our document supply service.

Book suggestions: We are always happy to consider requests for new books. Please use the suggestions form form or  contact library staff.

The library service subscribes to hundreds of print and electronic journal titles. NHS staff also have access to numerous electronic journals through national library funded subscriptions. You can search for full text journals titles available via SWIMS

PubMed: Also use Pubmed to find full-text articles available to OHFT staff. You will first need to create a My NCBI account in PubMed. You can set filters to search for full text articles available to you – see the tutorial at PubMed Tutorial My NCBI

The library provides access to many health care databases via NICE with an OpenAthens  log-in.

Training  is available if you would like to learn more about how to maximise your searching skills or to learn more about the strengths and coverage of the various databases now available to you.

Databases available at the Knowledge and Library Hub are  AMED, BNI, CINAHL, EMBASE, EMCARE, HMIC, MEDLINE,  PsycINFO, PubMed. 

Other databases and resources available at the Knowledge and Library Hub are:

• British National Formulary/British National Formulary for Children
• Cochrane Library
• Health Research Premium Collection
• PsycARTICLES full text articles from leading psychology journals.
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection full text journals in psychology and counselling.

Other Useful Databases

• NIHR (National Institute of Health research) Information about ongoing research
• PEDro PEDro is the physiotherapy evidence database
• REHABDATA From the US National Rehabilitation Information Center. The REHABDATA database spans almost 50 years of disability and rehabilitation research
• TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)The TRIP database allows users to rapidly and easily identify high quality medical literature from a wide range of sources