E-books
St George’s Library has access to over 2000 E-books through four online providers: E-book Central, Kortext, Oxford Medicine Online and Books@Ovid. You can search for titles using Hunter and the books can be accessed from any computer online with your NHS OpenAthens username and password.
Searching for E-books
Use Hunter the library catalogue to search for an NHS E-book.
Searching for print books
Use Hunter, the Library catalogue to search for print books.
The library has many titles relating to Allied Health topics. When in the library the call numbers below will help you to locate books on the following topics.
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QS 1-132 Anatomy WA 300-395 Health Issues of Special Population Groups WA 400-495 Occupational Medicine, Health, and Hygiene WB 105 Emergency Medicine and Paramedic practice WB 300-962 Therapeutics WB 300-395 General Therapeutics |
WB 460-556 Physical and Occupational Therapy WB 400-449 Diet Therapy and Nutrition Therapy WB 460-556 Physical and Occupational Therapy WE - Musculoskeletal System WO 178-198 Perioperative care |
Finding the book you need
Books are arranged in alphabetical, and then numerical order of the call number, Use the call number to find the book on the shelves.
Reserving items
If all the copies of the book that you want are out on loan you can reserve a copy by placing a hold.
The ‘Locations’ tab in Hunter will tell you if there are any copies available. If all the copies have the status ‘On Loan‘, you’ll need to sign-in to Hunter in order to place a hold on the book. Click the ‘Sign-in for more options‘ link. Enter your login details when prompted. Then click the ‘Place Hold‘ link which has now become active.
Click on the ‘Request’ button to confirm the hold. You’ll then be notified of your place in the Holds queue. When a copy becomes available you will receive an email notification to come and collect it from the Library Helpdesk, you then have one week to collect the item
You can view or cancel your hold requests by using the ‘My Account‘ link in the top right-hand corner of Hunter and clicking on the ‘Requests‘ tab.
If you are unable to find a book in our collections, we may be able to obtain a copy for you from a different library or you can suggest a purchase.
You’ll find the online form to request an inter-library loan in Hunter, sign in to activate the Request Interlibrary Loan link. The link which can be found in the top right hand corner will remain greyed out until you sign-in. The link will take you to an ILL form where you can submit a request for a book.
NHS staff are funded for 10 free interloans per year, further requests must be funded by an account code or cash/cheque payment. If you are paying for your ILL by account code, please enter the code in the Comment box. Cash payments must be made at the Library helpdesk (Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm).
You will be notified when your item arrives. They must be signed for and returned by the date shown on the slip inside. Certain items may not be removed from the Library - they will be marked 'restricted access' and kept at the Helpdesk.
Most book requests usually arrive within 7-14 days. Please note, however, that supply times depend upon the organisation supplying the request, and this is not within our control.
For more information see the inter-library loans webpage.
Suggesting a purchase
If you would like to recommend a book purchase, fill in our Suggest a book purchase form.
The usual copyright limitations for fair usage apply – i.e. you can print one chapter or up to 5% of a book or similar publication, whichever is the greater. Each supplier is a little different on the limitations, but once you’ve reached the limit, you may not be able to print any more.
Dawsonera allows you to download a whole book for a day/24 hours. You will lose access after this time but you can always go back and download the book again. In order to read the downloaded book, you will need to download and install free software. On any PC or laptop you will need Adobe Digital Editions, and if using a mobile device you will need BlueFire Reader. It is recommended to read these e-books online. With Oxford Medicine Online, you may download individual chapters up to the copyright limit, and can keep them indefinitely.
If you are reading an e-book on your own PC, laptop or device it may depend on which version of Windows /Mac OS you are using, whether the browser is Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari, and your cookie settings. Try switching to a different browser, or deleting cookies and restarting the browser.
If you are trying to access an e-book title through the ProQuest Ebook Central platform make sure you select the correct organisation/institution that you work for, an error message will be displayed if an incorrect one is selected.
If you are still experiencing problems then there may be an issue with the suppliers service, check the Library Services Alerts http://www.library.sgul.ac.uk/services-alerts for updates on service issues.
If the book you need is not available through the library then you can:
