2014 NHS Journals Trial Pilot

The Medical & HSC Library is currently taking part in a national pilot that enables journal content licensed by Jisc Collections for the academic research community to be made available to eligible staff working across the NHS/HSC in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  AAAS, IOP Publishing, Nature Publishing Group, Springer and Royal Society of Chemistry have agreed to provide a free trial access period for up to one year in most cases.

A steering group comprising representatives from the UK academic sector, the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and HSC in Northern Ireland, NICE and Jisc Collections, has led the pilot from its inception and the results will inform Jisc Collections, the participating publishers and NHS/HSC libraries about relevant business models for NHS/HSC users.

Full-text articles from many major journals across several disciplines will be available via the trial – including highly regarded titles like Nature Medicine, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Clinical and Translational Medicine, European Journal of Nutrition, and Health Care Management Science.

Full list of titles in the NHS Journal Trial

The Royal Society of Chemistry has also made the Merck Index Online available until 31 March 2015 as part of the NHS pilot.