Access is available to all staff and students of Powys Teaching Health Board and Powys primary careorganisations. Staff and students from other Powys organisations - by prior arrangement.

Study and IT Facilities:

• 12 study spaces

• 8 networked computers

• Powys Guest wifi available for those wishing to use own devices (simple registration process)

• Printer/copier/scanner (some charges for certain services)

 

Main Services:

• Enquiry Service

• Literature Searches

• Information Searching Skills training (face-to-face and virtually via MS Teams or Skype)

• Library drop-in sessions at sites across Powys

• Current Awareness Service

• Book loans from collection held at Bronllys

• Photocopies/scanned copies of journal articles held at Bronllys

• Request service for books or journal articles held by other libraries

• Self-service photocopying

• Support for Revalidation and Reflective Practice

• Subject guides detailing useful resources by specialities and user guides to using the various electronic resources available in Powys and via the NHS Wales e-Library for Health.

Joining the Library:

• To join the library please contact us on 01874 712576 or via email, or complete

the online registration form

 

Borrowing Books:

• You may borrow a maximum of 10 books

• Loans are for 4 weeks but you may renew on request or online via NHS Wales LibrarySearch

• You will receive regular email reminders about your book loans

• Books that are held by other libraries (NHS Wales libraries, Cardiff University libraries and the British Library) can be requested for you. There may be a charge for some material held by other libraries (e.g. the British Library).

 

Literature searches:

• Literature searches for patient care, clinical audit, service improvement, lifelong learning are available on request

• Literature searching requests can be made via telephone, the online form or via email and returned to you via email.

Evidence Summaries:

• Access to BMJ Best Practice via the NHS Wales e-Library for Health

Databases:

• Access to all NHS Wales e-Library for Health databases including the Cochrane Library, Medline, Psychinfo, Embase, British Nursing Index, Emcare, Maternity & Infant Care (MIDIRS), AMED, HMIC, Micromedex, Clinical Key, Clinical Key for Nursing – from work (NHS Wales intranet) and home (via your Powys Open Athens account)

• Access to BMJ e-Learning, for all staff including Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists and trainees via the NHS Wales e-Library for Health – register using your Open Athens account

• Access to Powys-only resources including CINAHL Complete (nursing & allied health, including fulltext access to 1500+ e-journals) – access via your Powys Open Athens account

• Access to Powys Medicines Management databases for Powys Medicines Management staff –access via Powys Open Athens account

Article and e-journal access:

• Over 3000 e-journals are available to NHS Wales staff (including Primary Care staff) from work or home via the NHS Wales e-Library for Health

• You can access the national e-journal collections via NHS Wales LibrarySearch, whilst access to the local e-journal collection is via your Powys Open Athens account

• Please contact email or telephone the Library at Bronllys for further help with article access

• We can usually obtain copies of articles that are not available from the Powys or NHS Wales e-Library collections via our document supply service

• You can request articles via internal mail, email, or telephone. Where possible we will email the requested article to you.

• If you have any queries about the library service, please contact Library staff who will be happy to help.