Oxford Academic Textbooks & Handbooks are available online!

NHS staff and students on placement in England have access to over 240 Oxford University Press medical and healthcare books online, courtesy of NHS England. Available to registered OpenAthens users via BSMHFT Library Services.

Some examples of the titles in the collection are:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Emergencies in Mental Health Nursing
  • Emergencies in Psychiatry
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry
  • Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
  • Oxford Handbook of Forensic Medicine
  • Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing
  • Oxford Handbook of Prescribing for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
  • Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry
  • Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health
  • Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry
  • Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health

To see the full list of all e-books, you need to visit Oxford University Press | NHS National Collection then click the link to ‘Access Collection‘, then select ‘On-site Sign in‘ or Off-site Sign in‘ appropriately. From there, will be directed to the main OpenAthens login screen. You can search for books and then filter the results to ‘All content I have access to‘ from the homepage.

If you don’t already have an OpenAthens username and password, you can self-register via our website:  https://www.library.bsmhft.nhs.uk

If you have any problems, please contact the library team who will be able to assist you.

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