1. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE NHS Evidence An introductory presentation November 2009

2. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE Learning outcomes 1.Know what NHS Evidence is 2.Know where to find it 3.Know when to use it 4.Know how to use it 5.Understand the benefits of the My Evidence, personalisation feature 6.Know where to go next if you can’t find what you are looking for

3. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE 1. NHS Evidence: allows you to search multiple sources together sorts, sifts and prioritises your results for you is easily accessible. There is no need for registration is primarily aimed at professionals and practitioners working in health and social care is a developing resource.

4. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE Relevancy - sorted, sifted and prioritised results Relevancy takes into account how frequently the search terms appear, and how significant the occurrences are: for example occurrences in the title or abstract are considered more important than in the full text. NHS Evidence also ranks results based on the relative hierarchy of evidence: for example, Guidelines and Commissioning Guides are promoted above Primary Research articles. The results are displayed by Relevancy by default, but users can also choose to display them ordered by Publication Date – with the most recent at the top.

5. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE 2. Where to find NHS Evidence www.evidence.nhs.uk

6. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE Release two 30 th October 2009  Accreditation  Personalisation – My Evidence  Improved search function

7. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE New drop down menus:- Background information on NHS Evidence Information on the sources of information used Details of the 34 specialist collections News room - further details of the NHS Evidence Newsletter, Media, Events and Publications More detail on how the search works

8. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE The My Evidence drop down menu outlines the key benefits of personalisation and has a link to the personalisation registration page. The Accreditation drop down menu gives full details of the NHS Evidence Accreditation Scheme.

9. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE Specialist resources drop down menu Includes: the licensed book and journals and specialist healthcare database resources (HDAS). These resources can only be accessed via the NHS Athens Authentication system. the 34 NHS Evidence Specialist Collections. You do NOT need an Athens password to browse or search these resources individually.

10. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE 3. When to use NHS Evidence Consider using it 1 st when you are searching. Use whenever you want to find high quality sources notably, but not exclusively Guidelines and Systematic Reviews Use to save time - can be a short-cut to high quality freely available mostly full text resources. Use when you want to broaden your range of sources to include non clinical management evidence

11. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE 4. How to use NHS Evidence Designed to be as intuitive as possible Search using the terms you consider to be most helpful Try a range of terms if you don’t find what you want Try using fewer terms sometimes less is more

12. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE New links from simple searches to relevant Specialist Collections

13. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE

14. Accreditation mark *new*

15. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE 5. The benefits of My Evidence personalisation Enables you to: save your searches on NHS Evidence save the full text of your results Create alerts for new evidence Set up news feeds

16. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE R2 the new functionality

17. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE My Evidence

18. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE 6. Know where to go next if you can’t find what you are looking for Search or browse the specialist collections Use your Athens password to gain access to the Healthcare Databases includes local and national resources Ask a librarian / information specialist for advice.

19. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE NHS Evidence summary Consider using it 1 st when you are searching. Use whenever you want to find high quality sources notably, but not exclusively Guidelines and Systematic Reviews Quick, can be a short-cut to high quality freely available mostly full text resources. Use when you want to broaden your range of sources to include non clinical management evidence Remember that it is a developing resource and that you can contribute to its development

20. NHS Evidence – provided by NICE Contacting NHS Evidence If you have an enquiry or a suggestion about NHS Evidence you can contact the helpdesk at contactus@evidence.nhs.uk or ring helpdesk staff on: contactus@evidence.nhs.uk 0845 003 77 44