Library Skills@UCL for NHS

There are a few different ways you can get through to the full text of an article. The quickest and easiest way is via the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub. Some additional options are introduced below.

LibKey Nomad is a browser extension which will link to the full-text articles of journals which your trust has access to, as well as open access journals. It is freely downloadable for main browsers.

If you're looking at a web page such as PubMed (example screenshot below), Wikipedia, or publisher pages, you will see the LibKey Nomad icon, giving you access to the PDF or suggesting other access options.

If you find an article, for example online, you can quickly check your access to full text with your NHS Athens credentials, by using the website LibKey.io.

Copy the DOI or the PubMed ID

Paste the DOI or PubMed ID into LibKey.io to check access to full text. You will need an NHS OpenAthens account to obtain full text.

If the full text article is not available via NHS OpenAthens:

Please note: you need to be a member of UCL Libraries to use these services.