Books

The Healthcare Libraries stock over 40,000 books.  To see which books are available please use the SWIMS catalogue. Members are able to borrow up to 8 items for up to 28 days. Fines of 50p per day are payable on overdue short-loan items (7 and 14 day loans).

Reservations

There are two ways to make a reservation.

If the copy of the book is on loan at your home library you can reserve it via the SWIMS catalogue. Log in with your library card number and then search for the title. Click on Reserve a copy at the bottom of the screen.

If the a copy of the book is at another library and is on loan please contact your local Healthcare Library.

Inter-library loans

You can use the SWIMS catalogue to check which books are available across the South Central and South West SHAs. Core members can request books from other NHS libraries using the Make a request forms. If your require a book that is not on the SWIMS catalogue, we may be able to borrow a copy from another library.  Please complete the Make a request form giving as much detail as possible.

Students should contact their University if they would like a book which is not available from their Healthcare Library or their University Library.

E-Books

NHS staff are able to access over 500 e-books with their NHS Athens account.

To see which books are available please got to the e-books list from SWIMS. (This may take a minute or so to load)

You will need to login with your Athens account to read an e-book. Please check the note on the catalogue to see that the title is available to your Trust.

A guide on how to use the e-books is available on our Helpsheets and guides page,