Journals

Your Library Account enables you to log in to our catalogue at SouthEastLibrarySearch to renew your loans and request books, articles, and literature searches.

We have access to thousands of journals online in full-text from a wide range of publishers and resources. To access the majority of these journals, you will need to sign in with a free OpenAthens account.

  • To see if we have access to a specific journal online, the best place to start is by searching our catalogue.
  • Searching our catalogue will show results from all the healthcare libraries across Kent, Surrey and Sussex, indicating which Trusts hold the journal in print, and in which Trusts the journal is available online.
  • Follow the relevant links to access the journal, and log in with your OpenAthens account where prompted.

 To find journals by your speciality or subject of interest please click here

Finding journals in your library

Our KLS keeps a core journal collection of medical, nursing, health, scientific, and management titles.

Searching our catalogue will show whether we stock the journal in print. You can also view the full journal list at our A- Z journals page

Journal articles may be photocopied or scanned to email, but journals should not be removed from the premises and are not available for loan.

e-journals

To search and use our e-journals you will need to register for an OpenAthens account to view and use our e-journals from anywhere.

You can find e-journals by browsing our A-Z e-journals list.

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

If you can’t find the particular journal or article you are after, we can track it down for you from other libraries in our network and further afield.

Article Request form Fill an electronic Article Request Form. 

Inter-Library Requests are all free to you, no matter where we obtain articles from.

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How can we help?

If you have any questions please feel to fill in the form and a member of our team will be in touch to assist you with your enquiry.

How can we help?

If you have any questions please feel to fill in the form and a member of our team will be in touch to assist you with your enquiry.

How can we help?

If you have any questions please feel to fill in the form and a member of our team will be in touch to assist you with your enquiry.

How can we help?

If you have any questions please feel to fill in the form and a member of our team will be in touch to assist you with your enquiry.

How can we help?

If you have any questions please feel to fill in the form and a member of our team will be in touch to assist you with your enquiry.

Request an article/book

Your library membership number is required for copyright purposes. Contact us if you do not have your membership number. If you are not yet a member you can join online.

One request per form only

We aim to process all requests by the next working day.

We aim to supply 90% of article requests by the next working day*.

We aim to supply 75% of book requests within five working days*.

*Some items are requested from other libraries and so may take longer to supply.

Use this form if you are unable to access the full text article with your NHS OpenAthens username and password.

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We will send articles via email where possible but sometimes only print will be available.
If we can only get a print copy, we will email you to let you know that you can collect from Medway Library and Knowledge Services.