Library

Professional librarians are available to assist employees with their information needs. Ask for assistance with literature searches, article or book requests, inter-loan requests and training sessions.

Catalogue
View the library catalogue to find books. Login to renew your loans, reserve and request books.
Not registered? Register here to access your library account.

Discovery
Discovery searches across all Library resources.
Login into OpenAthens for full-text access.

OpenAthens
Login to search the library e-resources for evidence-based up to date information from any computer. Find e-books, articles, point of care resources including the Lippincott Procedures (also available on Ko Awatea LEARN and as an app). 
Not registered? Register here (employee ID number required).

Ko Awatea LEARN
Log in to Ko Awatea LEARN to complete Waikato District Health Board online courses and to access Lippincott Procedures and Nursing Reference Center (also available on MyAthens and as an app).
Not registered? Create an account.

• Once your account has been confirmed, sign in.
• Search for the course called Lippincott Procedures and Nursing Reference Center.
• Add the course to My courses.

Apps
The following apps are available to employees. For more information visit the library Intranet page on your work computer or contact the library.

• UpToDate
• DynaMed
• Lippincott Procedures
• Nursing Reference Center
• Discovery
• Library Catalogue
• Browzine

Visit the Library to borrow books and journals plus access e-resources using the Library computers.

Find articles, books, ebooks and more

Search on Discovery  to find articles, books, ebooks and more.

To find full text articles login to Ko Awatea LEARN (more information below).

Find books

View the Library catalogue to find books. Login to request and reserve books, and to renew loans.

Not registered? Register to get a Library account.

Find and access full text articles, procedures and point of care tools via Ko Awatea LEARN

Login to Ko Awatea LEARN to request access:

• Lippincott Procedures
• Nursing Reference Center
• Article Databases

CINAHL Complete, Health Business Elite, MEDLINE Complete and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

• DynaMed Plus
• Proquest
• Library Catalogue

Lippincott Procedures, DynaMed Plus and the Library catalogue are available as apps. Contact the Library for more information about apps.

Not registered for Ko Awatea LEARN?

Follow these steps:

1. Register with the Library 
2. Email the Library requesting health professional working in Waikato access to Ko Awatea LEARN.
3. Once you have received a username and password login to Ko Awatea LEARN.

Follow these steps to access the Library in Ko Awatea LEARN:

1. Click on “find courses” in the menu bar and then select Waikato DHB.
2. Scroll down to find the search box “Search for courses in category: Waikato DHB:. Type “library” into the search box.
3. Click on link to request access to these resources, you will receive an email conformation once access has been provided
4. Find the resources under the “My Learning” tab.
5. Click on “Library resources including DynaMed and Lippincott Procedures” 

If you encounter any problems or would like to request full text access to an article, please contact the Library.