Finding and using knowledge

This learning site is managed by NES Knowledge Services and is currently UNDER REVIEW. There may be some broken links while we tidy things up. Thanks for your patience.

Our services include managing The Knowledge Network, the national digital library for Scotland, and supporting the information literacy skills of health and social care staff in Scotland. 

Here you will find guidance and support to:

• Define your information need
• Conduct a search
• Quality assure and critically appraise the information you find
• Include robust references and bibliographies
• Get evidence into practice
• Set up journal clubs and get published
• Develop communities of practice 
• Use tools for knowledge exchange
• Understand copyright
• Improve health literacy