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.

The NES Knowledge Services team support the information literacy skills of health and social care staff in Scotland. We also manage The Knowledge Network, which is the national digital library for health and social care staff.

Here you will find guidance and support to:

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