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

The PSD Scotland 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
  • Start and run journal clubs
  • Create robust references and bibliographies
  • Get published
  • Develop communities of practice
  • Use tools for knowledge exchange
  • Get evidence into practice
  • Improve health literacy
  • Understand copyright

From 1 April 2026, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) joined to form Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland), enabling transformation in health, social care, and the wider public sector. Note some of our content may still refer to ‘NES’ and this will be updated in due course.

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For more of our resources and services visit The Knowledge Network

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