The Oliveira Library was originally opened by Mr. D. A. R. Naylor, B.E.M and chairman of the Isle of Wight Health Authority on 8th December 1984, in memory of Mr A. B. Oliveira who was a consultant surgeon working at St Mary's Hospital.
Mr Anthony Oliveira, who was originally from Argentina, was a very highly thought of and likeable person at St Mary’s. But very tragically, he passed away in 1983 when awaiting a routine procedure in hospital. In his memory, all the doctors and consultants on the Isle of Wight donated money to open the Oliveira Library in his name.
It is our mission to capture our Trust's core values in everything that we do, using Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Everyone Counts, to provide great quality customer service to our library users. Our library not only has a wide range of more traditional services such as the ability to order and recommend books to you in specific areas, but we have also made large advancements in technology enabled learning, to further develop our services for the user.
To find out more about our services, please take a look at our page contents and offers.
All Isle of Wight staff and students on placement can join the library and gain access to our physical and online resources.
Can order in a specifically requested book through our healthcare library network.
Tablecloth and values banner loan for NHS staff managing stalls at events.
Sourcing electronic journal articles.
Study support.
We can provide tailored reading lists.
We can sign you up with a Library account.
We provide literature search service.
Technology enabled learning support:
We provide basic IT support.
Literature search training.
Users have access to our Computer Suite in the Education Centre.
Users have access to our Cyber Cafe opposite the full circle restaurant in the main Hospital.
We provide short term loans for work laptops, projectors and display boards, contact the libraryfor further information.
Meeting pods.
Proofreading Service:
We are pleased to offer a proofreading service to help you improve the clarity, accuracy, and presentation of your work. We’ll check for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, help ensure consistent formatting, and highlight areas that may need clarification or improvement.
SWIMS (Library) Catalogue - search here to find books and journals available from the Isle of Wight NHS Trusts and other Library networks from around the South West. If you request a specific book from our interlibrary network, we will source it for you.
Browsing Journals
Go to BrowZine Library - use the search box to find the journal you want. To access the collection from work or home, login to your Open Athens account.
NHS OpenAthens is required to access many of our online resources.
Anatomy.TV is an interactive, educational resource on human anatomy. It provides interactive 3D models with text, slides and video clips.
BMJ Best Practice takes you quickly to the latest evidence-based information, whnever and wherever you need it. Download the app on your phone for on-the-go evidence at your fingertips.
BNF & BNFC are freely available to access via NICE.
The Cochrane Library is the premier resource for information on the effectiveness of healthcare interventions, freely available to everyone in the UK.
Kortext (digital eBook provider) holds a collection of eBooks available to all NHS staff via your Open Athens account.
EBSCO Databases includes MEDLINE, CINAHL, Pyschology & Behavioural Sciences Collection.
OTseeker is a searchable database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy.
OVID Databases includes Embase, Emcare, AMED, HMIC, MEDLINE, Social Policy and practice.
PEDro is a Physiotherapy database which will search systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and practice guidelines.
ProQuest includes PsycINFO, BNI, PsycArticles, Health Research Premium Collection.
Public Health A single point of access to data and analysis tools from across Public Health England.
PubMed provides literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.
