Glossary

The glossary contains definitions of business and information-related terms are they are used in the The Knowledge Network web-site.

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AHP

Allied Health Professional

Alerting service

A tool included in some web pages which is used to inform web site users about changes in their favourite information collections or, about newly added documents on a subject they are interested in.

Athens

Athens is an Access Management System which controls access to all resources held on subscription by NHS Scotland. Users are issued with one username and password, which gives access to all of these resources.