UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library blog

Newly qualified and junior doctors can access two invaluable resources as they begin their transition during August rotation. NHS Knowledge and Library Services provides online access to over 130 Oxford University Press (OUP) medical handbooks as well as the award-winning clinical decision-making tool, BMJ Best Practice.  NHS staff have access to all titles in the Oxford Medical Handbooks, Oxford Handbooks in Nursing, and the Emergencies In series. Additionally, BMJ Best Practice provides online, evidence-based, step by step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention as well as medical calculators, how-to videos and patient information leaflets.  You can get the Oxford handbooks at the  HEE Oxford University Press site  and BMJ Best Practice at bmj.com/hee . Both are available via  NHS OpenAthens  ( register for an account here  ). Or, if you need help getting access please get in touch with the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child He...

Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO) is an online resource from Oxford University Press for e-books covering a wide range of topics in humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, business management, and law, and access to this expanding collection is now available at UCL Library. Currently, OSO covers 27 subject areas, including those listed below, you can browse by subject by clicking on the links below. UCL library members can  access these resources in Explore .  You can browse by subject by clicking on the links below: Clinical Medicine and Allied Health Neuroscience Palliative Care Psychology Public Health and Epidemiology Please note that remote access is limited to UCL staff and students.  NHS library members can access these resources by  visiting a UCL library with a dedicated e-resources PC (Explore Access Point) .  NHS staff can also access Oxford Medicines Online resources with their  NHS OpenAthens account . If you have any questions...

As you will know UCL Library Services is trialling aVirtual Learning Space for students in which students can study online in a "study room" with other UCL students. This new type of learning space has been developed as a response to a large-scale survey conducted in 2020 asking students which type of online tools they would want for individual study and peer group work.  UCL Library is interested to find out what your experience is of using the study space, the results will help develop virtual learning spaces as a complement to the on-campus libraries and Student Centre. The first 100 participants will receive a £10 Waterstones voucher, and you have the option to take part in follow-up focus groups. The  online survey  is open to all UCL students and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.

The library will be closed on Monday 31 May for the Spring bank holiday. UCL students and staff can book spaces at 1-19 Torrington Place & the Student Centre: https://ucl.ac.uk/library/opening-hours/bank-holidays .

After 1 st  June you will no longer be able to use an NCBI account to log into PubMed. If you have saved searches or other resources in PubMed, you will need to use a federated login to access your account. An example of a federated login would be a Google account. In PubMed, click on Log in . Select Google Account (or you can select one of the other options, e.g. ORCiD or Facebook). Sign into the account that you have selected. Once you have signed in, select the option Link to an existing NCBI account. Enter your NCBI username and password Select Continue . You will now be able to sign into PubMed with your Google account (or whichever alternative account you selected) and view everything that you had previously saved.

We are pleased to announce that the GOS ICH library will be welcoming back users from 17th May 2021. The library will be offering socially distanced, pre-booked study spaces and a Click and Collect service. Users may return library items in the returns bin located by the library enquiry desk. In order to keep our staff and library users safe we are following government guidelines for higher education libraries. This means that there will be a one-way system in place in the library and a reduction of library service hours. We would therefore like to remind our users that they can only access the library to return books, take-up a pre-booked study space, or to collect a requested library materials. The library opening hours are: Monday - Friday, 10:00 - 15:00 only.    Study spaces and click and collect are available to UCL staff and students, and GOSH staff. For information and to prebook a study space, visit:    www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/bookable-stu...

UCL Library services has introduced a range of new services, online and on-site, to enhance your experience whilst ensuring your safety and that of our staff. We look forward to welcoming you to our library buildings and study spaces, which we are reopening in Term 3 for the exam revision period. You can read about library services on offer for students and staff at:  www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news/2021/apr/supporting-you-term-3 .

Due to the disruption to physical library access in 2020 and 2021, UCL Library Services is offering 12 months free borrowing membership to UCL graduates completing their studies in 2021, applications for membership must be submitted before  31 July 2022 .  UCL graduates who completed their studies in 2020 who wish to register for alumni library membership must do so by 31 July 2021. This will allow alumni borrowers to request physical material via the  'Click and Collect' service' , but please note that  borrowers will not have access to the following services:  Scan and Send services, or  bookable study spaces. Also, offsite access to e-resources will be restricted to JSTOR, Project Muse and SAGE only. You can find more information on alumni library access by visiting the UCL Library membership services page.  If you have any questions about library membership, please contact the Memberships team: lib-membership@ucl.ac.uk.  

Congratulations to UCL students and staff for winning the prestigious Green Gown Award for Climate Action for their #PositiveClimate campaign to become a net zero carbon institution by 2030.  As part of UCL's commitment to being a sector leader in sustainability it has already switched to 100% renewable electricity and is committed to reducing its energy consumption by 40% by 2024. Are you a member of staff or a student interested in getting involved? You can find information about the exciting intersectional research and student-led projects bringing together climatologists, neuroscientists, behavioural psychologists, and policy makers at these UCL webpages: Sustainable UCL UCL Climate Change hub UCL Climate Action Unit UCL Energy Institute For tips on how to save energy this Easter, visit:   https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/news/2021/mar/lets-save-energy-whilst-recharging-over-easter-closure 

A selection of inclusion and diversity e-books is now available to NHS staff on the Kortext platform - a new OpenAthens resource - which is funded by NHS Health Education England.  New e-books available to GOSH staff: The 5 disciplines of inclusive leaders Religions, Culture and Healthcare: A Practical Handbook for Use in Healthcare Environments (2nd Ed.) Transforming Lives: Health Initiatives in Faith Communities Overcoming Everyday Racism: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions Transgender Employees in the Workplace: A Guide for Employers Gender Diversity and Non-Binary Inclusion in the Workplace: The Essential Guide for Employers Counselling Skills for Working with Gender Diversity and Identity Transgender Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Binary and Non-Binary Trans Patient Care Can I tell you about gender diversity? A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals The good immigrant Working with difference and diversity in counselling...

This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight focuses on the challenges posed by climate change and how they are affecting the 1.66 million farmers and workers across 1,411 producer organisations in the Fairtrade network. As well as ensuring that farmers in Global South receive a fair minimum price for their products, and basic workers’ rights, such as safe working conditions and guaranteed income, Fairtrade also works with communities to tackle problems resulting from changes in the environment caused by climate change through sustainable policies, practices and engagement. Why not participate in this year’s online ‘Choose the world you want’ campaign by joining the Fairtrade festival which brings together schools, universities, businesses, supporters, campaigners and farmers from across the world to celebrate, share and discuss why Fairtrade matters.   You can also find Fairtrade Fortnight events at Sustainable UCL .

 The GOSICH Library has just created a brand new training program geared at GOSH staff.  There are 2 different sessions one on the Library resources and one on Endnote.  Session 1  Did you know that GOSH staff can join the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library to get access to a range of information resources and search tools? This session will provide an overview of the library’s services, facilities and resources. You will find out how to access resources remotely online, as well as finding out what is available to you by visiting us, or any of UCL’s other libraries, in person. The session will also include a brief introduction to literature searching. You will find out which literature databases and other search tools are available to you; you’ll be given some tips for effective searching; and you’ll find out how to access the full-text of the publications that you find. Session 2  Also did you know that you can save a lot of time with End...

We are pleased to announce a new collection of healthcare and biomedical e-books for GOSH staff with NHS OpenAthens access.  You can access the e-books via the Kortext platform here: https://app.kortext.com/login . You will need your OpenAthens account login details to sign in and start browsing the collection. Once signed in, click on 'Collections' to see what's available. If you're new to Kortext you can watch this short tutorial video on how to get started:  https://www.kortext.com/support/ . If you do not already have an NHS OpenAthens account, you can register here:  https://openathens.nice.org.uk , it's free and available to all members of NHS staff.

  Please note that, due to the current COVID-19 situation, the  UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library  is closed until further notice. Library staff are working from home and will continue to provide services remotely.   The Library continues to offer one to one support for literature searching, systematic reviews and Endnote, online or by telephone. Please email Library staff to request support:  ich.library@ucl.ac.uk . Loaned books can be renewed online, or can be returned to The Front Gate Lodge on Gower Street. Otherwise you can return books by post, marked with the details of the library where they were borrowed, followed by UCL Library Services, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Some UCL library spaces remain open, including the Student Centre, Science Library and Main Library. Up-to-date information about Library Services and library opening hours is available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/ucl-librar...