UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library blog

  Did you know that over the 2022 Christmas period, staff and students helped us save 107 tonnes of carbon through switching off items that would have otherwise been left running? That’s equivalent to planting 1,783 trees. It also saved UCL an incredible £140,023! Help @UCL reach its goal for its buildings to become net zero carbon by 2030 by SWITCHING OFF this Christmas! Read @SustainableUCL’s switch off checklists, make your pledge to switch off by the 23rd of December. The department and accommodation with the most pledges will win prize money! Find all the details at the link in bio: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/case-studies/2022/dec/christmas-switch T he library team wishes everyone a great Christmas break!

Did you know that you can request journal articles to support your patient care, medical education and professional development? UCL Library has access to thousands of scientific and healthcare journals covering a wide range of medical specialties and research fields.  In addition to your access to online journals via OpenAthens, GOSH Library members can also access papers from journals which UCL has subscriptions to, these include major journal publications such as  New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, JAMA Pediatrics, Lancet Paediatrics Child and Adolescent Health, and more Requesting a journal article from UCL Library is easy! GOSH Library members can request journal articles from the library by first checking the UCL library catalogue Explore and if available, fill out the  e-resource request form ,  and we will email an electronic copy to you.  If you would prefer to visit the library to browse our e-resources, you are welcome to as we have five dedicat...

Did you know that  GOSH   staff can access BMJ Best Practice?   BMJ Best Practice is a trusted, evidence based clinical decision tool structured around the patient consultation that provides information to support symptom evaluation, test ordering and treatment approach.  BMJ Best Practice is an award-winning clinical decision tool with wide coverage of conditions and diseases. It is ranked first for evidence-based methodology, and editorial quality and is a resource designed  for healthcare professionals  to be used at the point of care. It can be used to: Get a second opinion about prevention, diagnosis, treatment or prognosis Identify UK or international guidelines  Identify evidence-based synopses  Identify drug information on dosing, availability, formulations Identify images to be used for educational purposes For patient information leaflets Develop professionally – notes and links can be saved to a personal portfolio  Find out about t...

In honour of the NHS's 75th birthday, we would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all NHS staff and to highlight some of the events taking place this week which we encourage you to take take part in, visit and enjoy! Happy birthday NHS! Our NHS at 75 -  5 July - 31 August 2023 This nationwide photo competition celebrates the work and talent, as well as extraordinary dedication of NHS staff and its volunteers with this collection of photographs submitted by NHS staff.  This is a collaboration between NHS England and FujiFilm UK and showcases the dedication and commitment of NHS past and current, and celebrates its workforce.  For more information and details, please visit: https://www.fujifilm-houseofphotography.com/blog/item/our-nhs-at-75/ Heart of the Nation: Migration and the making of the NHS - 30 June 29 October 2023  This new national touring exhibition from the Migration Museum shines a light on the stories and experiences of people...

Today's Health Information Week theme is Mental health and Wellbeing. Take a break from work with our range of wellbeing resources! Wellbeing books Want to see what we have on the shelves? Plan your next read by looking through our  list of wellbeing titles available at UCL libraries . Or, why not pop in to the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library , only 5 minute's walk from the hospital, to browse our wellbeing collection, where you will also be able to take a seat in our quiet study room and enjoy a peaceful read. Libby app GOSH staff library members can  also access another wellbeing resource, Libby, an app which has a selection of over 4,000  magazines, audio and e-books via, which can be read from your computer or mobile device. Watch the short video below to find out more about Libby.  If you would like access to this app,  please email the GOSICH Library team at ich.library@ucl.ac.uk.  UCL Play Go to  UCL Play , to  fi...

Today marks the start of Health Information Week , a national campaign promoting high-quality evidence based information to patients and the public. It aims to improve lives by raising awareness of the importance and impact that access to high quality information can have on people's health. This can mean different things, from having simple, jargon-free patient leaflets for understanding complex health conditions, to having the right kind of information about various health services offered by local trusts. Such steps can be critical to improving people's ability to manage their health and wellbeing. The size of this issue is apparent when we consider that   more than 4 in 10 adults have difficulty understanding health information written for the public.  Medical information can be difficult to navigate – it might include complicated information, medical jargon, or be presented at a reading level which is not accessible for a  large proportion of the population.  Fo...

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week (15-21 May) and the theme this year is anxiety. This year’s ‘Just’ Anxiety?’ campaign, from the Mental Health Foundation, aims to help people to understand the difference between feelings of anxiety and anxiety disorders, and to enable people to reach out to friends, family, colleagues and communities to share their experiences, as well as to take time out to think about their own mental health. The library is a great place to start and we would like to highlight some books from our wellbeing collection on the theme of anxiety. An introduction to coping with anxiety / Brenda Hogan and Lee Brosan. How to build a healthy brain : reduce stress, anxiety and depression and future-proof your brain / Kimberley Wilson . Quiet the mind : an illustrated guide on how to meditate / written and illustrated by Matthew Johnstone. The CBT handbook / Pamela Myles and Roz Shafran. A manual for being human : what makes us who we are, why it matters and practi...

**Let’s bump up this number during our Easter Closures** Hop to it! Help UCL reach its goal of reducing energy consumption by 40% and for its buildings to become net zero carbon by 2024 by SWITCHING OFF this Easter! Read Sustainable UCL’s switch off checklists, make your pledge to switch off over the Easter period by Wednesday the 5 th April, and be in with a chance to win prizes for your department and/or accommodation, make your pledge using the form at:  https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=_oivH5ipW0yTySEKEdmlwrEwENzsWApEhfyBVAAJWzdURTNFUVVGNEc5S0pEMTNFQ0RBWktKWksxMS4u There is prize money up for grabs for the department or division and the accommodation which has made the most pledges! Find Sustainable UCL’s checklists for switching off, as well as other energy-saving resources, here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/easter-switch-resources