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News and updates from all @ucl.ac.uk's Health Libraries, serving students, staff, and colleagues at our partner NHS Trusts.

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UCL Health Libraries @uclhealthlibraries.bsky.social · Jun 10
Hello to everyone on @bsky.app! We support @ucl.ac.uk students, staff, and colleagues at our partner NHS Trusts. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/nhs
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Sign up for this in-person workshop on finding evidence using the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub at the Institute of Ophthalmology📣 #KNOWvember
Date/time: Thursday 4 December, 12:00 - 13:20
Full details: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393244
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November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Last chance to sign up for Wednesday's in-person workshop on literature searching (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO) at Cruciform Hub📣
Date/time: Wednesday 26 November, 10:00 - 11:20
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#KNOWvember LibrarySkills@UCL are running various sessions for literature searching. Register for Medline, Tuesday 2/12/2025 11:00-12:20 tinyurl.com/yc7xy3y6; NHS Knowledge and Library Hub Thurs 4/12/2025, 12:00-13:20 tinyurl.com/ytnv3apt. More sessions tinyurl.com/25prmjx3
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Literature searching using Ovid databases (Medline, Embase, PsycINFO): workshop
Ovid is a popular platform for advanced literature searching, and hosts a number of widely used bibliographic databases including Medline, PsycINFO, and Embase. During this...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Learn how to manage and cite references with Mendeley with this online demonstration📚🏆
Date/time: Tuesday 25 November, 11:00 - 12:15
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November 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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We are delighted to announce that Queen Square Archives is hosting another #exploreyourarchives open day on 4th December 2025, 10am-5pm, Queen Square Library, 23 Queen Square. www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc....
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November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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KNOWvember is knowledge mobilisation month. A few pointers for enhancing skills and using resources 👉
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November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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#KNOWvember Did you know BMJ Best Practice is ranked one of the best clinical decision support tools?
NHS staff and students at our partner NHS Trusts can access this resource and more from the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/NHS-skills/K... @moorfields.bsky.social
Library guides and databases: LibrarySkills@UCL for NHS: Searching NHS Knowledge and Library Hub
A guide to information literacy and library skills for NHS staff from Trusts supported by UCL Library Services, to inform clinical practice, study and research.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Learn more about lived experience with these wellbeing books!
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November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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New wellbeing books! Fiction on the importance of staying connected with friends and family🤗📚
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November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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This month's #ExploreYourArchive theme is #EYAReligion/Spirituality.

Today’s intricate images are by pioneer neurologist, Sir William Gowers, from his Dover, Broadland and Southwold sketchbooks (c.1890s).

More about “Gowers” can be found in Queen Square Archives tinyurl.com/2j3av656
A detailed sketch of a ruined church or abbey tower, now part of a farm, from Sir William Gower's Broadland Sketches, 1893 (ref.: QSA.19525, p.17) A wonderful sketch of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England by Sir William Gowers, neurologist, from his sketchbook, 1893 (ref. QSA.19527, p.6). Sir William Gowers's sketch of the north door of St. Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England, drawn in 1893 (ref. QSA.19527, p.19). Sir William Gowers's architecturally accurate sketch of the c.15th Perpendicular south porch of St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England, drawn in 1893 (ref. QSA.19527, p.19).
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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#KNOWvember Literature searching using PubMed workshop on Nov 13, Thu, 11:00 - 12:20 @UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology for students, staff @ucl.ac.uk and at our partner NHS Trusts @moorfields.bsky.social. Further information and to register go to library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393297
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November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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New wellbeing book on librarian activism📣📚
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November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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#KNOWvember – want to learn how to access and find evidence to improve patient care? LibrarySkills@UCL tinyurl.com/25prmjx3 are running various sessions on searching evidence. Not a library member? NHS staff can register with UCL Library Services www.ucl.ac.uk/library/nhs
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Essential services and resources available to NHS staff and students at all of our partner NHS Trusts.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Sign up for this interactive online workshop which will introduce you to the theory and practice of critical appraisal of clinical trials, with a focus on randomised controlled trials (RCTs)📣
Date/time: Friday 7 November/14:00 - 14:50
Further details: library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4392672
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Explore new worlds in these wellbeing books🤩
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A pile of four wellbeing fiction books.
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Are you a UCL student who's passionate about sustainability? Then sign up for the Student Sustainability Forum on 5 November, 17:00-18:30📣
More details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Sign up for this online demonstration of managing and citing references with Mendeley📣
Date/time: Monday 3 November/14:00 - 15:15
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October 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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This book promises practical advice on living life to the full🏆
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October 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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New wellbeing fiction books available to borrow📣
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October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Celebrating International #HealthLiteracyMonth
This campaign raises awareness of how to find and evaluate health information.

Want to improve your health literacy skills?

Register to attend LibrarySkills@UCL sessions on literature searching, critical appraisal and more tinyurl.com/25prmjx3
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October 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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NHS Info Skills training. Continued delivery of info skills sessions aimed at NHS staff, in Royal Free Med Library, with session on critical appraisal (practical) on Fri, 24 Oct. No need to book a place - just turn up, in the Small Computer Room. For for a full prog, email: rlibrary@ucl.ac.uk
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October 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Want to learn how to appraise a research paper?
The UCL Joint Library of Ophthalmology staff are running a training session on Critical appraisal of a Randomised Controlled Trial on Wednesday 29 October @10am. For further information and to register visit library-calendars.ucl.ac.uk/event/4393324
Reading a paper: Critical appraisal of a Randomised Controlled Trial
This interactive session will help you understand how to practically appraise randomised controlled trials (RCT) and develop critical appraisal skills that can be applied to your...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Happy #OAWeek! ✨

This year's theme is 'Who Owns Our Knowledge?', which we'll be exploring through our blog this week📝

Have a read of today's blog post which discusses the theme and some of our thoughts on it 👉 buff.ly/xUYiSc4

(Image: Lucia Obst (WMDE), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating!
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October 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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NHS Information Skills training. Programme of eight training sessions aimed at NHS staff, including NHS researchers, in Royal Free Hospital ML, starting today (20 Oct); please just arrive at the session, no need to book - all sessions will be held in the Small Computer Room, RFHML.
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM