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The UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Library is here to provide a service to ALL trust staff, not just clinical staff. All staff are welcome to use our services, facilities and resources.
To join, bring your GOSH card and some proof of your home address (e.g. driving licence card / recent bank statement / recent utility bill) to the Library between 9.00 - 18.00, Monday-Friday.
Once you have joined, you can access the Library:
- 8.00 - 22.45, Monday - Friday
- 8.00 - 18.45, Saturday and Sunday
Further information about the Library can be found on our website: www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/support-services/library.
Did you know that the Library offers:
- 7 GOSH computers, based in the Library, that can be used on a walk-in basis
- A quiet study room, available in the evenings and at the weekend, with power sockets at every desk and Internet access via the UCL Guest network
- Free WiFi access
- A selection of loanable books relevant to non-clinical GOSH staff (see below)
- Access to a range of multidisciplinary journal databases and full-text journals
- Helpful, friendly and knowledgeable staff
- Access to the 17 other libraries that make up UCL Library Services
Databases
In addition to a range of databases that can be searched for health and medical information, we also have information on many other subject areas. The following databases can searched for information relating to management or administration:
- HMIC (can be accessed from anywhere using an NHS Athens account) - this literature database covers health management and policy, with an emphasis on the UK National Health Service, but also includes Europe
- Health Business Elite (can be accessed from anywhere using an NHS Athens account) - covers healthcare administration and institution management
- ABI/INFORM Collection (can be accessed from dedicated computers in the Library) - a business research database that includes full-text journals, trade publications, market reports, etc.
- Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection (can be accessed from dedicated computers in the Library) - bringing together scholarly journals and other key resources, this collection covers the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking and financial issues of the day
- Amadeus (can be accessed from dedicated computers in the Library) - Amadeus contains comprehensive information on around 19 million companies across Europe. You can use it to research individual companies, search for companies with specific profiles and for analysis
- Business Source Complete (can be accessed from dedicated computers in the Library) - a scholarly business database, providing a collection of bibliographic and full-text content
Books
GOSH staff can borrow up to 15 books at once. All the books in our Library can be borrowed for 8 weeks and then renewed online. You can search for books using our library catalogue, UCL Explore. We have also compiled a list of non-clinical titles below:
- Leadership and Management Books
- Effective leadership: a cure for the NHS (2016)
- Leadership in healthcare, 3rd ed. (2016)
- The manual of healthcare leadership: essential strategies for physician and administrative leaders (2014)
- Lean in: women, work and the will to lead (2015)
- Mindful leadership: a guide for the health professions (2015)
- Value-based leadership in public professions (2014)
- Really managing health care, 2nd ed. (2006)
- The essential workplace conflict handbook (2015)
- The field guide to understanding human error (2006)
- Too good to fail (2013)
- Groups: a guide to understanding small group work in healthcare, management, education and research (2001)
- The difference: how the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools and societies (2008)
- Change Management Books
- Launching and leading change initiatives in health care organisations: managing successful projects (2014)
- Managing the unexpected: resilient performance in an age of uncertainty, 2nd ed. (2007)
- Influencer: the power to change anything (2008)
- Covert processes at work: managing the five hidden dimensions of organization change (2006)
- Who moved my cheese? An a-mazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life (1998)
- Coaching and Mentoring Books
- SAGE handbook of coaching (2016)
- SAGE handbook of mentoring (2017)
- Mentoring diverse leaders: creating change of people, processes and paradigms (2017)
- Relational coaching: journeys towards mastering one-to-one learning (2008)
- Co-active coaching: changing business, transforming lives, 3rd ed. (2011)
- Making coaching work: creating a coaching culture (2005)
- Coaching for performance: GROWing human potential and purpose: the principles and practice of coaching and leadership, 4th ed. (2009)
- The solutions focus: making coaching and change simple, 2nd ed. (2007)
- Administration and Finance Books
Finance
Human Resources
- Human resources in healthcare: managing for success, 4th ed. (2015)
- Human resources management for health care organisations: a strategic approach (2011)
- Routledge companion to human resources development (2014)
- An introduction to human resource management (2016)
- Appraisal, feedback and development, 4th ed. (2008)
Health and Safety
- Personal Effectiveness Books
- Communication and interpersonal skills (2008)
- Communication and interpersonal skills, 2nd ed. (2015)
- Interpersonal skills for the people professions (2009)
- The handbook of conflict resolution: theory and practice, 2nd ed. (2006)
- The dynamics of conflict resolution: a practitioner's guide (2000)
- Beyond neutrality: confronting the crisis in conflict resolution (2004)
- Bringing peace into the room: how the personal qualities of the mediator impact the process of conflict resolution (2003)
- How to reduce workplace conflict and stress: how leaders and their employees can protect their sanity and productivity from tension and turf wars (2005)
- Getting past no: negotiating in difficult situations, rev. ed. (2007)
- Getting to yes: negotiating agreement without giving in, 2nd ed. (1991)
- Plain English, 2nd ed. (1992)
- Write effectively: a quick course for busy health workers (2008)
- Giving presentations (2003)
Internet Resources - Leadership and Management
- Knowledge Hub (developed by Bodleian Health Care Libraries) - A blog designed to support NHS staff who are undertaking a formal leadership study programme. The blog aims to be a source of, and signpost to, information on leadership, talent, management, coaching, etc.
- The King's Fund: Leadership and Management - Find out about the King's Fund's latest work, commentary and analysis relating to leadership and management
- NICE: Local practice case studies - A collection of over 500 working examples of quality improvement in health and social care services
- Team Technology - includes articles on leadership, team-building and management
