This month, the online book group will be talking about The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer. As a young boy, Matthew loses his older brother while on a family holiday. Now nineteen, this is the story of how he deals with this loss and his own mental illness.
Register your place to join the online discussion here
We have recently been experiencing some difficulties getting access to this resource via OpenAthens but this issue has now been resolved. To access the manual log in to OpenAthens, go to the My Resources section and choose Wiley Royal Marsden Manual 10 (RMM10) from the list.
Please email the library team academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk if you have any problems getting access.
Health Information Week 2020 runs from 6th to 12th July and focuses on the themes of:
• Finding information you can trust
• Wellbeing
During this week the library will be promoting both themes via the library blog and in the Gosall Library.
We have a wide range of books in the library on mental and physical wellbeing, some of these on display in the entrance to the library and others on the shelves (some in the ALT/WEL section in the informal seating area just inside the library).
Here is a selection of titles we hold
Whilst the library is currently unstaffed you are welcome to browse the collection and check books out via the self-issue machine.
Join the King’s Fund for their online book group in July when readers will be discussing So lucky by Nicola Griffith. The novel follows Mara Tagarelli who discovers in the space of a week that her wife is leaving her and that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The novel is an exploration of identity, disability and ableism.
Take on the reading challenge and read all 24 winners. Join the digital bookclub at #ReadingWomen to share your thoughts.
Read more about the reading challenge here
The Reading List Collection from McGraw Hill and Open University Press have been created to help provide easy access to the core textbooks and recommended reading your students need to be successful on their courses.
Within these collections, we offer a wide range of titles that should give your students the confidence they need to master and learn all they need to in their area of study. We are currently offering five collections covering
Read the instructions and sign up for access to the collection here
As this is a free trial we would be very interested to hear your feedback. If you have any comments (positive or negative) please let us know at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
The Gosall Library Team
You can join Knowledgeshare by completing this joining form and emailing it to the Gosall Library at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk. Using the information you provide on this form the library staff will create a profile of you in the system detailing your interests.
Read more about Knowledgeshare here
The Reading List Collection from McGraw Hill and Open University Press have been created to help provide easy access to the core textbooks and recommended reading your students need to be successful on their courses.
Within these collections, we offer a wide range of titles that should give your students the confidence they need to master and learn all they need to in their area of study. We are currently offering five collections covering
Read the instructions and sign up for access to the collection here
As this is a free trial we would be very interested to hear your feedback. If you have any comments (positive or negative) please let us know at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
The Gosall Library Team
The Reading List Collection from McGraw Hill and Open University Press have been created to help provide easy access to the core textbooks and recommended reading your students need to be successful on their courses.
Within these collections, we offer a wide range of titles that should give your students the confidence they need to master and learn all they need to in their area of study. We are currently offering five collections covering
Read the instructions and sign up for access to the collection here
As this is a free trial we would be very interested to hear your feedback. If you have any comments (positive or negative) please let us know at academic.library@lancashirecare.nhs.uk
The Gosall Library Team
The King’s Fund continues with online book group discussions in June, this time reading Mr Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt. Set in 1964 the novel explores depression through the experiences of Esther, a widowed librarian, and Winston Churchill, who is at the end of his career, days before his retirement.
To sign up to the newsletter for this virtual book group click here
