Joint Library of Ophthalmology. PhD Students’ induction www. ucl. ac Joint Library of Ophthalmology PhD Students’ induction www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/ophthalmology Desta Bokre e-mail: d.bokre@ucl.ac.uk Tel: 020 7608 6814 UCL Library Services
Joint Library of Ophthalmology We are one of the 18 University College London (UCL) libraries, and also have NHS status Members of the Library are entitled to use all the UCL libraries The barcode (028…) at the back of your UCL ID is your library number. You can use your ID card to: Access libraries Borrow books Print, scan, photocopy documents Extend loan of books, request documents on interlibrary loan UCL 4th in the Times Higher Education World University rankings
Resources Collections of the physical library Over 7000 books on eyes and vision Over 380 printed journals About 65 printed current medical journals Over 280 DVDs and CDs Historical collection of over 1500 books, dating from 1585 Over 1500 paintings and photos of squint operations Library catalogue: http://library.ucl.ac.uk We are the foremost ophthalmic library in Europe UCL ejournals: 70 ophthalmic ones, including Acta Ophthalmologica, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) NHS ejournals: BJO, BMJ, JAMA, Archives of Ophthalmology, Expert Review of Ophthalmology, Cornea, Current Opinion in Ophth., J. of Glaucoma, Retina, Retinal Cases Review
Resources… Computers UCL network Wireless access Other facilities Multifunctional Device (MDF) – prints, copies, scans Document Binder Laminator Guillotine Self Issue Machine You can borrow, return and renew loans of library items This service is particularly important on days and hours when library is not staff
Quite study spaces Please do come and use the quite study spaces!
Moorfields Museum The Library hosts the Moorfields Eye Hospital’s Museum UCL ejournals: 70 ophthalmic ones, including Acta Ophthalmologica, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) NHS ejournals: BJO, BMJ, JAMA, Archives of Ophthalmology, Expert Review of Ophthalmology, Cornea, Current Opinion in Ophth., J. of Glaucoma, Retina, Retinal Cases Review UCL Library Services
Some important resources for writing your thesis Databases PubMed/Medline Embase Web of Science Scopus Extra EndNote reference management software Library Catalogues UCL library catalogue The British Library Extra Microsoft Word C W Y R Other Resources Google scholar Web Sites, Blogs Archival material Sections of books Extra PDF files Single PDF files Multiple PDF files
Library training sessions PubMed – a database for biomedical journal citations EndNote – a piece of software for managing references and PDFs Critical appraisal of a journal articles Visit our web page to see all the training sessions run at Ophthalmology Library http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/ophthalmology/TrainingTimetableFall2016
Doctoral Skills Development Programme The Doctoral Skills Development Programme runs a number of useful training sessions https://courses.grad.ucl.ac.uk/ You collect points for attending the sessions! Some of the Doctoral Skills Development Programme training sessions are run by the UCL Library services http://courses.grad.ucl.ac.uk/course-details.pht?course_ID=1150
Other important resources Research Integrity, Research Data Management, Data Protection, Research Ethics, Open Access and Research IT http://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/integrity Open access at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open-access
Contact details and opening hours For further information and any question please contact us Email: ophthlib@ucl.ac.uk Phone: 0207 608 6814 Or pop down to the library during the Issue Desk opening hours 9am-5pm Monday – Friday You can access the library and use the resources Between 8am-9pm Monday – Friday Between 9am-1pm in Weekends and public holidays UCL Library Services
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