2 images of the Newcomb Library - 3 easy chairs in the foreground and a colourful shelf of books in the background, the other image is of the sofa and jigsaw puzzle located at the far end of the library. Whatever you need to do: work on a computer, catch up on an studying, or just relaxing with a book, the Newcomb Library is the place to de-stress

Our focus this #StressAwarenessMonth is on the Newcomb Library space: a quiet, calm, stress-free place where you can
slow down and focus

Take a break. Find a seat. Let the library do the rest.

Screenshot from our posting on Instagram - find it here! https://www.instagram.com/p/DW36wCHimbv/

📚 our April books of the month

Book
Autism in nursing and healthcare by Christopher Barber

eBook
Happy mind, happy life by Rangan Chatterjee

Wellbeing book
De-frazzle your NHS job by Julia Wood

Image from our Instagram account - do you follow us there?
www.instagram.com/newcomblibra...

Book cover images of our 3 featured books of the month and 3 QR codes to scan Links to Libby going green reading list https://libbyapp.com/library/homertonnhs/curated-1741073/page-1 and Women's History Month reading lists https://libbyapp.com/library/homertonnhs/curated-1776680/page-1

Newcomb Library March Books of the Month

It's probably nothing

Period

Give it a grow: simple projects to nurture food, flowers and wildlife in any outdoor space

Browse more ebooks & audiobooks from our Libby reading lists (link in image ALT text) & from homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

Book cover image: Poor - a biography by Katriona O' Sullivan - come and join our book group discussion on 15 April - https://buytickets.at/homertonhealthcarenhsfoundationtrust2

Our next #HomertonBookGroup is on 15 April and we'll be discussing "Poor" by Katriona O'Sullivan
We welcome all Homerton and ELFT book lovers to the group: do come along, share your thoughts and enjoy a good discussion!
To book your place see buytickets.at/homertonheal...

Book covers with "happiness in the title": A Toolkit for Happiness, 12 Birds to save your life: nature's lessons in happiness, Good Nature: Improve your health and happiness with nature one step at a time, Also, What you are looking for is in the library, The Comfort Book and Ikigai - the Japanese secret to a long and happy life - all these titles can be found via the library shelves or online via https://homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-main.pl

"if I can get to a library, I'll be OK.' said Maya Angelou

So today, on #InternationalDayOfHappiness what makes you happy?

Maybe, happiness is knowing you can find comfort in a book
@newcomblibrary.bsky.social 😀👍📚👌

Have you read Ikigai? E-book homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Here at Homerton we celebrated International Women's Day yesterday, & we have a display in the library - take a look at our empowering Women's Network Group Reading List for International Women's Day homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Assistant Librarian, Heather is currently reading "Butter" 🐮🧈

3 books available in e-book format via the Libby app: Butter, The Glassmaker, All the Light we Cannot See - ask library staff for more info!

Happy World Book Day!

Did you know, we don't just have medical textbooks we've got fictional & leisure reading books too!

Books come in many formats - print, audio, & ebooks* - take a look at our e-books on Libby

Let us know what you're reading 📚

*e-books are our Focus of the month for March!

Book cover images and QR codes - find them all in the library on via Libby

As we near the end of February, a reminder of our books of the month - search the library catalogue to find them
▶️ homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

The story of a heart

The book of pride

How to talk to yourself

(if you haven't yet had a chance to look at them, they will still be available next month!)

Connecting you with all the latest journal articles in your are of interest - sign up to KnowledgeShare alerts from the library, set up TOC alerts from your favourite journals, or need the latest evidence for a work project - library staff can help! You sign up to KnlwedgeShare - we do the rest!

KnowledgeShare is a tool we use to help you connect with the latest research & #bestpractice in journal articles & more!

Homerton & ELFT staff - if you sign up for our regular targeted email alerts library staff will find the best evidence for you!

Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/Fi373AaLhw

Book cover image: The book of Pride - LGBTQ heroes who changed the world - - listen to the audiobook version via the Libby app, available to all Homerton staff, with an Open Athens account

Our Audiobook of the Month: The book of pride by Mason Funk
Selected for LGBT+ History Month

Listen via the Libby App - ask library staff for more info if you need it 🎧

Figure 1 Screenshot of news item on Homerton staff intranet : the item is about a published article that appears (pre-print) in The Lancet HIV journal

Figure 2: two screenshots: how to Get Access to the Full-text article (without having to pay for it!) If asked - enter Homerton Hospital...as your Institution

Figure 3: the Full-text PDF, open on your screen - read online or download. Access is freely available to all Homerton staff, through clinicalkey.com - for more information, ask library staff

"Homerton's Peer Navigators are transforming HIV care and patient support"

From a recent news item on the Homerton staff intranet to... reading the Full-text article in 3 easy steps

1. Follow the link to Lancet HIV in the text
2. Get Access - via LibKey link/ ClinicalKey.com
3. Open PDF version

Image showing the BrowZine logo, a QR code to set up a personal login, so that you can save your favourite journal titles and articles, and new issue alerts - ask Newcomb Library staff if you are interested to know more

Our focus this month is on Journals - making the best use of Library resource to find, read & save journal articles that inform patient care choices/best practice

Have you discovered BrowZine?

Search for full-text
Save your favourites
Set up new issue alerts
Ask Library staff for further info

Book cover image of The Story of a Heart by Dr Rachel Clarke -available for browsing or to borrow from the Newcomb Library

and talking of hearts... and #HeartMonth

Have you seen our featured Book of the Month?

The Story of A Heart by Dr Rachel Clarke - an unforgettable story of how one family's grief transformed into a lifesaving gift.

Available for loan from the Newcomb Library

Text reads: “…the team have been beyond helpful. No matter how obscure and outdated the references I sent to the team, you were almost always able to find them. Thank you so much for years of support”

As it's #ValentinesDay tomorrow, we would just like to share this lovely feedback one of our library users sent us recently...

Remember, if there's a journal article you can't access or find, we will always do our best to source it for you!

To focus your search for the latest evidence-based research published in Journals (& other sources)

Go to the Hub! #NHSLKHub 👇

Graphic with screenshots of a search on the NHS Knowledge and Library Hub - searching for health misinformation - identifies an article in the British Journal of Nursing - Follow the access options, with LibKey to gain instant access to the PDF of the article: Alsararatee, H.H. and Yunusa, N.M. (2025) ‘The impact of nutrition misinformation on public health and practice: a review’, British Journal of Nursing, 34(19), pp. S18–S26. doi:10.12968/bjon.2025.0300.

Using trusted sources to identify evidence-based information is one way of combatting health misinformation

NHS staff & learners - make your go-to starting point the NHS Knowledge & Library Hub to identify trusted sources of published journal articles - such as this 👇

#SaferInternetDay

Screenshot of A search on BrowZine for Breast Cancer journals - ask library staff if you are interested to know more, and how you can make the best of BrowZine

Our Spotlight this month is on "Journals" - how to access, and find them, and keep up with the latest research to inform professional development and delivery of patient care

Here are some of the Breast Cancer journals accessible to Homerton staff via BrowZine browzine.com

#WorldCancerDay

Book cover image: This Might Surprise you: a breast cancer story Find it in the library - come and browse the shelves or see https://homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=107599

On #WorldCancerDay we want to highlight one of our new graphic medicine books:
This Might Surprise you: A breast cancer story by @hayleygullen.com

We have a range of evidence‑based books & journals to support clinical practice, research & learning around cancer care
▶️ homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk

Image showing our 3 featured books of the month - all available via Libby app, our featured Resource of the month - read for please, at your leisure, audiobooks, and ebooks available

Reading offers a wealth of benefits, but with busy schedules, finding time to dive into a book can be challenging!

That’s where the Libby app comes in - our featured Resource of the Month

Don’t miss out on this month’s three featured books
🎧In praise of walking
📲How to give up plastic
📲21 Breaths

Discover ebooks and audiobooks available to al Homerton staff via our Resource of the Month - the Libby app - ask Library staff for more details and info Image is of book covers from ebooks/audiobooks available via the Libby app, and within our "Take a deep breath" Reading list

The process of walking? Have you ever given it much thought?

Hippocrates said “Walking is man's best medicine.”

This #WellbeingWednesday take a look at our featured #BookoftheMonth via @libbyapp.com In Praise of Walking

it's an audiobook, so you could even listen to it whilst out walking! 😀👍👣

HIW Winter Health graphic - 2 people embracing in the snow A book cover image - Wintering and QR code to our HIW2026 Reading List

Todays focus for #HIW2026 is Winter Health 🧣 ❄️

You could curl up with a good book from our
Fiction bit.ly/NLTellingTales or
Uplifting Reads bit.ly/NLUpliftingR... collections
or our special #HIW2026 Reading List (scan QR code)

Also, see these resources library.nhs.uk/health-infor...

Our "Your Health and Wellbeing" Reading list has more books to help support you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing - all books can be borrowed from the Newcomb Library
👉 bit.ly/NLYourHealth

#HIW2026

Health Information Week graphic with a male head in silhouette Also shown is a QR code - if scanned takes you to our Newcomb Library Health Information Week 2026 Reading list

Today's Health Information Week #HIW2026 theme: #MentalHealth

Taking care of our minds is just as crucial as looking after our bodies - checkout these resources for advice from trusted organisations, podcasts etc healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfowe...

Also see our Reading List - scan QR code

Graphic of a silhouette of a female head, the text Women's Health, Health Information Week 19-25 January and the HIW logo

Today #HIW2026 looks at Women’s Health
Check out the health information resources on Pregnancy, Menopause, HRT & more at library.nhs.uk/health-infor...

We have curated a Reading List for #HIW2026 which contains titles for all 5 featured #HIW26 topics
👉 homerton.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha...

Health Information Week grapic of a hand holding 3 coloured cards - text states Translated Patient Information Health Information Week 19-25 Juanuary 2026

Today the focus of #HIW2026 is Translated Patient Information

Did you know the NHS has a website that signposts to translated health services? See www.nhs.uk/about-us/hea...

See this link on the HIW2026 webpage for more details & further sources healthinfoweek.wixsite.com/healthinfowe...

Image of a silhouette of a child's head with the brain in colour Text: Children and Young People - Health Information Week 19-25 January #HIW2026

Today is the first day of #HealthInformationWeek #HIW2026 a campaign to improve the standard of health information provided to the public. Today the theme is Children and Young People. Check out the health information resources available on library.nhs.uk/health-infor...

Book cover image: 21 Breaths by Oliver James, an ebook available via Libby app, online or download the app, to read the book wherever you are - on the train, bus, filling in time waiting in a queue... Contact Library staff if you need to know more!

Wellbeing Book of the Month: 21 Breaths by Oliver James

Start the year with intentional breathing – discover 21 different breathing techniques to aide sleep, pain relief, fitness and self-care. With easy-to-follow instructions and sketches

Read via our Resource of the Month: Libby app

Book cover image of The Persians - the subject of the upcoming HomertonBookGroup on 21.01.26 - text states how to book, via Eventbrite - follow the URL, or scan the QR code

We are really looking forward to discussing The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji at our next #HomertonBookGroup on 21/01/26

Have you read it? What did you think?

Homerton & ELFT staff and students, come along and share your thoughts - booking link in image, or via our intranet page

Book cover image of The Persians - the subject of the upcoming HomertonBookGroup on 21.01.26 - text states how to book, via Eventbrite - follow the URL, or scan the QR code

We are really looking forward to discussing The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji at our next #HomertonBookGroup on 21/01/26

Have you read it? What did you think?

Homerton & ELFT staff and students, come along and share your thoughts - booking link in image, or via our intranet page