Are you a professional, aspiring to be the best? Do you want to improve your career prospects? Our library supports you in developing the necessary skills for an ever-changing workplace.
professional development materials
"Study skills" collections
Periodicals
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professional development materials
Keep up with what's happening in your professional field! Every year we add to our collections about 2,000 titles: the most reliable and up-to-date materials on the UK book-market. We focus on management (planning, human resources, finance, project management, development strategies, leadership), marketing, public relations, advertising, information technology (networks, programming, applications), business communication (correspondence, negotiating etc), career planning, general and business English, social sciences.
The resources you can take advantage of include books, trade magazines (Harvard Business Review, Professional Manager, Management Today and many other titles), video tapes and DVDs, audio books, seminars and consultancy session recorded on CD and audio tape.
Please check our online catalogue for the complete list of titles.
Make a great impression! Developing you presentation, writing, meeting skills could make a real difference to your career. Our library offers you the materials you need. Here are some of the titles we offer on these subjects.
Presentation skills (PDF file, 161KB)
Writing skills (PDF file, 88KB)
Meeting skills (PDF file, 129KB)
Please check the status of each suggested title by using the electronic catalogue or by calling 021 307 96 00.
Would you like to develop the skills and qualities wanted by today’s employers and which are your guarantee of success? To learn faster and remember more? To think faster and more creatively? Improve your learning and thinking using our “Study Skills” collections! They will give you the unique advantage of controlling the stress in your life, organising your life more efficiently and gaining self-confidence. A wide range of resources will help you develop your critical and creative thinking skills, and improve your study skills and exams performance.
Study skills (PDF file, 203KB)
Examination preparation (PDF file, 84KB)
Postgraduate study support (PDF file, 85KB)
Please check the status of each suggested title by calling 021 307 96 00.
Keep yourself up-to-date! Read the latest news and views!
The library's periodicals collection includes newspapers, professional and leisure magazines. Newspapers can be consulted within the Network Central. Magazines can be borrowed for one week (with the exception of the last issue, that cannot be borrowed).
The members of our library benefit from free wireless Internet access on their personal laptop or mobile phone, during the opening hours.
Do you feel the need to take a break and have fun? The library offers you:
- books on dieting, design, fashion, food and drink, photography, health, family and lifestyle, house and garden, travel and holiday, fiction
- periodicals (Cosmopolitan, House Beautiful, PC Gamer, Woman & Home, Vogue etc.)
- films and music on DVD
For the complete list please consult our online catalogue.
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Help us enrich our collections! We invite you to send us suggestions for new titles (books, DVDs, CD-ROMs) to be added to the library collections.
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