Health Sciences Library
The Health Sciences Library provides informational, educational
and research materials for all hospital employees, medical
staff, students volunteers, patients and the community. We
have a variety of current medical, nursing and health-related
books, monographs and journals along with a small but growing
collection of audio visual material.
Our holdings are listed in the Higher
Education Library Network, (HELIN) along with the
holdings of 11 other hospitals in RI and all RI college and
university libraries. Our electronic journal holdings are
listed through Serials
Solutions.
We assist and cooperate with medical libraries as well as
all other types of libraries by exchanging and sharing information
through interlibrary loan. We borrow as well as loan materials
throughout the state and beyond via the HELIN system and the
RI Library
Network. Further, as members of the National
Network of Libraries of Medicine, (NN/LM), we participate
in both DOCLINE
and LoansomeDoc
- NLM's interlibrary loan and document delivery systems.
In order to access these and other services, anyone affiliated
with St. Joseph Health Services of RI may contact the hospital
librarian if interested in setting up a free account.
Along with the affiliations listed above, the Library is
also a member of the following:
The main library is located at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
on the first floor of Marian Hall, directly opposite the main
entrance. Hours are Monday - Friday from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.
The following services are provided by a qualified medical
librarian and are available by
e-mail, fax, mail, telephone or in person:
- Answers to reference questions
- Referrals for further information or services
- Materials loan
- Literature searches - Both manually or online
- Access to various databases *
- Access to the Internet and World Wide Web *
- Assistance with research of print sources as well as computer-aided
research
- Referrals for resources for the blind and physically handicapped
- Materials selection and ordering assistance
- Fax and photocopying services
* There are two public Internet
accessible PC workstations located in the library. Library
users can access: PubMed,
MedlinePlus or the NLMGateway
- which are freely accessible to anyone with Internet access.
In addition, SJHSRI library users may wish to contact the
librarian for the usernames and passwords for: EbscoHost
or OVID.
All of the websites mentioned here can be accessed either
in the library, the workplace or at home.
Future projects include enhanced medical information retrieval
via the Internet for St. Joseph Health Services physicians
and maximizing the use of standard information resources in
electronic format.
For clinical guidelines or evidence-based medical info:
To check the holdings of any public Rhode Island library,
or to gain access to the databases and eJournals:
- Ocean
State Libraries - The public libraries also lend
access to several databases that can be searched along with
access to the full text of many articles. However, in order
to access, you need to have a library card from a Rhode
Island public library.
To check the holdings for out-of-state libraries:
For further information regarding the library,
please contact:
Mary Zammarelli, MLS - Librarian
phone: 401.456.3036
E-mail: mzammarelli@saintjosephri.com
Reviewed: 04/2009
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