Services
Subject Searches
Library staff is available to
find answers to all types of health-related questions, from the latest
research to current regulations and elusive addresses. Locating
information on a subject may include searches of:
the
professional medical literature using MEDLINE, CINAHL and
other health databases
relevant
Internet web sites
directories,
encyclopedias and databases to find
addresses,
definitions, phone numbers, etc.
legal, business and statistical sources
For more information, contact Ellen Darabaner via email at edarabaner@shsny.com
Consumer Health Information
Get authoritative health
information for patients using library staff experience and Internet
capabilities. The library subscribes to a number of outstanding health
publications written for the non-professional. Allow us to
supplement your patient education efforts with up-to-date customized
information packets.
For more information, contact Ellen Darabaner via email at edarabaner@shsny.com
Current Literature UpdatE (CLUE)
Library staff prepares monthly
reference updates for subjects such as cardiology, geriatrics, nursing care,
patient education and physical therapy. In addition to paper copies,
Current Literature Updates may also received electronically via
email. Select the articles of
interest, return the list and receive photocopies of articles. If
desired and if available, the library can send your articles
electronically.
Click here for a list of the 25
subjects offered, or contact the library.
For more information, contact Michael Chartrand via email at mchartrand@shsny.com
Table of Contents (TACOs)
Review new issues of medical,
nursing or allied health journals without taking the time to come to the
library. For each title selected, you will receive a photocopy of the
table of contents every time a new issue arrives at the library.
Indicate articles you would like to read and library staff will provide
photocopies.
For more information, contact Michael Chartrand via email at mchartrand@shsny.com
Interlibrary Loans
When the article, book or
audiovisual you are looking for is not in our collection, we then try to
obtain it from another library. Requests to other libraries are
transmitted daily via online systems including: ICICILL (the Northern
New York Library Network's interlibrary loan system), NYSILL (the New York State
Library's interlibrary loan system), DOCLINE (the National Library of
Medicine's routing system for medical libraries) and OCLC (worldwide
interlibrary loan system).
For more information, contact Michael Chartrand via email at mchartrand@shsny.com
Internet
Experienced health information
professionals are available to help library users with all levels of computer
experience successfully navigate the Internet to locate health
information. Instruction can be either formal or informal, individual
or in groups, or can simply take the form of suggestions for good web sites
to visit.
In addition, the Library offers Mastering The Medical Internet, a series of classes designed to help busy health professionals more fully utilize the wide range of resources available on the Internet. Classes available are: Internet for Dummies, Introductory Health Information on the Internet, Advanced Health Information on the Internet, Medical Information on the Internet, Nursing Information on the Internet, and Legal/Professional Information on the Internet. For more complete information and a list of the web sites used in class, click here.
For more information, contact Ellen Darabaner via email at edarabaner@shsny.com