Library Resources

Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday:
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

2nd floor adjacent to the Cafeteria.
An open reading and study area is located immediately outside the library doors with comfortable chairs and free reading materials.
Children’s books, tapes and interactive activities are available for loan to families and siblings.

We provide authoritative and current quality healthcare information to physicians, staff, families and the community.
We support patient education initiatives and clinical research efforts.
We own over 2,200 medical and clinical books and 70 active journal subscriptions which cover topics in pediatrics, nursing, rehabilitation, occupational and allied health issues and psychology.
We lend a variety of large print and popular reading materials to adults and children.
Our professional collection includes management, human resource, personal development and lifestyle resources.
Our expanded multimedia collection includes over 100 DVDs, VHS tapes, CD-ROMs and cassette recordings which cover parenting issues, pediatric disorders, relaxation tools and clinical practices.
We supply consumer education pamphlets and patient education handouts.
Our recently renovated library offers private patron workstations with Internet accessible computers.
A TV with headset is available for viewing educational multimedia materials.

Document delivery through membership in DOCLINE®, the National Library of Medicine's automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request routing and referral system
On-site access via EBSCO to CINAHL offers full text coverage, indexing and searchable cited references from the fields of nursing and allied health.
Free access to MEDLINE via PubMed NLM's database which allows searching of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and the preclinical sciences
Free access to additional databases including ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) and LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts)
Customized training on effective internet searching, resource evaluation and information retrieval

Manages all book purchases, processing and maintenance as well as journal subscriptions and multimedia materials
Provides easy book returns using our book drop; postage paid return envelopes are also available upon request
Sponsors community book fairs and on-site book discussion clubs
Supports a circulating teen book cart lending young adult fiction, short stories, puzzle books and magazines.
Accepts book and magazine donations
Offers internship and volunteer opportunities to students and community members

Karen Liljequist, Medical Librarian
Tel: 412.420.2247
Fax: 412.420.2510
Email: kli@the-institute.org