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Medical Library - POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Location
1st Floor, South Building, 637 S. Lucas Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90017-2385. Phone: 213.977.2323 (ext. 2323)
Hours
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
After hours access is available to members of the medical staff by use of their physicians’ garage key card. Other hospital employees, nurses, residents and fellows can make arrangements with the librarian for entry, and by calling Security at ext. 5555
Who may use the GSH Medical Library
The library is open to all hospital employees, nurses, members of the medical staff, residents, fellows, and students affiliated with the hospital during the time of their rotation. Please bring your Hospital I.D. badge with you. Patients and families are very welcome and should speak with the Medical Librarian about using the library and its services. Members of the general public may be allowed access to the library’s resources at the librarian’s discretion.
All medical staff have 24/7 access to the library with their badge. If other hospital staff require access to the library beyond library hours, they can request a form from the librarian. This will be signed by their director or supervisor and given to the medical staff director for clearance.
Computers
There are four public access terminals in the library which are hooked to color printers. All have access to the internet without restriction and to the medical database subscriptions: MDConsult/FIRSTConsult; EbscoHost:EJS:Electronic Journal Service; MICROMEDEX Drug Database; also PubMed/Medline.
Copier
Patrons are encouraged to copy articles of interest within copyright law limitations. Use of the Medical Library copier is limited to copying library materials.
Literature Searches
The Medical Librarian is available to assist with evidence-based medical information and general literature searches.
Collection Development
Electronic and print resources are available. Current database subscriptions include: MDConsult and the diagnostic database FIRSTConsult. The library also subscribes to 40 current print medical and nursing journals. Many of these journal titles are also available electronically through the EbscoHost:EJS: Electronic Journal Service database. The library acquires some updated print textbooks to support teaching and current practice. Book recommendations are welcomed. Anyone needing other current, print reference books may ask the Medical Librarian to borrow books from another medical library. NOTE: If the hospital experiences a power cut and electronic resources are off-line, policy is in place to contact other medical libraries for essential medical information.
Borrowing
The library has a small budget for updating the print book collection. Specialties that support our Graduate Medical Education program take precedence. Print copies of books and journals and other library materials may be loaned out to employees, nurses, medical staff, residents and fellows, usually for four weeks. The most recent issues of journals are not loaned out. Copying of individual articles is encouraged. All GSH employees are also entitled to use and borrow materials from the USC Norris Medical Library by showing their GSH badge at the Norris Library front desk.
Interlibrary Loan
If an article or book needed for your work at GSH is not in the Medical Library’s collection, the librarian may be able to obtain it for you from another library. The Medical Library endeavors to find free copies. If there is a charge involved and a large number of requests from one patron, the librarian may use her discretion and not fill every one of these requests. Fee-based interlibrary loans are not available to students.
Donations
Any and all donations of medical, nursing, or allied health books, journals or other materials are gratefully received. The Medical Librarian reserves the right to sell or otherwise dispose of any materials that do not fit the collection, are inappropriate, or are otherwise redundant.
Updated 9/10/2010