Affinity Library Holiday Hours

Please note the following holiday hours for the Affinity Health System Libraries:

Christmas

Wednesday, December 24 Libraries close at 3 PM
Thursday, December 25 Libraries Closed
Friday, December 26 Libraries Closed

New Year

Thursday, January 1 Libraries Closed

Even though the libraries will be closed, please remember that Affinity employees do have 24-hour access to the libraries. If you wish to use the library or the computer rooms, please ask a Security Officer to provide access. Also, the Affinity “Library without Walls” is also available 24/7 via the Intranet.

The Affinity Library Staff wishes you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season!

Just for Fun ... Polite Dissent on House

Polite Dissent is a website that discusses the medicine behind the tv series, House.

If you like gripping tales of differential diagnosis, or you just like to point out where the writers went astray, this could be an interesting website.

Top Journals for eTOCs

Stay up-to-Date with emailed Tables-of-Contents to your favorite professional journals. It’s quick and easy!
* Click on the titles below for a free taste.
* Signing up is quick and easy. Just enter your email address and click submit.
* Full-text articles are just a click away! – No more waiting!

Here is a brief list of the top titles currently available:

Top Leadership Journals
Harvard Business Review
Health Care Financing Review
Hospitals & Health Networks
Modern Healthcare

Top Medical Journals
Annals of Internal Medicine
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
Journal of Pediatrics
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Spine

Top Nursing Journals
AACN Advanced Critical Care
American Journal of Nursing (AJN)
Nursing
Nursing Made Incredibly Easy
RN

For a more complete list of titles, click here.
Don’t see your favorite journal listed? Need help?
Contact Michele Matucheski (MMC) or Margo Lambert (STE).

Find Drug Information for Health Professionals

Find Drug Information for Health Professionals

Navigate there : Affinity Intranet > Library > Find Drug Info

Visit the above library web page on the Affinity Intranet for links to the following high quality Drug and Toxicology Tools :

DailyMed (Drug Information) : Provides high quality information about marketed drugs. Includes FDA approved labels (package inserts). Provides health care providers and the public with a standard, comprehensive, up-to-date, look-up and download resource of medication content and labeling as found in medication package inserts (similar to the PDR but easier to use).

Dietary Supplements Labels Database : Offers information about ingredients in 2,000+ selected brands of dietary supplements. Includes links to PubMed and MedlinePlus and FDA Warnings and Recalls.

Drug Information Portal : Gateway to current and accurate drug information from the National Library of Medicine and to other key government agencies.

LactMed : Drugs and Lactation : Includes information such as maternal levels in breast milk, infant levels in blood, potential effects in breastfeeding infants and on lactation itself, the American Academy of Pediatrics category indicating the level of compatibility of the drug with breastfeeding, and alternate drugs to consider.

MDConsult : Includes full-text Medical Books, Journals, Patient Handouts, Practice Guidelines and more.

Micromedex Drug Information : Drug and Toxicology Information, Drug Interactions, Dosing Tools, AltMed Leaflets, PDA Resources. Includes access to the PDR.

How to Find the PDR Online : Step-by-step screenshots to navigate your way to the PDR online.

Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database : Scientific Gold Standard for Evidence-Based, Clinical Information on Natural Medicines.

After Hours Library and Computer Room Use

The Affinity Library staff strives to make sure that every Affinity employee can access the library spaces and resources even if you cannot visit during hours.

Brick & Mortar Libraries
Affinity employees have 24-hour access to the medical libraries seven days a week. (Note: The Resource Café Library at St. Elizabeth hospital is only accessible when the libraries are open.)

If you need to visit the library or use computers when the libraries are closed, simply ask a security officer to open the room(s) for you.
Ø After hours access is limited to Affinity staff.
Ø Just make sure you turn off the lights and lock the doors when you leave.

If you wish to check out library materials when a staff member is not present, simply follow the instructions located on or near the service desks.
Ø Please note that items marked “Reference” and journals cannot leave
the library. You are welcome to copy information from those materials.

Library without Walls Available 24/7
The library website is available from any computer with access to the AHS Intranet.
Ø Check to see what we have available in print, audio, video and online formats.
Ø Use any of the indexes and databases from your office or unit, as any of
our online full-text journals.