GAHEC HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

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Document Delivery
Electronic Access
Assistance
Instruction and Tutorials

Health Care Agencies in GAHEC have the privilege of establishing a Library Contact with the MCHS/GAHEC Library. This arrangement gives the staff of the agency easier access to the holdings and services of the Library. Please click HERE for information regarding this program.

Document Delivery
Document Delivery involves the provision of copies of articles or of books or audiovisuals.

1.   Photocopies from materials in the MCHS collection may be made in the Library ($.10/page) or requested on Interlibrary Loan through their local public library or through the Agency Library Contact.

2.   Photocopies of materials not in the MCHS collection may be requested on interlibrary loan from other Libraries through

• The Agency Library Contact
• The local public library
• Local or state universities

o    UNC-Chapel Hill:  The REQUEST-A-COPY service from UNC-CHAPEL HILL for materials owned by the UNC-CHAPEL HILL Health Sciences Library. Check the UNC-CHAPEL HILL library catalog for its holdings.

o    ECU:  Photocopies may be requested through the Illiad service from the ECU Health Sciences Library.  Information and FAQ's are located here.

• Loansome Doc:  This service must be set up in advance. Please go to the National Library of Medicine's Loansome Doc Fact Sheet for information about Loansome Doc. For the GAHEC Loansome Doc fact sheet, please click here.

UNC-CHAPEL
Wake Forest
Duke University

3.   Audiovisuals and selected Spanish Language materials from the MCHS/GAHEC Library are available for interlibrary loan through the local public library

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Electronic Resources
Electronic Resources are online resources provided by the institution, generally only to affiliated users. Examples of electronic resources are: Ovid's Medline, MDConsult, online books and  journals.

1.   AHEC Digital Library   The AHEC Digital Library (ADL) is a collection of electronic resources and services in the Health Sciences and is designed to be a gateway to the most useful and highest quality resources available for the health care professional.  You are welcome to login as a guest; go to the AHEC Digital Library .  For questions and further information about additional ADL resources, please contact the GAHEC Library.

2.   Moses Cone Health System/Gahec Library.  Any resources available through the Library's computer workstations are available for use during Library hours.  Literature searches may be done at the MCHS/GAHEC Library on the Library computers. Access is available to any of the free Medlines on the Internet (including PubMed) or through the OvidWeb interface.  Literature searches may be requested from a Librarian; fees do apply.

3.   UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, Wake Forest, and ECU require university affiliation for access to their electronic resources.    

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Assistance
The Staff of the three MCHS/GAHEC Libraries are always available for information access or searching assistance. Instruction for end user instruction is also available.  Call 832-7484 for further information
 

Instruction and Workshops
Instruction and workshops are provided on site at Moses Cone Health System and online by several of the institutions.

1.   Moses Cone Health System/GAHEC Library:  Library Workshops are available for MCHS and GAHEC staff, physicians, and health care professionals. Please call for information.

2.   UNC-CH:  The Health Sciences Library provides some online tutorials. Go to Guides and Tutorials for a list of these courses.

3.   Duke University:  Duke makes some web-based Internet and searching tutorials available on-line. For a list of these tutorials, go to this Duke Tutorials and Training site.

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