IWK staff working from home: Are you having difficulty accessing IWK Library electronic resources or library services? Contact library staff at HSLibrary@iwk.nshealth.ca
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Select Health Sciences Library Resources
- AORN eGuidelines+
- Clinical Key Package (registration at site required for pdf BOOK access, once registered, login for free pdf access)
- Conference Board of Canada e-Library (create a new account using IWK email or sign in to access)
- CSA Standards (Contact library staff for information on how to access/use)
- DSM 5 (American Psychiatric Association)
- Dynamic Health
- Nutrition Care Manual (Adult)
- Nutrition Care Manual (Pediatric)
- Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (OMMBID)
- ORNAC Standards (My Library)
- PedHeart Resource, 2023 (Contact library staff for assistance with access)
- Pediatrics in Review
- PEN Nutrition (Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition)
- Red Book: 2024-2027 report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (AAP), 33rd ed., 2024
- UpToDate
The IWK Health Sciences Library subscribes to more than 7,500 journal titles in electronic and print format.
Electronic library
IWK Library digital subscriptions are available institution-wide and remotely to individuals with IWK active directory credentials and also from six computers in the Health Sciences Library.
Print library
Visit the Health Sciences Library in person, or contact library staff, to learn more about the library's print journal collection, including collections of books, audiovisual, reference and reserve materials in the areas of gynaecologic, reproductive, perinatal, neonatal and pediatric care, management, research and education.
The Health Sciences Library is located on the 2nd (main) floor of IWK Health, on the south side of the Cineplex O.E. Smith theatre.
Loan periods
Hard copy books / audiovisual materials can be borrowed for two week periods. Journals may be borrowed for one week.
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services
Staff of the Health Sciences Library can access materials available in other libraries on your behalf. We can arrange for you to borrow materials or obtain copies of journal articles from other library collections.
Suggestions
If you'd like to suggest books, journals, videos, internet resources, or just have general comments to make regarding the IWK Health Sciences Library, please contact Darlene Chapman at darlene.chapman@iwk.nshealth.ca or 902-470-6729.
Darlene Chapman, Librarian
darlene.chapman@iwk.nshealth.ca
Pam Parker, Library Assistant
pamela.parker@iwk.nshealth.ca