Blacktown Mt Druitt Hospital Clinical Library Service
Finding Information
Our Catalogue
The Area wide Library catalogue can be accessed on the Internet at: http://library.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
The Collection
Books
Books in the library are organised on the shelves according to the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) Classification Scheme.
All books on the same subject have the same shelf number. To find a book by subject you can: consult the guides at the end of the shelves; use the computer catalogue; or ask a library staff member for assistance.
Specific authors/titles can be searched using the computer catalogue. It shows holdings for the following hospital libraries: Blacktown, Mt Druitt, Auburn, Westmead, the Mental Health Library (Cumberland) and Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Books are available for borrowing by registered borrowers. A maximum of 10 items (includes books, videos, audiocassettes etc) at any time may be borrowed. The loan period for our books, videos and audiovisuals is three weeks and renewals are permitted if no other borrower is waiting on the item.
Journals
All the journals held at Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals can be found by looking on the catalogue. The catalogue will tell you whether specific issues have arrived from 2003 onwards, for earlier issue(s) just call either library and they will be able to help.
When in the libraries, the most recent issue(s) of a journal are located on the new issues stand. Older issues and bound volumes are kept on the shelves in alphabetical order by journal title. If you cannot find certain issues please ask a library staff member for assistance.
There is a list of departmental journals available from library staff. Journals, which are housed in departments, are available for use by BMDH staff according to conditions set down by the department(s) in question. Journals are not available for loan.
Reference Collection
The reference collection contains dictionaries, directories, encyclopaedias, pharmacopoeias and some standard texts. These items are NOT for loan and must be used in the Library.
Audio-Visual Items
Videos are shelved in the general collections with the books. These items can be located via the computer catalogue.
The library at Blacktown has facilities to view these items.
Databases
CIAP (Clinical Information Access Programme)
CIAP is a collection of databases and other information resources that is made available to all NSW Health employees. It provides you with online access to MIMS and other drug information, bibliographic databases such as CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, and the Cochrane Library, electronic books such as Harrisons Online, the Australian Medicines Handbook and the Therapeutic Guidelines and much, much more.
Access is either through the Intranet on http://internal.health.nsw.gov.au:2001/
or the Internet at http://www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au
If you are a WSAHS employee and would like more information on or the ID and password to access this resource please contact either Blacktown (9881 8231) or Mt Druitt Library (9881 1637) or:
Kathleen McMillan |
Library Manager |
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ph: 02 9881 8364 |
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Other databases
In addition to the CIAP databases it is possible to access a number of other valuable resources. Please note that Internet access is required for these databases. If you don't have Internet access you may use these resources using the library's Internet capable computers.
Australian Databases
Australian Bureau of Statistics
ABS@NSW is an information service providing you with the ABS' full standard product range to your desktop.
Informit provides access to multiple databases on a variety of subjects.
Indigenous Australia Alcohol and Other Drug Databases
The Annotated Bibliography is a bibliographic database that contains references, keywords and brief annotations for over 600 items on Indigenous Australian substance use.
This site is password protected and you will need to contact a member of the Library staff to discuss your eligibility to receive the password.
International Databases
BioMed Central is an online biomedical publisher with a policy of providing free and open access to the peer-review research papers they publish.
Database Trial - UpToDate is specifically designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice and to do so quickly and easily so that it can be used right at the point of care.
Journals Online
Electronic access to a number of journal titles has been established. Check the catalogue for further details.
Also the following links are to sites that list journals with free online access:
