New books for Spring

We've updated our "new books" table to show some of the new additions to our collection. Click here for details. You can also search for books on our catalogue

All Canadians now have one-click access to The Cochrane Library thanks to the collaborative work by the Canadian Health Libraries Association and the Canadian Cochrane Network & Centre who successfully secured a national license for a nine-month pilot period. (Exp.Dec 31 2009)

Canadians are one click away from the best available evidence on which health treatments work, which ones don’t, and which may cause harm. As of April 15, everyone in Canada with Internet access will be able to view the full content of The Cochrane Library, which provides evaluations of health treatments.

This nine-month pilot project provides a national subscription for Canadians to have access to the wealth of information in The Cochrane Library at http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/. Until now, The Cochrane Library has only been available to some Canadians through a patchwork of networks and libraries across the country.

Cochrane Groups
The Cochrane Collaboration assesses most areas of health care. To do this, it is divided into Cochrane Groups: Cochrane Review Groups, each of which concentrates on a specific healthcare area. Some of the Cochrane Goups that you may be interested in are:

Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group
Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group
Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group
Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group
Cochrane Schizophrenia Group
Cochrane Stroke Group
Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group

Want to learn more about how to use The Cochrane Library? Click here!

If you have any questions about the Cochrane Library, please contact us in the ROHCG Medical Library @ 6268, or 6832 or library@rohcg.on.ca

I am happy to announce that our library now has access to Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, a vital new research database and teen self-help resource created by Rosen Publishing. This resource has been made available to all libraries in Ontario through the Knowledge Ontario initiative, that is supported by the Ontario Government.

http://www.teenhealthandwellness.com

It offers the features such as:

• Comprehensive articles about issues essential to teen health and well being.


• Content thoroughly reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition, guidance, and career counseling.


• Regularly updated homepage features connecting medical news and social issues to database articles.


• Automatically generated citations, plus the ability to print and email articles.


• Resource sections with Web sites, organizations, and recommended reading.


• Interactive polls and quizzes.


• Authentic, first-person teen narratives.

You can log on to Teen Health & Wellness from any computer in the hospital without as password. It is also available from home using a user id and password. Please contact the library for more information.