Library

Monday-Friday
9:30AM-5:30PM
 (Academic Year)

Saturday  & Sunday
CLOSED

*We are open 24 hours

*We are closed on all the major holidays.

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In order for the library staff to identify its patrons and track materials that are circulated from the library collection, we ask all patrons to complete a library membership form. Membership forms for Cochran students, faculty, and SJRH staff are available at the medical library.

Library books may be borrowed for an initial period of three weeks. They can then be renewed every three weeks unless another patron has placed a reserve on that item, then they should be returned to the library. The number of renewals is limited to a maximum of 4 times. Renewals remain the patron’s responsibility and are allowed in person, by telephone or by logging into the online catalog. Reference books, *DVDs, and journals, cannot be checked out of the library.

Items that are currently out on loan may be placed on reserve by using the online catalog or by contacting the library staff. When the items that have been placed on reserve are returned to the library, the requesting patron will be contacted. Reserved items will be held at the reference desk for one week. If reserves are not retrieved within that time, they will go to the next patron on the reserve list.

The library houses a collection of books including core titles in medicine, nursing, nursing education and allied health. The library also maintains access to a wide selection of medical and nursing journal titles in electronic formats.

The following electronic databases are available for research and course assignments.
EBSCO Journal Databases which includes:
• Alt-Health Watch (Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
• CINAHL Complete (Nursing and Allied Health)
• MEDLINE Complete (Biomedical Sciences)
• Health Business full-text Elite (Healthcare Administration)
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

The R2 Digital Library holds more than 550 eBook titles on nursing, medicine and allied health. Access is available from anywhere in the institution. In addition, a free account can be created within the Riverside Healthcare System which enables remote access. **Ebsco eBooks: Holds 4,000 titles in Nursing, Medicine and allied health. ** 

The library provides an interlibrary loan service free of charge for its patrons. This service provides journal articles that are not available in the library’s collection.

The library has a total of thirteen desktop computers.  A large-screen TV/laptop combination is available for use. Finally, there is a Xerox for printing and copying.

• Cell phones must be kept on silent and phone calls must be conducted outside of the library.
•  Audible online meetings are not allowed (Zoom, Teams).
• Audible Dictation into any device is not allowed.
• Loud group discussion is not permitted.

• Food is not allowed in the library
• Drinks must be in covered containers
• Please use caution around library materials, computers and other
   electronic equipment

1. Group study is not permitted in the library as audible discussion is a disruption to those who wish to study quietly. Priority will be given to those wishing to have quiet study time.

2. Talking loudly or engaging in other disruptive behavior is not permitted i.e. The playing of videos, music, or lectures that others can hear.