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SEAHEC
Health Sciences Library
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- 2131 South 17th Street
- P.O. Box 9025
- Wilmington, NC 28402
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- Phone: (910) 343-2180
- Fax: (910) 762-7600
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General
Information
Welcome
- The Robert M. Fales Health Sciences
Library of SEAHEC is a medical library serving all health
professionals in New Hanover, Pender, Duplin, Columbus, and Brunswick
Counties and affiliated health professions students. It is the largest health sciences library within 120
miles. The library is a part of SEAHEC,
an educational and training not-for-profit private foundation. Its
vision is to be the leading education,
consultation, and information resource
for health and human service providers in Southeast North Carolina.
Hours
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Monday
- Thursday
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8:00am - 9:00pm
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Friday
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8:00am - 8:00pm
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Saturday
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8:30am - 2:30pm
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Sunday
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2:00pm - 6:30pm
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Directions
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Eligibility
The library is open to the public and all
library materials are available for use within the library. Anyone may enter the library and read
materials.
Health professionals in New Hanover,
Pender, Duplin, Brunswick, Columbus, and portions of Bladen and Onslow
Counties may borrow materials, request computer based literature
searches, photocopy services and interlibrary loans, and receive classes
and orientations.
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Collection
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| *Books |
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over 4,500 |
| *Journals/Subscriptions |
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over 330
journal subscriptions |
| *Audiovisuals/Videotapes |
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Over 1,400 videotapes on various medical, health, mental health, and
social
topics. |
| *VCR and DVD
players for viewing in the library. |
| *Audio-Digest |
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Audiocassettes and
CDs on various
disciplines within medicine such as
Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Orthopedics, Surgery,
Ob-Gyn, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry. Audiocassettes
offer continuing medical education credits to physicians. |
| *NCME (Network for Continuing Medical
Education) |
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videotapes - an excellent resource which offers continuing
medical education credits to physicians. |
| * Newspapers |
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National, state and local newspapers
available. |
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Services
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| * Book loans and Audiovisual loans |
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(you
must register to borrow books) 2 week loan period |
| * Computer-based literature searches |
| * Interlibrary loans |
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Health
professionals may request books or journal articles from another
library. |
| * Photocopy service |
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A
self-service coin operated photocopier is available. Copies are $.10
per page.
Library
staff will locate and photocopy (within copyright laws)
requested material
for health professionals. $5.00 per article.
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Fees |
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The Library charges overdue fines of
$.50/day for books and $1.00/day for audiovisuals
Photocopies and prints from microcomputer
lab - $.10 each
Journal articles copied by the library
staff - $5 each
For an explanation of journal article request fees,
click
here
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Computer
Lab
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Our microcomputer lab contains these
electronic resources: |
| * MEDLINE |
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database of over 3,800 bio-medical journals worldwide. Prepared
by the National Library of Medicine. |
| * CINAHL |
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(Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature) database
of journals
and books. Current literature in nursing and allied health. |
| * HealthSTAR |
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database of 1,000 journals in health care administration. Prepared
by the American Hospital Association. |
| * PsychInfo |
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covers the world’s literature in psychology |
| * Health & Wellness Resource
Center |
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consumer
health database of 500 pamphlets, book chapters, and easy to read magazine articles. |
| * Micromedex |
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computerized clinical information system (contains drug, toxicology,
poison, and reproductive risk information) |
| * STAT! Ref |
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electronic library of 31 medical textbooks |
| * Up-To-Date |
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current medical information pertaining to patient care and disease
management. |
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Consumer
Health
Our library has a limited
number of books and resources written in easy-to-read medical language
for the general public. New Hanover County Public Library has the
largest single collection of health materials for the general public
in North Carolina. Their collection includes 3,000 books, 250
videotapes, and an extensive pamphlet and clipping file.
Contact information:
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Address: |
New Hanover County Public Library
201 Chestnut Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
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| Phone: |
910-798-6307 |
| Web
address: |
http://www.nhcgov.com/LIB/CH/CHmain.asp |
| Consumer
Health Librarian: |
Alice Sheridan |
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