Library
Location
Level 2, 185 Fox Valley Road,
Wahroonga NSW 2076.
Phone: (02) 9487 9636
Fax: (02) 9487 9635
Email: library@sah.org.au
Head Librarian: Michael Rigby
Opening Hours
Monday – Thursday 8am – 9pm
Friday 8am – 3pm
Closed Christmas to New Year and Public Holidays
Library closes at 6pm in December and January
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Membership
The following categories of people may become borrowers:
STAFF of the Hospital, volunteers and accredited medical
officers. Free
STUDENTS AND STAFF of Avondale College Faculty of Nursing
and Health. Free
MEMBERS of UNILINC libraries (reciprocal agreement).
Free
STUDENTS on clinical placement - Free for the
duration of their placement.
MEMBERS of the public. $50 for 12 months, $30 for tertiary
students.
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Summary of Charges
Photocopying
- Photocopy card $5 ($2 for the card and $3 credit)
- 11c/A4, 19c/A3
- Overhead transparencies 80c
Membership
- Members of the public joining SAH Library pay $50 for 12 months
from the day of registration.
- Non-Unilinc tertiary students pay $30.
Fines
- 50c per item per day overdue.
- $9 per Closed Reserve item per day overdue.
- Lost items are charged at replacement cost with a $50 minimum
charge.
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Library Collection
The Library holds one of the largest and most current
nursing collections in New South Wales.
- 24,000 books
- 375 current journal subscriptions
- 1000 videos
- A specialist collection within the Library is the Christian
Centre for Bioethics
In addition to nursing the collection includes:
- Allied health
- Counselling
- Religion
- Biographies
- Australian literature
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Loans
Books Most
books may be borrowed for 2 weeks. You may have 2 renewals online,
by phone, or in person. Books with a blue dot on the spine may be
borrowed for 7 days and may have 2 renewals. Hospital staff and Avondale
College Faculty of Nursing and Health students may have up to 15 items
on loan at any one time. All other borrowers may have up to 6 items.
Closed Reserve Items
have “CR” at the beginning of the call number and an orange dot on
the spine. Closed Reserve items may be used in the Library during
opening hours on presentation of your ID. Overnight loans of up to
4 CR items may be borrowed after 8pm and are due back by 9am the next
day. Weekend CR loans may be borrowed after 12 noon Friday and are
due back by 9am Monday
UNILINC and Registered Borrowers may use Closed Reserve material in the Library
only.
Nursing Videos are not for general loan. They may only leave the Library for clinical education
within the Hospital or to the Faculty of Nursing and Health for tutorials
and lectures. Two video players with head phones are available in
the Library’s AV Room. General interest videos and DVDs are for 7
day loan. You may have up to 4 DVDs at any one time. A DVD player
is available in the Group Study Room.
Renewals may be made online until 11.59 pm on the date due.
Sign-in with your User ID/Barcode and PIN. 2 renewals are allowed
subject to demand by other borrowers. Overdue items cannot be renewed.
Journals, Vertical File, Pamphlet File, and Reference items are not for general loan but may
be used anywhere within the Library.
Reservations may be made
online for general loan items but not Closed Reserve.
Returns of general loans should be made in
the returns chute at the Desk during opening hours or in the after-hours
chute at the entrance door. Closed Reserve items should be handed
in at the Library Desk.
Overdues
Items returned on the date due, but after the Library has closed,
will be regarded as overdue. Fines are payable on overdue items.
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Databases
- Library Catalogue
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
- Medline
- EBMR (Evidence Based Medicine Reviews)
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- AUSTHealth
- Internet is available on 9 OPACs
Follow the printed instructions at the OPACs (Online
Public Access Catalogues) or ask the Library staff for help. There
are 8 OPACs near the entrance, and another in the Group Study Room.
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Services
InterLibrary Loans
Inter-library loan facilities are available only to SAH staff and
postgraduate students of the Avondale College Faculty of Nursing and
Health. Charges apply. "Inter Library Loan Request Photocopy
Declaration" forms are held at the Desk and must be signed by
the requestor before the item is supplied. Contact InterLibrary Loans
Officer or email library@sah.org.au
Current Awareness Service A subject listing of
selected recent journal articles is circulated monthly to various
SAH departments. Individuals or departments may request photocopies
of up to 5 articles from each list.
Selective Dissemination Of Information This service
offers a bibliography of personalised professional articles emailed
weekly from Medline, or monthly from CINAHL, to SAH managers, educators
and clinical specialists. This service is free. Full text document
delivery is charged at cost.
Laminating up to A4 size costs $2 per sheet.
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Christian
Centre for Bioethics
There are 3700 books in this unique specialist collection.
Materials cover
- Genetic engineering
- Cloning
- Abortion
- Euthanasia
- Prolongation of life
- Nursing and medical ethics
- Healthcare resource allocation
- Human and animal experimentation
- Artificial and transplanted organs
- Codes of professional ethics
- Professional-patient relationship
- Sexuality
- Contraception and reproductive technologies.
All aspects of the issues are covered. Students will
find all the major bioethics texts of the last 15 years as well as
today’s topics of debate. Most books in this collection are for 14
day loan. There are 26 bioethics journals and newsletters. The journals
are indexed in Medline which is available on 9 OPACs in the Library.
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