Library Services

Research demonstrates that librarian-led information services improve clinical decision making and patient care outcomes. Librarian services and quality health information can:

  • Reduce hospital costs, patient re-admissions, length of stay and adverse events by disseminating the best medical and business practice information
  • Improve diagnosis, patient care outcomes and clinical decision making by providing evidence-based resources at the right time, to the right people
  • Further HonorHealth’s mission and goals through expert searches, teaching health professional literature searching skills, and supporting innovation and research
  • Contribute to Magnet accreditation by teaching faculty, students and health care providers critical literature searching skills

Physician, Nurse, and Staff Resources

Whether you’re a physician, nurse or staff member, you have access to a wealth of evidence-based medical and health information from credible sources. Consultation with professional, friendly medical librarians will support your clinical, educational and research activities throughout HonorHealth.

Services include:

  • Literature searches and article delivery.
  • Remote access to electronic content.
  • Training on all library databases and tools.
  • Research question development, search strategy consultations and scholarly activity support.
  • Computer workstations, device charging areas and meeting space for individual study or collaborative projects.
  • Bedside delivery of consumer health information.
  • Customized clinical and consumer health resource guides.
  • Patient education and health literacy support.

Resources for patient care. Librarians can assist with desktop and mobile access to clinical decision tools, including:

  • ClinicalKey/ FirstConsult.
  • UpToDate.
  • Micromedex.

Resources for extended research and medical education:

  • MEDLINE database and article content via PubMed®, EbscoHost® and Ovid®.
  • ClinicalKey ebooks, guidelines, videos and images.
  • Cumulative index to nursing and allied health literature (CINAHL®).
  • Electronic and print journal collections, including test prep books and BoardVitals National Council Licensure Examination database
  • National Guidelines Clearinghouse and The Cochrane Library.
  • Scales, tests and measurements tools.
  • Theses, dissertations and scholarly projects.

Patient and Family Resources

Librarians also provide consumer health and wellness resources, and services to patients and families:

  • Personalized research on a variety of medical conditions, treatment options, tests and procedures.
  • Librarian-created Resource Guides on hundreds of health conditions and topics
  • One-on-one training on the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s MedLinePlus database and other trustworthy consumer health resources.
  • Access to health & wellness books and magazines.

HonorHealth Network Library Locations & Contacts

If you need to reach a librarian, please contact us Monday – Friday from 8:00am – 4:30pm.

HonorHealth Library Portal

HonorHealth Library resources are available online both on- and off-campus 24/7 via the library portal at http://azhin.org/honorhealth.