Medical students take short courses in the department from time to time. The collection of the Kornhauser health Sciences Library includes books, journals and electronic resources to support all areas of the work of the Department of Anesthesiology. The collection is primarily in English, but foreign language materials are included. The book collection covers current material as well as some historical material. The journal collection covers a wide range of journals appropriate to the field.
Anesthesiology is a main subject heading for collection development.
Acquisition for library materials in the area of anesthesiology is made on a regular basis and is covered under Kornhauser's on-approval book purchase plan. We understand that the primary clientele of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library will be better served when information resources can be delivered directly to their desktops in an immediately useable electronic form. Therefore, a major strategic goal for the Library over the next five years is to provide an increasing base of electronic information resources to our primary clientele. A core collection of resources is being assembled and made available to library users. Building on this core collection, additional titles will be added to satisfy the information needs of both clinical and research specialties.