Through its newsletter and personal contact with health care providers, the library staff encourages physicians and others to refer patients and the public to the library's CHI collection. The Collection The CHI collection provides health information endorsed by the medical community, government agencies and professional organizations, in lay terminology for patients and the general public. Electronic databases on CD ROM and through Internet sites including the Health Reference Center database, provide complementary resources for the library staff to use in assisting customers. Access to the library's computers is restricted to hospital personnel. The library staff provides full reference support to satisfy requests.
All information related to personal health is provided free of charge.
While materials do not circulate to non-employees, duplicate copies of pamphlets may be taken at no charge. A self-service photocopier is available for 10 cents per page. The ERIC Database Martha Stone, Coordinator for Reference Services at Treadwell Library describes one of the more unusual CHRC reference questions and the resources she used to answer it. Certainly, this was an easy enough search for the Medline database. But wishing to leave no stone unturned, I thought perhaps this query called for a somewhat less medical approach.