We have over one thousand items in the state documents area dealing with health, medicine, or DHEC publications. R.M. Cooper Library provides free interlibrary loan service to students, faculty, and staff. We will use commercial document suppliers if there is no other option. This service includes Medline and Medtext, full text medical journals. Internet access to the World Wide Web is available to all students, faculty and staff from library terminals in the public area or from their offices or dorm rooms.
Document delivery using appropriate commercial services is also an option.
By looking at the areas of research and teaching for the faculty in the Department of Public Health, a librarian can select those materials that reflect those interests. The students also are helpful in suggesting resources to purchase. While working with undergraduates at the reference desk or through class contacts, one learns what topics are of interest. Co-workers are also extremely helpful in suggesting areas that may need more coverage. Press Weeding Efforts Monographic material, with an imprint of 1980 or earlier, which has not circulated for the last ten years will be reviewed for weeding.