The library has the recent volumes of nearly all of the general nursing journals, like The American Journal of Nursing and Nursing Clinics of North America . A good share of the journals for nursing specialties, like Maternal-Child Nursing and The Journal of Neurosurgical Nursing , are also in the library. In health administration the library takes Hospitals and eight or ten others, the key journals in the field. A copy of almost any periodical article or book can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan. The service is free.
Material usually arrives within two to four weeks.
Faster delivery may be possible, but for a fee. Ask at the Reference Desk. This collection of books and pamphlets is shelved west of the law and reference books on the first floor. It is a good source for subjects like statistics, cancer, aging, smoking, substance abuse, and other topics which concern the federal government or the government of California. Most government publications are not listed in the catalog.