Introduction to

Stan Carroll Library

South West Healthcare

Ryot Street,

Warrnambool VIC 3280

Prepared by Josella Chan

Stan Carroll Library

Stan Carroll Library

• Mission

Stan Carroll Library strives to provide high

quality library and information services in the quality library and information services in the

field of health sciences to the South West

Healthcare network

Stan Carroll Library

• Vision

Working within the framework of South West Healthcare’s

vision, the library is committed to

– Providing staff, affiliated organisations, health science students and – Providing staff, affiliated organisations, health science students and

members of the public with appropriate information to support

patient care, education and research in the most cost efficient and

effective way

– Aiming to provide a setting conducive to independent learning and

research and expertise in educating users in accessing and using the

resources.

– Forging effective partnerships with other health science and tertiary

institutions for the benefit of library users.

Library Collections

Stan Carroll library has owned approximate

6,000 items and includes print collections and

electronic resources:

• Print Collections • Print Collections • General Collection

Locations : Stan Carroll Library

Psychiatric Unit at Lava Street

• Patient Reference Collection

• Journal Collection

• Hospital Archives

Library Collections

• Electronic Resource

Clinicians Health Channel

– Free clinical information portal for all Victorian public health workers

– Includes journals, databases and point of care resources cover the full – Includes journals, databases and point of care resources cover the full

spectrum information needs for different health professionals

– Provides Evidence-based resources which give clinicians a solid

scientific grounding for decision making, assessing and diagnosis.

How to find it:

Intranet Access: Go to ‘Prompt & Links’ � ‘Clinicians Health Channel

Internet Access: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/clinicians/

* Obtain registration and access on the webpage.

Library Services

• Lending Services

• Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery

• Printing Services

• Photocopying

• Table of Content Delivery Service• Table of Content Delivery Service

• Literature Search

• Purchase Request

– Includes Department use and Personal purchase

• Information Literacy – individual or group

• Computer Training Room Booking

Library Facilities

• Computer assets :

– 7 computers are used for training. They do not

connect to the printer

– 8 computers are for the public. These computers – 8 computers are for the public. These computers

connect to the printer

– All computers have installed Microsoft Office

Window 2007

– Have access to internet browsing

• Photocopier

Stan Carroll Library

• Library Hours

Monday – Friday

8.30 am – 5.30 pm

After hours

Hospital Staff may obtain a security access card from

Switchboard

Stan Carroll Library

• Library Webpage

accessible via South West Healthcare intranet and internet

websites

Find it on Intranet:Find it on Intranet:

Go to navigation bar � Departments �Stan Carroll Library

Intranet link : http://swarh2/swh/content/stan-carroll-library

Find it on Internet:

Go to navigation bar � Programs & Services � Library

Internet link : http://www.swarh2.com.au/swh/content/stan-carroll-

library

Stan Carroll Library

• Contact Us

Librarian: Josella Chan

Judith Dalton

Chris BarberChris Barber

Phone: (03) 5564 4205

Fax: (03) 5563 1627

Email: swhlibrary@swh.net.au