St. Joseph's Medical Center: Library Services

Workstation :There are 15 computers for public use: 8 in the rear room and 7 in the front. All of them are CSH networked except one in the rear room, which enables users to access their private email. 

Access: EHR, Pathways, MS office and Interent are available on all networked computers. 

Printing:  All computers are connected to printers. Printing is limited to work related documents up to 10 pages for free.

Scanner/Fax machine: Scanning and faxing documents are available via Kyocera copier

 Employees, Physiciasns and Students affiliated with SJMC  & Dignity Health may use or borrow library materials. 

• Borrowers are required to fill out a check-out form
• Library Catalog is available to search for the materials needed.
• Loan Period: Books, Journals (back issues), CDs  - 2 weeks, Library Only materials - 1 day
• Loan period can be extended by calling the library at 209-467-6332
• A courtesy notice may be sent via phone or email for overdue items.
• Class books for ACLS, BLS, PALS, NRP are checked out from Education Department office. 

Physicians, Residents, Staff affiliated with Dignity Health SJMC may contact the librarian for the support of research,literature review, document delivery, etc for evidence based practice. Provide the following information as much as you can.

• Article Request:
  • Need to provide some of the following information (as much as possible) : 
    • Article title, author, Journal title, volume or issue number, publication year, page number
• Literature Search Request:
  • ​Need to provide the following information as much as possible
    • Research Topic , Research purpose (Patient care, Research, Publication, Presentation, Patient education)
    • Publication type needed:(Review articles, Nursing peer reviewed articles, Practice guidelines, etc)
    • Range of Publication year needed:(current 2 years, 5 years, 10+ years, etc)
    • Time frame needed: (Rush <8h, Normal: 2- 3 days)
• Database Walkthrough - PubMed, CINAHL, ClinicalKey, Nurisng Resources, UpToDate, etc: 
  • Make an appointment for the database walkthrough with a librarian: (1:1 or group)​​​​​​

• Research Support

  • Article request, Interlibrary Loan, 

  • Literature Searches

  • Zoom consultation/instruction

  • Journal Club 

• Publication Support

  • Journal selection,  Impact factors. ​​​​​​​

• Evidence Based Practice Support

  • QI project support, 

  • Journal Table of Contents services​​​​​​​

• Classes/instruction

  • Library Orientation

  • Discipline specific Orientation

  • Database instruction

  • Remote Access/App downloading instruction