2
Trimester
Rotunda Library Newsletter
Your Library
Welcome to all new Staff and Students
Membership
Online Services
Library membership is open to all hospital personnel and to
students attending courses at the Rotunda Hospital.
Borrowing
Readers may borrow books from the library collection for a
period of one week. Each reader is required to complete a
membership form and may borrow up to 5 books at a time.
Loans are renewable.
Journals and reference books may not be borrowed.
Access to Library Services and the internet is based on a unique
barcode and password. Every library user is responsible for the
confidentiality of this access. All use is monitored and any abuse
is an offence.
The Rotunda Library News Page gives you access to all of
LIS’ online resources, including Journals and Databases and the
Ovid Universal Search. We use an authentication system known
as ATHENS to provide access to our resources.
Register with the library for an Athens username and
password for full text journals, books and database access, by
completing an application form available from the library or the
LIS Section of the Staff Website. Log on to access our
electronic journals and databases by accessing:
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens
Reference
Databases include:
Medline
Cochrane
MD Consult
Ovid Universal
Search
The reference collection includes Clinical Reports of the
Rotunda, Coombe and National Maternity hospitals as well as
dictionaries, core texts and a collection of historical Rotunda
material.
Inter-Library Loans
Articles which are not available in the Library can be
ordered from other sources including: Irish Health
Sciences Libraries Group, Subito, The British Medical
Association, RCOG Library & TCD Information
Service.
Library Opening Hours
MAIN LIBRARY:
Monday to Friday
Closed Daily
9am to 5pm
1pm to 2pm
READING ROOM :
Open 24 Hours
CINAHL
Midirs
UpToDate
HMIC
Catalogue
The library uses Heritage Library Management System. The
catalogue cane be accessed from the following web address
within the Rotunda Hospital.
http://tinyurl.com/3acyoy3
Library Staff
Librarian:
Anne M. O’Byrne
Senior Library Assistant:
Geraldine Walsh