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VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE LIBRARY
- PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION [BACK]
- Entrance to the library is from Morrison Place.
- No Library material can be removed from the library after
hours
GENERAL AND REFERENCE ENQUIRIES
- The front desk is staffed during office hours to answer your
queries
- Reference inquiries are also received by telephone, e-mail,
post and fax . Services provided include: Document Supply service;
bibiographic database searches (eg Medline) and Internet searches;
Past examination papers; Advice to authors; Bibliographic services.
LOANS, OVERDUES & INTERLIBRARY LOANS/DOCUMENT SUPPLY SERVICES
- You can request references, interlibrary loans and have your loans
checked out at the Library's front desk. Journals are not loaned.
- Interlibrary loans are for when an item requested by a user is
not held within the Library. This includes texts, audio visual items and photocopies of articles or book chapters To apply for an interlibrary loan,
user must fill out a copyright declaration form (doubles as a request
form). See our Document Supply page for more details.
There is a charge for this service.
AUDIOVISUAL COLLECTION
- Includes DVDs, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, CDs and videocassettes. Please search the library's catalogue (external to RVEEH) or if you are at the RVEEH, please use our internal catalogue.
- Most material is available for loan, though some restrictions
may apply.
- All audio visual items are lent to onsite users for 7 days and to interstate
and country users for 3 weeks.
COMPUTERS AND DATABASE SEARCHING
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The Library catalogue is available on the Internet
(Library Catalogue- External to RVEEH) and also on the Intranet
(Library Catalogue- Internal to RVEEH). These links are on the
Library Hompage.
- Library's Electronic Resources Portal is the gateway to valuable e-resources of electronic journals, e-books and databases accessible to hospital staff, RANZCO Fellows/members and other authorised users.
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Access to Clinicians Health Channel is available
for hospital employees in the library by clicking on this icon
on the library homepage.
CORE TEXTS
- Most of the books on these shelves are for loan except those
marked "Not for Loan".
PHOTOCOPYING & PRINTING
- Printing from all the computers goes to this machine, as
well as the photocopying. You need a card to use it. If you
don't have one ask library staff for more details.
- If you need to download a document please bring your USB flash drive to the library with you.
BOOKS, JOURNALS & REFERENCE
- Books published after 1978 are kept in the main library. These
books are available for loan. Bound journals are filed in alphabetical
order by title.
- Reference Collection - includes dictionaries, yearbooks, exam
papers and other useful information. These are kept at the beginning
of the book collection. They are not for loan.
LATEST JOURNALS & NEWSPAPERS
- The most recent issues are on display in the seating area
along with today's copy of The Age and The Australian.
These papers are kept for one week only.
OLDER JOURNALS
- Older journals and little used titles are kept in the compactus
ARCHIVES ROOM
- Old editions of certain ophthalmology and otolaryngological
texts are kept in the locked Archives Room. Users wishing to
access them should ask library staff.
Note : Between the Archives
room and the Reading Room is an emergency exit door. This door
is permanently alarmed and must only be used in an emergency.
READING ROOM
- A quiet study area. It includes a Museum display of Ophthalmological
artefacts as well as a television, video and DVD player with
cordless headphones.
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