AHEC Digital Library

Area L AHEC Library and Information Services Monique F. Mackey, MLS Director -- Library/Information Services & Systems Interim Director -- Continuing Medical Education and Information Technology

"To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea..."
                                            --- Sir William Osler, MD 1849-1919
 
 

The Area L AHEC Information Center is open from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Arrangements for after hours use must be made two days in advance. Call (252)972-6958 to schedule. Computers are available for word processing and Internet applications.

When is the Library/Information Center open?

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Is it possible to borrow materials from the library? Books and videos may be borrowed for two weeks. Materials may be renewed by phone for an additional two week period. Journals may not be borrowed.	Does the library offer literature searching? UNC Health Sciences Library licensed resources are available for free end user searching to those with a UNC-CH password. Mediated searches are also available to these individuals, and others, upon request. Free Internet resources, such as PubMed, may be searched by all users free of charge.
Is there a charge for photocopies or printing? Area L AHEC students may copy or print up to 30 pages free of charge. There will be a $.10 per page charge thereafter. All other users will be charged $.10 per page for printing or copying.	What if the Library/Information Center does not own the item that I need? If Information Services can obtain a book, video, or an article free of charge, then there will be no charge to the user. If Information Services is billed for an article, the amount will be passed on to the requester with no additional handling fees.

Questions:

Call or email: Margie Hill Program Faculty Assistant Library/Information Services (252) 972-6958 Email:  Margie.Hill@ncmail.net

Web Links

North Carolina AHEC Online Catalog The Copyright Website Focus On:  Personal Digital assistants from UNC-CH Health Science Library Evidence Based Medicine Center of Excellence FedStats: One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics Healthfinder Librarians' Index to the Internet MEDLINEplus Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the CDC New York Public Library NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) North Carolina AHEC Latino Health Resource Center North Carolina Profiles from the U.S. Census Bureau PubMed Search Engine Watch Thomas: U.S. Congress on the Internet UNC-CH Health Sciences Library The Virtual Schoolhouse The Visible Human Project

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last updated 3/09/06