Access to up-to-date and accurate information is crucial to the delivery of high quality healthcare. Our libraries are an integral part of the local clinical governance infrastructure and support:
· evidence-based practice
· training and continuing education
· research and development
· healthcare management
· health improvement and public health
All libraries have skilled staff who can help in your search for evidence. Most libraries also offer:
Libraries provide easy access to a growing collection of databases, full-text electronic journals and other resources. These are available at any time, from work or home, via the Internet.
Ask your local healthcare library for a password.
Databases include:
From the databases there are links to the articles in hundreds of e-journals.
Libraries provide FREE training in using the databases and other electronic resources, including the National Electronic Library for Health and the Cochrane Library. Formats include on-line tutorials, hands-on workshops, and training sessions tailored for staff groups or individuals.
Ask your local healthcare library for details of training currently offered.
Alternatively, contact Andy Parrett (see over for details): he is the Library Skills Training Facilitator for Norfolk and Suffolk and organizes many of the training sessions mentioned above. If getting to the library is difficult, training can be arranged in the workplace.
HEALTHCARE LIBRARY SERVICES IN NORFOLK
Please contact individual libraries for further information and membership details:
East Anglian Medicines Information Services
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
Heath Road
Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 5PD
Please call during these hours:
Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm
( 01473 704430; Fax: 01473 704433
Email: mike.brandon@dial.pipex.com
The Library
Eastern Support Services
St Andrews House (Northside)
St Andrews Business Park
Norwich, Norfolk NR7 0HT
Please call during these hours:
Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm
( 01603 307332; Fax: 01603 307123
Health promotion leaflets: 01603 307208
Email: rosemary.stark@norfolk.nhs.uk
Sir James Paget Library
James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust
Lowestoft Road, Gorleston
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 6LA
Please call during these hours:
Mon Wed Thu 8.00am-5.30pm;
Tue 8.00am-7.30pm; Fri 8.00am-5.00pm;
Sat 9.30am-1.30pm
( 01493 452811; Fax: 01493 752878
Email: chris.thompson@jpaget.nhs.uk
Library and Knowledge Services
Kings Lynn and Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4ET
Please call during these hours
Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.30pm:
( 01553 613792; Fax: 01553 613883
Email: library.services@qehkl.nhs.uk
Sir Thomas Browne Library
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
Colney Lane
Norwich, Norfolk NR4 7UZ
Please call during these hours:
Mon, Wed, Thu 8.30am-5.30pm;
Tue 8.30am-8.00pm; Fri 8.30am-5.00pm
( 01603 286892; Fax: 01603 287459
Email: bridget.cole@nnuh.nhs.uk
Frank Curtis Library
Norfolk Mental Health Care NHS Trust
Hellesdon Hospital
Norwich, Norfolk NR6 5BE
Please call during these hours:
Mon-Fri 9.00am-4.30pm
( 01603 421236; Fax: 01603 421919
Email: library@norfmhc-tr.anglox.nhs.uk
The Library, School of Nursing & Midwifery
University of East Anglia (Hellesdon)
Peddars Centre
Hellesdon Hospital
Norwich, Norfolk NR6 5BE
Please call during these hours:
Mon 8.45am-5.30pm; Tue-Thu
8.45am-6.30pm; Fri 8.45am-4.30pm
( 01603 421527; Fax: 01603 591010
Email: ruth.moore@uea.ac.uk
The Library, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of East Anglia (Kings Lynn)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4ET
Please call during these hours:
Mon, Fri 9.00am-5.00pm; Tue, Thu 9.00am-6.00pm; Wed 9.00am-8.00pm
(01603 613959; Fax: 01603 591010
Email: ruth.moore@uea.ac.uk
Health Promotion Resource Centre
West Norfolk PCT
St. James, Extons Road
Kings Lynn, Norfolk PE30 5NU
Please call during these hours:
Mon-Wed and Fri: 9.00am-4.30pm
( 01553 816231; Fax: 01553 761104
Email:
christine.howes@westnorfolk-pct.nhs.uk or chris.hall@westnorfolk-pct.nhs.uk
Andy Parrett
Library Skills Training Facilitator
West Suffolk Clinical Resource Centre & Library
Education Centre
West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust
Hardwick Lane
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2QZ
( 01284 713343; Fax: 01284 713113
Email: andy.parrett@wsufftrust.org.uk