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AHEC - Fort Smith Library The Fort Smith AHEC Library/Learning Resource Center is located in Sparks Regional Medical Center, 1001 Towson Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901. The library supports the educational needs of the Fort Smith AHEC Family Residency Program and UAMS students on rotation. This serves as the library for the local Sebastian County Medical Society and also serves the needs of Sparks staff and employees. As a designated AHEC library, the librarian serves information needs for the following counties in western Arkansas: Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Montgomery, Perry, Polk, Pope, Scott, Sebastian, Van Buren, Yell. Available services include Internet and World Wide Web access, reference assistance by phone, fax, e-mail or in person, and computer literature searches on all the National Library of Medicine's databases. Instruction is available for health professionals and health sciences students who wish to do their own searching. Interlibrary loan services are available through local, state, and national networks. The librarian will provide monthly lists on current topics. Some of the above services entail a fee; contact the Librarian for details. Telephone: (501) 441-5337; Fax : (501) 441-5339; E-mail: grace@sparks.org AHEC - Northeast Library The AHEC - Northeast library is located in a 2,200 square foot spacious, newly renovated area on the first floor of St. Bernards Regional Medical Center Annex Building at 223 East Jackson, Jonesboro. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After hours the facilities of the library will be made available to physicians, AHEC medical staff, and the residents. The library serves the AHEC - Northeast Family Practice Residents and faculty, medical staff, nursing, and pharmacology students for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The library also serves all area physicians and health professionals within a 16 county area in northeast Arkansas. The services offered by the library support patient care, teaching, continuing education, and medical research. The medical library has a core collection of textbooks and a small collection of audiovisual materials. The journal holdings number 126 titles. AHEC - Northeast library is a member of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region, a regional five-state network of hospital and academic libraries. This network provides interlibrary loan services for borrowing books, obtaining photocopies of journal articles, and audiovisual software. It is also a member of OCLC "Amigos", a nationwide network that provides for a full range of interlibrary loan services. Telephone: (870) 972-1290; Fax: (870) 931-0839; E-mail: kcrosser@ahecne.uams.edu AHEC - Northwest Library The AHEC Northwest Library was established at the same time the AHEC
Northwest Residency program was founded in August of 1975. Since that time our
mission has been to supply excellent library service and information resources
to support the education and patient services of all AHEC Northwest programs.
These programs include family medicine residents, medical students, pharmacy
students, nursing students, and CHRP students. We also serve the health care
professionals in our 6 county area (Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton,
Washington). Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Staff: Telephone: 479-521-7615 Toll free: (888) 740-2432; Fax : 479-442-1707; E-mail: econditt@ahecnwlibrary.uams.edu AHEC - Pine Bluff Library The Area Health Education Center - Pine Bluff Melville Library was established in September, 1973. Melville Library serves the AHEC - Pine Bluff Family Practice Residency Program Residents and medical students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the medical staff of Jefferson Regional Medical Center, and all other local health science students and professionals within a 14 county area in southeast Arkansas. The library has a collection of print and non-print items in the fields of medicine, nursing, and allied health sciences. Melville Library is located on the grounds of Jefferson Regional Medical Center in the Area Health Education Center building, 4010 Mulberry Street, Pine Bluff. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Services provided by the library staff consist of performing literature searches, locating materials (books, journals, and/or audiovisual materials), initiating and filling interlibrary loans, computer assisted research (Ovid, Medline and the Internet), bibliography checks, and tours of the facility. Books, video programs, and audiotapes are checked out for one week from the time issued. Journals, whether bound or unbound, remain in the library. If a particular article is needed, a copy machine is available for individual use. Literature search requests may be made via telephone (voice-mail after hours), e-mail, fax or in person. A collection of antique medical books is on display along with several pieces of antique medical equipment. Patient education pamphlets/brochures are available for many diseases and illnesses. Staff: Telephone: (870) 541-7629; Fax: (870) 541-7628; E-mail: jdobbins@ahecpb.uams.edu AHEC - South Arkansas Library AHEC South Arkansas Library was established in 1974 and is the only medical library serving the rural counties of southern Arkansas (Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Dallas, Ouachita and Union). Learning resources are provided to the staff of six hospitals, as well as to students attending several medical and allied health training programs. The Resource Center is located on the 1st floor of the MCSA Professional Building located at 460 West Oak Street, one block west of El Dorado City Hall. The Resource Center offers current medical journals, medical reference and textbooks in order to serve the health professionals in our area. Computer searching is offered both Online and with a CD-Rom system. All possible services are offered to UAMS students and Family Practice Residents. Students from other colleges are welcome, and the public is especially encouraged to visit and become familiar with the available material for keeping up-to-date in medicine and health. The center is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Borrowing practices and charges are available upon request, and are subject to change. Telephone: (870) 881-4404, (870) 881-4403; Fax : (870) 863-9341; E-mail: vdeyampert@ahecsa.uams.edu AHEC - Southwest Library AHEC - SOUTHWEST MEDICAL LIBRARY The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Area Health Education Center - Southwest Library was established in 1975. Our library is located in a spacious 2000 square feet of the first floor, west wing in this three-story stucco building. The library serves the AHEC - Southwest Family Practice Residency Program, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences medical and nursing students, UAMS/AHEC - Southwest Respiratory Therapy, Radiology and Medical Technology programs. We provide services for ten area hospitals, fifteen healthcare institutions and more than two hundred physicians and healthcare professionals. We serve a nine county area in southwest Arkansas and a four county area in northeast Texas. Services provided by the library staff include literature searches, computer assisted research (Medline, CINAHL, Internet), assistance in locating and checking out books, journals, audiovisuals, audiovisual equipment, bibliography verification, and tours of the library and computer lab. Our computer lab is comprised of thirteen computers and workstations. Numerous programs are accessible, including the Internet. The AHEC - Southwest Medical Library is open to the public. We are open from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. We are open late one night a week when UAMS outreach classes are in session. Our staff includes: Destiny Carter, Librarian Telephone: (870) 779-6023; Fax: (870) 779-6050; E-Mail: DNCarter@uams.edu Website: http://www.uams.edu/deltaahec/
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