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Table 5 Health library services in the 14 Canadian health ministries

From: Assessing availability of scientific journals, databases, and health library services in Canadian health ministries: a cross-sectional study

Ministry of health

Health library services

 

Inside

Outsidea

British Columbia Ministry of Health Services

British Columbia Ministry of Health Services, Health & Human Services Library

- Electronic Health Library of British Columbia (e-HLbc)

- DOCLINE (online interlibrary loan routing and messaging system for health sciences information administrated in Canada by the NRC-CISTI)

Alberta Health and Wellness

Alberta Government Library, Telus Plaza North Tower Site

-Alberta Health Knowledge Network (HKN)

-NEOS Library Consortium

Saskatchewan Ministry of Health

Saskatchewan Health Library (virtual library environment managed by the Strategy and Innovation branch)

Saskatchewan Health Information Resource Partnership (SHIRP)

Manitoba Health

Noneb

Manitoba’s Health Information and Knowledge Network (MHIKNET)

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Ontario Ministry of Health Library (virtual library environment managed by the Knowledge Management branch)

None

Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services

Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services Resource Centrec

-The Digital Network of Quebec Government Librariesd

-DOCLINE

New Brunswick Department of Health

New Brunswick Department of Health Library

DOCLINE

Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness

Nova Scotia Department of Health Library

Atlantic Health Knowledge Partnership (AHKP)

Prince Edward Island Department of Health and Wellness

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Frank J. MacDonald Library

-PEI Government Services Library

-Maritime Health Libraries Association

-Support from the University of Prince Edward Island and Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia)

-Atlantic Scholarly Information Network - Document Delivery Group (ASIN-DDG)

Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services

Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services Resource Centre

-Newfoundland & Labrador Health Knowledge Information Network (NLHKIN)

-Atlantic Health Knowledge Partnership (AHKP)

Yukon Department of Health and Social Services

None

None

Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services

None

Legislative Library of the Northwest Territories

Nunavut Department of Health and Social Services

None

-Nunavut Legislative Library & Information Services

-Health research support is provided by the Neil John McLean Health Sciences Library at University of Manitoba

Health Canada

Health Canada Library

The National Research Council, Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI)

  1. aPartnership and/or resource sharing network with other libraries.
  2. bOn-site support is provided two days a week by a librarian from the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library (University of Manitoba).
  3. c“Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec, Service des ressources documentaires” in French.
  4. d“Réseau Informatisé des bibliothèques gouvernementales du Québec (RIBG)” in French.