AULTMAN HOSPITAL
HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY
Aultman Education Center, C2-230
MISSION STATEMENT
The Aultman Health Sciences Library's primary purpose is to uphold the mission and values of
Aultman Health Foundation and it’s entities by providing comprehensive information services to all
students, employees, nurses, physicians, and other affiliated health care providers, in support of
patient care, research, educational training, and administrative decision making. The Library will
provide high quality, customer-oriented, expert knowledge-based information services and resources
through the development of appropriate Library collections, management and organization of Library
resources, and provision of appropriate reference services and instruction.
CLIENTELE
The Health Sciences Library has limited access to the public. Major users of the Library and its
resources include: Aultman Hospital Affiliated Physicians and Residents; Nursing Administration and
Faculty, Hospital Administration, hospital students (Medical, Nursing, Paramedic, etc.), and hospital
personnel involved in patient care, educational training, and administrative decision-making. The
Library also serves primary clients of the Library and affiliated hospitals* (via interlibrary loan), and
walk-in clients of OhioLINK institutions (OhioLINK clients will be provided access to OhioLINK
resources).
HOURS
The Health Sciences Library is currently staffed 42.5 hours per week. The hours are:
Monday - Friday
Saturday, Sunday & Major Holidays
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Unstaffed
The Chief Medical Librarian is generally available Monday - Friday between 8:30 am and 2:30 pm.
(subject to change). Twenty-four hour access to the Library is available to attending physicians,
residents, and medical students/nursing students by using one’s Aultman ID or by calling the
Hospital’s Security Department, ext. 36268.
LIBRARY LOCATION
The Library is located on the second floor, southeast corner of the Aultman Education Center –
Room C2-230. The Library is intended as a QUIET, STUDY area.
SERVICES

Collection – The Library collection includes: ~45 current journal titles (with access to thousands of
titles in OhioLINK);
~2800 monographs (with convenient access to over 45,000 books in the
consortium and considerably more in OhioLINK).
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SERVICES – Continued
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Circulation – The Library has many items that can be borrowed (e.g., Books, Models, Videos, and
Reserve materials), and some items that can only be used IN the Library (e.g., Reference books,
Class Reserve Items, and Journals).

Reference – Our Reference Service includes the following: personal assistance to Library clients
in their pursuit of information; formal and informal instruction in the use of the Library and its
resources; and interlibrary loan.

Computers – The Library has several computers that provide access to both the Internet and
Intranet. Shortcuts are provided to access to NEOMED (www.neomed.edu/library) for utilization of
the online catalog for Aultman (and affiliated hospitals of NEOMED -- NEOLINK), and most of the
OhioLINK databases including: Medline, CINAHL – Cumulated Index to Nursing & Allied Health
Literature, Health Source (Acad. Nursing ed.), Proquest Nursing Journals, and Science
Citation. Each computer is linked to a networked laser printer for more professional looking results.
If you use PubMed, consider the link http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=ohahflib
which has our holdings and the OhioLINK EJC titles linked. Loansome Doc is also available (see
Library
Staff
for
details
–
LIBID
=
OHUAUC).
AccessMedicine
http://www.accessmedicine.com/home.aspx (fulltext books such as Current Medical Diagnosis &
Treatment, etc. is available through an icon on the desktop (or a title search in NEOLINK for
AccessMedicine). UpToDate is available onsite (only) via an icon on the desktop (or the URL
www.utdol.com).

Literature Searches – The Library provides access to a wide variety of databases available
through OhioLINK (several dozen databases, the most popular for our clients include: Medline,
PubMed, Science Citation, CINAHL, and UpToDate. Searches may be done by clients
themselves (training is available upon request), or by the Chief Medical Librarian upon request –
mediated searches are not available to students. These services are provided free of cost to primary
clients of the Library.

Interlibrary Loan – If Aultman’s Library does not own a particular item (e.g., a book or journal
article), the Library client may borrow the item from other libraries (either through patron-initiated
requests, via OhioLINK, or by requesting it from the Library Staff – via Loansome Doc, in person, by
phone, email, or FAX).

Photocopies – Copy machines are available for all clients. Hospital (or Aultman class) related
copies of Library materials are free of charge at this time.

Scanning -- Copy machines are equipped to scan in B&W. Items may be emailed to Aultman email
accounts. See staff for assistance.

Study Rooms – The study rooms located within the Library are intended for Group Study. Library
clients may use the rooms on a first come, first serve basis. If an individual is using the room when
two or more people need the room for group study, the individual may be asked to relinquish the
room. Rooms are not intended for administrative-related meetings.
Aultman Health Sciences Library
Aultman Health Foundation
Aultman Education Center, Rm C2-230
2600 Seventh St SW
Canton, OH 44710
Phone:
FAX:
Email:
330-363-5000 (general request, or Library Assistant, Elaine Ott)
Librarians: Theresa Kline, MLIS, 330-363-3471; Krystal Slivka, MLS, 330-363-3833
330-363-2604
HLibrary@Aultman.com (general request or Library Assistant, Elaine Ott)
Librarians: TKline@Aultman.com, KSlivka@Aultman.com
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