Medical Library

Hours

Monday – Friday | 8:00am – 5:00pm

The Medical Library is open to approved staff members during normal hours for in-house use of materials.
Twenty-four-hour access is provided to medical staff, residents and medical students.

Contact Information

Telephone: 561.955.4088
Fax: 561.955.4825
Email: rdole@brrh.com

Patrons

The Medical Library’s patrons consist of Boca Raton Regional Hospital medical staff and Florida Atlantic University faculty, residents and medical students. We strive to provide our patrons with timely information in support of patient care, education, quality management and research.

Library Resources

The Medical Library provides interlibrary loans, access to computer stations and librarian-mediated database searches.

Books

There are over 100 scientific and biomedical books available in the Medical Library, shelved according to the National Library of Medicine classification system. These books are non-circulating.

Journals

The Medical Library currently subscribes to more than 30 hardcover journals and over 50 full-text titles. Journal titles are reviewed annually to ensure symmetry with the evolving needs of the Library and Hospital.

Interlibrary Loans

Books, journal articles, government publications and other items not owned by the Medical Library may be borrowed or photocopied from other libraries. Interlibrary loans (ILL) may be requested in person or email. There is no charge for ILLs and requests generally take from a day to a week to complete.

Pulling and Copying

Our staff members will pull and copy requested articles from MEDLINE® searches or from a reading/reference list.

Computer Workstations

The Medical Library currently has 10 computer workstations and a printer. These workstations are designed to provide access to the Internet, Boca Raton Regional Hospital’s Intranet and other Hospital resources.

Instructions, Orientation and Mediated Database Searches

Instruction, orientation and mediated searching are available to Hospital medical staff, as well as FAU residents and medical students. The librarian can assist users with PubMed and other biomedical databases. Physicians may request a password for online privileges to Ovid and EBSCO DynaMed™ databases.