St. John's Libraries
St. John's provides two distinct libraries to service the community. Staffed by professional librarians, a wide variety of health information resources and library services
is available at both libraries.
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St. John's Medical Library
Serves St. John's affiliated physicians and employees. The Medical Library's services and resources are directed primarily toward health care professionals to enable them to provide excellent patient care and to support their continuing education needs.
Phone (417) 820-2795.
Van K. Smith Community Health Library
Serves patients, family members and members of the community in southwest
Missouri and northwest Arkansas. The Community Health Library's services and resources are directed toward the health consumer and general public to enable them to make informed health decisions and become active participants in their health care and total well being.
Phone (417) 820-2539.
New databases
available
The Medical Library now provides access to additional databases from Ebsco. The
following databases are available via links on the right hand menu of this
website. No username/password is needed to access the databases from St. John's
network computers. Individual usernames/passwords may be issued to those that
want off campus access. Existing Ovid/CINAHL usernames will give you access to
these new databases as well. The Library still offers the MEDLINE database via
Ovid, but you now have the option of searching this database via Ebsco too.
CINAHL
- Nursing and Allied Health
MEDLINE
- the world's largest biomedical database from the U.S. National Library of
Medicine
Alt
HealthWatch - complementary medicine
Health
Business Elite - non-clinical aspects of health business and management
Psychology &
Behavioral Sciences
SocINDEX
- sociology
SPORTDiscus
- sports medicine
Sign
up for a library card online
St. John's libraries now
offer online library card registration. Visit the main page of our online catalog,
Coolcat,
select either 'Public' or 'St. John's Coworker' from the options on the
left side of the page and fill out the required information. Once
submitted, your will be provided with a temporary library card number you can
use to immediately place items on hold.
Once registered, you will need to
visit either the St. John's Medical Library or the Van K. Smith Community Health
Library to complete the registration process within 30 days. If you have
any questions or concerns, give us a call. Phone (417) 820-2795 or (417)
820-2539.