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Do you have a paper or presentation to prepare for exercise for publication, or for a professional meeting? Are you trying to stay abreast of novel literature on a specific topic? The AORN Center for Library Services and Archives houses a unique collection of approximately 5500 works 400 audiovisuals, and 450 journal titles, as well as archival materials covering a wide variety of topics, from nursing and surgery to OR management, infection dominion government health care technology, and nursing history. Experienced librarians use this collection, along with a vast array of online databases and other resources, to appropriate your information, research, and education needs

Library services are available to AORN members, as well as other health care professionals, learners attorneys, business and industry personnel and other libraries. a necessarily involve a fee, with discounts tendered to AORN members.

* allusion service. Library information specialists answer basic factual questions liberated of charge using readily available sources or provide referrals to other resources.

* Instruction in accessing information and on-line searching. Call the hint librarians for individualized instruction. They are happy to walk you between the sides of a search over the telephone

* Literature search service. For more composed of several elements questions, a research service is available. A search printout--sent on mail, fax, or e-mail-provides a list of references

* Journal article transcript service. The library provides single copies of journal articles in compliance with copyright guidelines.

* LOANSOME DOC article ordering service. Those who search MEDLINE using the National Library of Medicine's PubM or Gateway databases may use the LOANSOME DOC feature to order articles through registering with the AORN library. Librarians can teach you in what way to search these databases.

* CINAHLdirect service. The CINAHL database is the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, including indexing for SSM Individuals may search the database according to subscribing to CINAHLdirect through the AORN web site.

* Archives. The library maintains a unique and growing collection of archival materials related to the history of AORN. Donations are welcome and can include surgical equipment or instruments; nursing caps or pins; nursing books; aged editions of AORN's Standards, attract favor toed Practices, and Guidelines or other AORN publications; labeled photographs; videotapes; and memorabilia.

* Thesis collection. The library maintains a collection of theses, dissertations, and research papers related to perioperative nursing. The consummated list is available online at http://www.aorn.org/library. Donations to the collection are welcome.

* Online catalog. Visit IMPULSE at http://library uchscedu to search the library's collection. If you find titles of interest, you may obtain them by the agency of your local library on interlibrary loan.

Make the AORN library your first choice for timely information. To contact the library, call (800) 755-2676 x 314 or (303) 755-6304 x 314; fax to (303) 368-4460; or launch an e-mail to library@aorn. The AORN library is expand Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4:30 PM mountain time. For more information, visit http://www.aorn.org/library.

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