NJHA Library & Links

Welcome to the NJHA Library's knowledge management resources area. For Library and other non-consumer requests, please call Michele Volesko Brewer, Director Library and Corporate Information Services 609-275-4230 or email webadmin@njha.com

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NEW!
Group Licensing for Health Sciences Librarians 2009-2010

New Jersey's Medical Libraries Participate in Snapshot Day, Feb. 19, 2009

NEW!
Community Benefit 101: The Basics of Data Collection Structure and Processes - July 21, 2009
Participants will learn how community benefit expresses the organizational mission; details on federal community benefit standards; the latest news on tax exemption/community benefit issues at the federal and state levels; six basic steps for developing and implementing community benefit programs; what qualifies as community benefit; community benefit accounting principles; and structure for manual and electronic data collection – challenges and successes of best practice hospitals.


NJHA Library Online Catalog
Find books, reports, audiovisuals and more

NJHA Web Archive

NJHA Library Archive

General Information

• Purpose; Introduction; Key Contacts, Access; Suggestions;
• Fact Sheet #1: Interlibrary loan policies;
• Interlibrary Loan Guidelines and Suggestions for Quality Service;
• Fact Sheet #2: Fee Schedule for Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery;
• Fact Sheet #3: Fee Schedule: On-site access, Reference, Research & Computer Searches

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Current Awareness!

In this world of information overload, let the NJHA Library be your compass…

Quotations - Information and Healthcare: Inspiration, Discourse, Food for Thought

Selected Readings
Webliographies, bibliographies, NJHA in the News, The Past as Prologue

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Seeking Knowledge? Doing Research?

Search the full spectrum of knowledge management...
from: "tacit" knowledge, (that which people carry in their heads); to data (numbers), through published information (news, events, facts) and secondary research (literature), to sources for primary research...
...All selected, organized and/or noted by the Library

Executive Windows
Targeted guide of selected subjects for executives, "a shortcut for the maze of resources."

• Emergency Preparedness
• Executive Compensation
• Graduate Medical Education & Physician Supply
• HIPAA
• Hospital Design & Construction

FAQs

• Hospital, Patient, Medical and Vital Records(Vital Records include birth, dealth, marriage etc.): Consumer FAQs

Library Reference Collection on Web
Web links by topic:

For Healthcare Professionals

• Alzheimer's Special Care Units: Regulation, Administration, Coordination, Programming & Training - Selected Bibliography, July 2004
• Awards and Honors in Healthcare
• Bioterrorism Preparedness - Web Sites, Literature, Print and Audiovisual Resources
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: The Bookshelf
• Bioterrorism Preparedness - "Thinking the Unthinkable" Seminar Presentations/Handouts
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield Conversion - Articles, Books, Reports and Web Sites, August 2005
• Decision Making: Executives and Managers in Healthcare, Selected Reading List, January 2006
• Dictionaries and Glossaries - Hospital and Healthcare Administration
• E-Health Initiatives
• Emergency Contraception - Proposed Rules, Oct. 6, 2008 (.pdf file size 684KB, 17 pgs.)
• Health Insurance Guides
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• Healthcare Directories - Hospitals, Physicians, Health Insurance, Clinical Trials and Substance Abuse
• HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act)
• Internet Discussion Forums, Listservs and E-mail Announcement Lists
• Journals/Serials - Healthcare
• Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining – Journal Literature, Books, Videos and Web Sites: Selected Reading list 2004 to 2006
• Laws and Regulations
• Leadership and Career Development for Healthcare CEOs, Executives and Managers, October 2005
• Maps
• Newspapers, Radio and Television Stations
• Political, Legislative and Government Links
• Quality and Patient Safety - Recommended Reading & Core Collection: Books, Journals, Videorecordings & Web Sites
• Subscriptions - NJHA Library Journals
• Volunteer Links

For Healthcare Consumers

Patients, consumers and others should refer to the authoritative resources below for consumer health information. The Web sites of New Jersey hospitals also are useful authoritative guides for medical and health information. All requests for information to NJHA should use the NJHA Contact Us Form.

For All Other Health Topics, Start Here:

• MEDLINEplus®
  A goldmine of up-to-date, authoritative and qualitative health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Includes extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 600 diseases and conditions. Provides lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, health information in Spanish, prescription and nonprescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Updated daily, is has no advertising, nor does this trusted source endorse any company or product.
• HealthyNJ
  This Web site is by the University Libraries at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The content is designed to meet the information needs of consumers, particularly New Jerseyeans, focusing on content that is current, accurate and relevant. It follows Health On the Net Foundation principles and adheres to the Health Summit Working Group

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For N.J. Hospital and Health Sciences Librarians

Your job just got easier! Quick slices of information for health sciences information professionals.

Members Only

Benchmarking

• Profile of Libraries in New Jersey's Hospitals: 2001 – Dec. 2004 (.pdf file 49 KB 3 pgs.)
• How Does Your Medical Library Stack Up Against Peers? Nov. 2005

Budgeting and Journals

• Journal Cost-Effectiveness [Benchmark and Calculator]
• Periodical pricing resources

Consumer Health

• Libraries Encourage Hospital-Community Collaboration
• National Library of Medicine Hospital Libraries Outreach to Their Communities: Visit MEDLINEPlus Libraries New Jersey

Continuing Education for Medical Librarians

• Medical Library Association "Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians: Description, Demonstration, Discussion, and Debate" (Webcast)

• National Library of Medicine Distance Education Program Resources
  

Document Delivery

• Medical Libraries Network Reduces Document Delivery Costs

Emergency Preparedness

• Algorithm for Disaster Information Preparedness: Checklist for Medical Librarians - Third Edition, Revised May 11, 2005
• Article: It Wasn't Raining When Noah Built the Ark: Disaster Preparedness for Hospitals and Medical Librarians Post September 11
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: Web Sites, Literature, Print and Audiovisual Resources
• Bioterrorism Preparedness: The Bookshelf
• Bioterrorism Preparedness - "Thinking the Unthinkable" Seminar Presentations/Handouts
• Model Memorandum of Understanding for a Health Sciences, Hospital/System or Medical Library for Emergency Preparedness Support
• N.J. Responds to World Trade Center Disaster - For Children: Recommended Grief Books (Bibliography)
• N.J. Responds to World Trade Center Disaster - For Adults: Books on Grief, Trauma, PTSD, Survivor Guilt (Bibliography)
• N.J. Responds to World Trade Center Disaster - For Healthcare Professionals: Books on Psychological, Therapeutic or Sociological Aspects of Trauma from Disasters (Bibliography)

Expert Searcher

• Medical Librarians As Expert Searcher: Policy Statement and Resources

Group Licensing for Health Sciences Librarians

• 2009-20010 Joint Group Licensing Initiative: Members and Participants Only
• Sixth Year of Group Licensing a Success; Planning for Year Seven Underway; Update - May 2009
• Health Sciences Librarians: Talking Points & Issues for Licensing of Electronic Books, Journals and Databases - Benefits & Planning for a Health Sciences Library

Health Statistics

• National Library of Medicine. "Finding and Using Health Statistics," [Web Site]. Online course that describes and identifies sources and how to use them.

Marketing

October is National Medical Librarians Month
Annual marketing resources from the Medical Library Association as well as promotional materials for libraries from the N.J. State Library.

Medical Libraries

• Library Web Links
  Developed by the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey (HSLANJ).

Nursing

• NEW! EBP: What's In Your Tool Belt? (Toolkit of select resources for nurses by librarians for better database searching and online research)
• Cochrane Library Fact Sheet by Patricia May, Director of Library Services, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
• CINAHL Fact Sheet by Patricia May, Director of Library Services, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
• Elsevier's Mosby Nursing Consult & Mosby Nursing Index Fact Sheet by Michelle Volesko Brewer, Director of Library & Corporate Information Services, New Jersey Hospital Association
• Joanna Briggs Institute Fact Sheet by Michelle Volesko Brewer, Director of Library & Corporate Information Services, New Jersey Hospital Association
• National Guideline Clearinghouse Fact Sheet by Patricia May, Director of Library Services, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
• Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice Bibliography - by Robin Siegel, Medical Librarian, CentraState Healthcare System - June 2008
• PubMed® Fact Sheet by Patricia May, Director of Library Services, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
• Essential Nursing Resources 24th edition, 2007
  Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing (ICIRN) and the National League for Nursing. Contributors include Juliette Ratner, Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing Library.
• Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence, By: Janet Houser, PhD, RN
  2008, Jones and Bartlett Publishers
  ISBN - 13: 978-0-7637-4267-6
  SBN - 10: 0-7637-4267-8
  • Chapter 6: The Successful Literature Review by Elizabeth Van Wynen, EdD, RN, CNA, BC
  • Chapter 12: Enhancing The Validity Of Research by Deborah Jasovsky, PhD, MSN, RN, CNAA, BC

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The Past as Prologue
Not to be missed! Select NJHA news through the decades from the Association's archives.

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