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 Support
of scholarship and educational programs has been a primary goal
of the Mayo Clinic medical library system that has grown since its
founding in 1907 to become among the most comprehensive in North
America.
The Mayo libraries are completely automated and staff and students
have access to traditional collections at all campus sites and to
the online databases and full-text books and journals of the Mayo
Digital Library on a 24/7 basis.
Mayo Digital Library resources networked to all campus locations
include 2,600 e-journals and over 100 e-books. Selected electronic
resources include the full suite of Micromedex drug information
databases, Ovid Medline and other databases, Web of Science, UpToDate,
MD Consult, and a variety of other databases and full-text resources.
Traditional collections include subscriptions to over 4,000 scientific
and medical journal titles (of which 2,600 are available in full-text
system-wide) and a print archive of 380,000 volumes. An efficient
document delivery system, including electronic document delivery
to the desktop, moves traditional resources including print and
AV to any Mayo location where they are needed for scholarship and
learning.
Mayo librarians provide a full range of training and mediated user
services: online database training, expert literature research for
staff and students, consultation on online retrieval strategy, reference
consultation, and evidence-based medicine training. Mayo libraries
participate in regional and national interlibrary loan networks
including the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and can
obtain material not owned or accessed by a Mayo library from a variety
of university and commercial sources.
Jacksonville Campus Libraries
On Mayo's Jacksonville campus, two libraries support learning
and scholarship and share the extensive resources of Mayo's library
system, including access to all Mayo digital library resources.
- Bursak Biomedical Library:
The Bursak Library, located in the Birdsall Medical Research Building,
provides texts and journals in clinical medicine and extensive
audiovisuals.
The Jacksonville libraries are staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday. After-hour access may be arranged in advance with
library staff.
Rochester Campus Libraries
Mayo libraries on the Rochester campus are open up to 90 hours
per week, with 24-hour card-key access for residents and fellows
to the staff libaray at Saint Marys Hospital.
- Plummer Library: The
Plummer
Library occupies the 11th through 17th floors of the historic
Plummer Building and contains Mayo's most extensive book and journal
collections. Established in 1907, the Plummer Library serves as
the central clinical and research library for Mayo Clinic with
collections in medicine, science and technology.
- Mayo
Foundation History of Medicine Library located within
the Plummer Library supports research in the history of medicine
and science and scholarship using medical classics (from 1479)
and early journal literature (from 1665).
- The Mayo Medical Bookstore located
on Plummer 11, offers an inventory of 4,500 textbooks and review
guides.
- Learning Resource Center (LRC):
The LRC is located in the Mitchell Student Center and has selected
textbooks and several special collections: women's issues in medicine
and health, medical education, examination review books, and other
selected ethics and humanities materials. Audiovisual materials,
anatomical models and computer-aided educational programs are
provided.
- Hospital Libraries: The Saint
Marys Hospital Staff Library is available on the SMH campus
for residents and fellows and may be accessed after hours via
cardkey. The Colonial
Library at Rochester Methodist Hospital is a specialized staff
library with a collection focused on nursing and management.
Scottsdale Campus Libraries
The Scottsdale campus libraries are accessible 24 hours per day
for study and share the extensive resources of Mayo's library system,
including access to all Mayo digital library resources.
- Clinic Library: The Clinic
Library provides texts and journals in clinical medicine, the
Management Resource Collection and extensive audiovisuals.
- Edmond Research Library:
The Edmond Research Library located in the Samuel C. Johnson Medical
Research Building supports Mayo research programs in Scottsdale
with a focus on molecular biology and related subjects.
- Hospital Library: The
Mayo Clinic Hospital Library is located in Room 1-419 in the Mayo
Clinic Hospital. The library provides services to support patient
care, education and clinical research activities at the hospital.
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