Ms. Angela Rice – Head of Library and Information Service

Description of Service:

The mission of the Library and Information Service is to support the patient care, learning, teaching, research and continuing education needs of the hospital. The services provided by the Library and Information Service include but are not limited to:

• The development of a core collection of books and journals which reflect the areas of operation of the hospital and meet the information and continuing education needs of hospital staff and students.
• Audio-visual materials (including CD-ROMs) for training and reference.
• Lending facilities.
• Access to computerised databases of the health literature e.g. Medicine, CINAHL, the Cochrane Database.
• Reference services – provision of answers to users’ queries using the resources of the library and external resources (other libraries, the Internet etc).
• Document Supply – obtaining items from other libraries and sources.
• Training in information retrieval skills.

Access to Service:

Monday to Friday 9.00 – 13.00 and 14.00 – 17.00

Contact Names and Numbers:

Ms. Angela Rice - 8032055
E-mail - arice@mater.ie