Medicine

Nova Scotia Health:

For a list of library sites, hours, and access details, visit the Nova Scotia Health Library Services website.

As a Clinical Clerk you have access to all the print and electronic resources of the Central Zone libraries. All the libraries have computers that are connected to the Central Zone network and all allow free printing.  All the Libraries have free Wireless Internet access.  The libraries can help you with literature searches, instruction in searching databases, obtaining articles and accessing e-books.

Although there are no libraries at the East Coast Forensic, Hants Community or Cobequid Community Centre, these sites are connected electronically to the Central Zone network and you have access to all the Central Zone’s Library electronic resources so long as you are able to sign onto the Central Zone network.

IWK Health:

For library services, hours, and access details, visit the IWK Health Sciences Library website.

The IWK Health Sciences Library is located on the main/2^nd floor of the Children’s Building, in Room K2028,  on University Avenue (Halifax).  The library is open and staffed M-F, 9-5.  You can use your IWK ID to enter the library 24/7 during your clerkship.  There are computers available for you to use and printing is available.  Library staff are available to help with literature searching, obtaining articles and accessing e-books.

As a clerk, you have access to library services in the Horizon Health Network hospitals. For Saint John, Fredericton, Moncton, Miramichi, and Upper River Valley, you will have 24 hour access to the library, including borrowing print materials and using computers. You can access the library using your swipe card. 

Want to find a book at one of the hospital libraries? Search the Horizon catalogue.

Clerks have access to library services throughout the Horizon Health Network. Please see below for the different access details at each site, and if you have any questions about resources or access you can contact library@horizonnb.ca.