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The C. S. O'Brien Library
Department of Ophthalmology
and Visual Sciences
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa City, IA 52242-1091
The C. S. O'Brien Library provides
published medical information needed to support the teaching, research
and clinical practice needs of faculty, fellows, residents, and other
staff of the University of Iowa's Department of Ophthalmology.
The collection encompasses
the literature of ophthalmology and the eye and closely related health
care fields.
 Policies
The C. S. O'Brien Library staff
cannot answer reference questions from the general public. The general public
may use library materials on site but may not remove materials from the
library. A photocopy machine is provided so that removing materials should
not be necessary.
For Department of Ophthalmology
personnel, books circulate for 4 weeks, reference materials and bound
journals may be checked out overnight, current issues of journals may
not be taken from the library. Circulation records are not confidential.
If a book you need desperately is checked out, the librarian will contact
the person who has it and request they return it.
You are responsible for replacing
lost library materials checked out to you. The O'Brien Library is not
affiliated with the University of Iowa library system. The Hardin Library
for the Health Sciences is also on campus. Ophthalmology Department staff
have borrowing privileges from Hardin or any other University Library
using a University of Iowa staff ID card.
The C. S. O'Brien Library
cannot fulfill requests for photocopies of articles because it may be
a violation of copyright. Possible alternatives for obtaining copies of
articles are listed below:
The Interlibrary Loan Department
of your Public Library is the least expensive alternative, many public
libraries provide articles for free or for very low fees.
The
National Network of Medical Libraries'
Lonesome Doc Services
CISTI
(Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information)
Document Delivery Services
such as
Holdings
Resource formats held by the
O'Brien Library include books, journals, audiovisual materials, bibliographic
indexes to the medical literature both manual and on-line, and several
computer workstations for use by department employees. The O'Brien Library
houses over 2,500 books, and about 100 audiovisual materials, including
VHS videotapes and 35mm slide sets. Books are cataloged on an online public
access catalog (OPAC) using the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) classification
scheme and the NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
Librarian: Patricia (Trish)
Duffel
Comments or questions to:
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