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Library Services

Department Overview

We assist in the hospital’s success in research and patient care
by providing staff and patients with the best evidence. This is
done through conducting searches and systematic reviews of
medical literature, obtaining difficult to find articles and books, and
providing training on how to search authoritative databases and
web sites we have chosen and/or purchased for the hospital.
Contact Info

Mount Sinai Bridgepoint:
Sidney Liswood Library: M-F 8:30am- Health Science Library: M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
6:00pm with 24 hour access to Learning with 24 hour access
Commons
http://info2/library Email: clinicallibrary@sinaihealthsystem.ca
Email: library.msh@sinaihealthsystem.ca Phone: 416-461-8252 ext.2436
Phone: 416-586-4800 ext.4614

Patient Education Pavilion: M-T 9:30am- Patient and Family Library: M-F 10:30am-

4:30pm and F 9:30am-1pm 4:30pm
Phone: 416-856-4800 Ext 1595 Phone: 416-461-8252 Ext 3023
Email:
educationpavilion.msh@sinaihealthsystem.ca

Medical and Health Sciences Libraries Patient Libraries

 We lead clinicians to the evidence-based  We provide patients with appropriate health
information they need to make a diagnosis, information that allows for:
treatment decision or department guideline o better health outcomes,
 Our librarians have expert searching skills o better medication compliance
o less frequent re-hospitalizations
to provide the research for your systematic
review, and to guide your project  Our librarians teach patients how to identify
appropriate websites to ensure they are

 We train staff to effectively search medical locating reliable consumer health information
databases that the library purchases for ensuring they are better informed about their
hospital use health
 Direct staff to appropriate resources  teach health literacy skills to patients, families
and medical staff
 Provide computers for staff use  Provide access to virtual and paper resources

 Provide a computer training room with 8 that have been curated for patients
computers  Visit Bridge 2 Health for online consumer health
information
 Maintain 24 hour access to a learning http://www.bridge2health.ca/en/index.asp
commons study area with comfortable  See our calendar of events at the Patient
seating, chairs, tables, and a charging Education Pavilion
station

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