Welcome to your online library!

Click here  to access the library catalog online. 

Click here (http://search.epnet.com) to access the library databases (passwords are needed - you should contact the librarian for passwords)

The library is located in the Education Building of Lutheran School of Nursing. The library hours are posted on the bulletin board outside the library entrance for each week. You may also call the library to confirm the hours. The librarian and library assistants are available to help with your information searches and answer questions (via e-mail, phone or fax). Please contact me if you need any assistance. Below you will find links to useful web resources.

Jeff Spinks, BA, MA
Medical Librarian 

E-mail: jeff.spinks@sahstl.com
Phone: 314-577-5864
Fax: 314-268-6160



Resources for Students

• Pubmed: www.pubmed.com
  
  PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, can access over eleven million citations.
   

• Clinical Evidence: www.clinicalevidence.com
  
  Clinical Evidence is a directory. The site covers 134 conditions. The site does require a subscription.
   

• National Guideline Clearinghouse: www.guidelines.gov
  
  This is a comprehensive database.
   

• Cochrane Collaboration: http://www.cochrane.org
  
  This is a database of systematic reviews. This site does require a subscription, but nonmnbers may access the reviews. 
   

• HONselect: www.hon.ch/HONselect
  
  Health On the Net (HON) is a foundation devoted to providing reliable and authoritative information to both health professionals and consumers. 
   

• Medical Matrix: http://www.medmatrix.org
  
  This site is devoted to posting and providing access to internet medical resources.
   

• Free Medical Journals: http://www.freemedicaljournals.com
  
  This site provides access to the full text of some medical journals.
   

• National Center for Health Statistics: www.cdc.gov/nchs
  
  This is a site developed by The Center for Disease Control.
   

• Medscape: http://www.medscape.com
  
  This site provides a search engine and directories. Medscape does require registration.
   

• Google: http://www.google.com
  
  Google is a powerful and fast search engine.