Services
If you would like a librarian to meet with you to help you with database searching, helping you manage your citations, or critical appraisal you would request this.
What is Training or Instruction?
This point-of-care tool provides quick answers and evidence summaries on conditions and is our most comparable resource to Up-To-Date.
What is DynaMed (Plus)?
You can request one of our services by filling this out on the website.
What are the Request Forms?
You can use Live Chat, email us at library@saskhealthauthority.ca, call us at 306-766-4142, or stop by in person.
What are ways to contact the Library?
Monday to Friday 8 to 4:30
What are the staffed library hours?
The Library will locate and provide you with full text articles that you don't have time to access or can't access on your own.
What is Document Delivery? (or equivalent wording)
This drug resource provides information on dosing, administration, warnings & precautions, tools for interactions and drug identification, and more.
What is Lexicomp?
Search the catalogue to find these resources.
What are books and journals?
This collection of books is reserved for use by students, clerks, and residents and is located in a separate room within the RGH Library.
What is the Reserve Room/Collection?
This librarian is located full-time at RGH.
Who is Lukas?
If you would like a librarian to search the medical databases for articles, guidelines, and other relevant literature you would ask for one of these.
What is an evidence search (or literature search)?
This resource is useful if you're doing rotations in emergency medicine or a primary care setting.
What is PEPID?
You need a barcode number to access this from home, offsite (remotely), or when using the UofS Wi-Fi at RGH.
What are online (or electronic) resources?
You need this to get into the Library, the Reserve Room, and the back study room after-hours.
What is your security ID badge?
This is the Director of the Library
Who is Susan?
BrowZine, electronic tables of contents, and subject alerts allow you to do this.
What are ways to keep current/up-to-date in an area? (or follow journals or topics).
The 5-Minute Clinical Consult and Essential Evidence Plus can be located in this resource which contains a collection of electronic textbooks that you can cross-search.
What is Stat!Ref?
Go here to find all of the Library resources that are relevant to your field.
What is the (Physician) Practitioner Guide?
You sign your name on the card in the back of the book and leave it on the front desk.
What is how to sign out a book after-hours?
You can meet with this librarian at the Pasqua Hospital.
Who is Michelle?
EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, and other similar resources can help you with this when writing papers.
What is citation management?
Essential Evidence Plus, PEPID, Medical Letter, Neofax, the Neonatal Resuscitation e-Book Collection, Micromedex, and select textbooks within Stat!Ref.
What are the unique resources in the SHA Library collection that are not in the UofS Library? (or similar response).
The mobile app page on the website provides a list of mobile apps available to you with their downloading instructions. You can also find this on the same page or by clicking on the ad on our homepage.
What is the App of the Month?
90% of the resources in our library are of this type.
What are electronic resources?
This librarian spends his time between RGH and WRC and you will make him happy if you eat up all of the Coffee Crisps and leave him more of the “good chocolates”.
Who is Lance?