UHN Library and Information Services (UHN Libraries) supports the information needs of the clinicians, researchers, staff and learners of TeamUHN. Whether it's for patient care, discovery, learning or decision-making, we're your partner in finding the best evidence.
Our mission: to enable innovation and learning through expert information leadership, and promote and enable access to the best evidence for decision-making.
UHN Libraries provide educational opportunities and services to support your professional development, clinical practice and research:
There are several library locations across UHN campuses. Libraries can be accessed by UHN staff, clinicians, researchers, and learners. Our library spaces offer:
UHN Information and Library Services provides access to over 5000 journals, 8000 ebooks, and 4500 physical books. We also provide access to point of care tools like BMJ Best Practice, databases like Ovid Medline and Embase. Our collections focus on health sciences and medicine with an emphasis on clinical care and health education.
Most of our resources are available online and can be accessed by TeamUHN with their T-ID or UHN email and password:
Need help with our collections? Contact an information specialist for guidance
Most of UHN Library's books, journals and other information resources are online.
Anyone with a valid UHN badge can borrow print books and journals from our library collections. To borrow physical books and journals, please complete a client registration form―you can also register in person at one of our libraries.
Items may be renewed provided there are no holds on the item. To renew, please send an email to UHNLibraries@uhn.ca.
To request to borrow an item, complete the Article or Book Request Form.
Is there an important book, journal or other resource that UHN Libraries should consider adding to the collection? Let us know by filling out the purchase suggestion form.
Evidence shows that librarians positively influence clinical decisions, improve quality of care, and help prevent adverse events in patient care.
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| Aitken EM, et al., found that the presence of clinical librarians on the health care team led to positive effects on patient care, including clinical decision-making. |
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Marshall JG, et al., showed that using information obtained from the library impacts patient care. It saves time, changes care, avoids adverse events, and supports the practice of evidence-based care.
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Research demonstrates that information literacy skills and evidence-based medicine training by librarians benefit the lifelong learning, research activities, and clinical decision making of learners and health practitioners.
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Ayre S, et al., demonstrated the value of clinical information skills training by librarians on lifelong learning and patient care outcomes. |
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Gruppen LD, et al., This comparative study found that librarian-led instructional sessions on EBM literature searches have a “marked beneficial effect” on the quality of medical student searches. Students trained by librarians had fewer search errors and correspondingly higher quality searches than those who did not receive librarian training. |
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Librarian participation in the knowledge synthesis process ensures that published review search strategies are of high quality. Research indicates that library involvement in the process of securing grants is a key element in getting grant proposals funded.
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| Golder S, et al., concluded that there were significant differences in the quality of literature searches carried out by information professionals compared to non-librarians. |
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| Luther J quantified the library’s contribution to the process of securing grants and demonstrated that libraries provide economic benefit to institutions through successful grant awards. |
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Evidence shows that medical librarians enable a significant cost-savings for their health institutions. Investments in library services have also shown to produce financial returns to their institutions and communities. Additionally, library services and resources contribute greatly to successful grant awards, and ultimately to improving an institution's bottom line.
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| Banks DE, et al., concluded that a librarian’s presence at morning report correlated with lower hospital charges and length of stays. |
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| Perrier L, et al., concluded that librarian services influence clinical decision-making and reduce hospital length of stay of patients. |
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| Jemison K, et al., concluded that hospital libraries in the US Veterans Administration provided a good return on investment (ROI). |
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