The Ruth R. Cleveland Memorial Library
The Library was established in May 1976 as the Ruth R. Cleveland Memorial Library. It was named for one of the founders of the College, Dr. Ruth Rose Ashworth Cleveland, and was originally housed in a 10x12 foot section of an administrative office in the College’s historic 37th and Troost location. The Library, its staff, collections, and services have consistently been noted as “strengths” by site teams from the North Central Association and Council on Chiropractic Education accrediting agencies. The Library Director, Ms. Thomas, has served in that position since 1976 and is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of American Women. For more than twenty years, the Library has been designated an “Information Provider” by the National Library of Medicine, underscoring the Library's commitment to providing health sciences information to unaffiliated users as a public service. In January 2008, the Library was given special recognition by the Health Sciences Library Network of Kansas City for outstanding achievement in outreach services.
Card Catalog
The Library’s automated card catalog is a user-friendly way to locate our books, audiovisual resources, and journals. You can access the Library’s card catalog from any computer with Internet access or from the four computer stations located at the front of the Library, near the service desk. By clicking on the catalog icon, the menu will guide the user through a simple author, subject or title search, or through a more advanced search. Library staff members are available to help users conduct their searches, print searches, or locate specific items. The computer screens also include icons that connect the user to several research tools. Additional information on these resources is included below, but you may also want to ask the Library staff for details and assistance. Please note that these four computer stations are for accessing Library resources only. Full Internet access, student e-mail, word processing, and other computer programs are available in the Student Computer Labs.
Selected List of New Acquisitions This list of new books is published every trimester and is available on this web site and in print format in the Library. Books are listed by call number and users are encouraged to put books “on hold” if the books they want are already checked out
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Library Electronic Resources and Links
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Index to Chiropractic Literature. The ICL is the primary index to the chiropractic literature. It includes more than 20 peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed chiropractic journals from 1985 to the present. An “instructions for authors” link is also provided (http://www.chiroindex.org/publications_peer.php ), as is a link to Vancouver Style (http://www.icmje.org/ ).
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PubMed/MEDLINE.This is the National Library of Medicine's index to biomedical literature. It includes more than 4,000 journals from the U.S. and 70 foreign countries. Most citations link to abstracts of journal articles.
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CAM on PubMed. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (one of the National Institutes of Health) has partnered with PubMed to create a database where searches are automatically limited to complementary and alternative medicine subject headings.
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| CINAHL with Full Text The most comprehensive source for nursing and allied health provides full-text articles from more than 600 journals. Coverage dates back to 1981. This database is restricted to the campus community but can be accessed from any College computer. |
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EBSCO A-to-Z Journal List. EBSCO's "A-to-Z" service provides users a single online list of nearly 6,000 journals in the biological and health sciences, including those print subscriptions held by the library. In some cases, off-campus access to full text may be restricted by the publisher.
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EBSCO SMART Imagebase The Scientific & Medical ART (SMART) Imagebase is a collection of more than 10,000 high quality illustrations and Flash animations depicting several topics, including anatomy, physiology, diseases, trauma, embryology and histology. Users can search by body systems or regions, or subject, such as orthopedics or health & fitness. Images can be used for educational, non-commercial purposes (lectures,presentations, independent study), and SMART Imagebase can be accessed on campus from any College computer.
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Mulford Library - Medical University of Ohio at Toledo. The Mulford Library provides access to the "instructions for authors" pages in 3,500 journals in the health sciences. Several chiropractic journals are included.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education The Chronicle is the premier publication for national and international news and information in the world of higher education. This campus-wide subscription does not require a password, but it can only be accessed from a College computer - employee desktops and student computer lab workstations.
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MANTIS - Manual, Alternative and Natural Therapy. MANTIS contains citations and abstracts from over 1,000 journals, most of which are peer reviewed. The database emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention, and conservative and alternative therapies such as chiropractic, osteopathy, acupuncture, and physical therapy. MANTIS is restricted to the campus community and a password is required.
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Cochrane Database. Cochrane includes systematic reviews of the effects of health care and a bibliography of clinical trials. This resource is restricted to the campus community.
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EBSCO-Host. This resource is available on a dedicated computer/printer station located in the reference area of the Library. EBSCO-Host provides access to full-text electronic journals.
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PDR Electronic Library. The PDR contains information on all FDA approved drugs, including indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions, and dosages. Supplemental items in this database are the PDR for Herbal Medicines and the Stedman's Medical Dictionary. The PDR is restricted to the campus community and requires a password.
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Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database. More than 1,000 monographs are included in this database, which provides evidence-based information on herbal and non-herbal natural medicines. Information on each product includes alternative names, mechanisms, efficacy, uses, safety issues, and references. This database is restricted to the campus community and requires a password.
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Library Services
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Inter-Library Loans. Inter-library loan service is an easy way for users to gain access to books and journals not owned by the Library. This service is provided at no charge to the campus community or to unaffiliated users. Most inter-library loans are provided through DOCLINE, the electronic loan system of the National Library of Medicine. But the Library also participates in variety local, regional, and national library consortia, which greatly expands accessibility to items users need.
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Literature Searches. Links on the Library’s computers provides access to many online literature search tools. Some of these search tools are available at no cost to anyone with Internet access. Others are restricted to the campus community and require passwords. The Library also provides a free, mediated search service via DIALOG, a database vendor with hundreds of resources in the biological sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities, government, education, communications, and public policy.
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Table of Contents (TOC). This is a current awareness service provided to College faculty and administrators. Faculty and administrators who sign up for this service receive table of contents pages of journals they have selected as each new issue arrives in the Library.
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Contact Information
Library Hours
The Library is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Special hours during the trimester breaks are posted in the Library and announced in the Library News.