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Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences
Lubbock



3601 4th Street Stop 7781
Lubbock, TX 79430-7781

Phone: 806-743-2200
Fax: 806-743-2218

Hours:

Monday - Thursday   7:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Friday 7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Special Holiday hours are posted in the Library, or by calling the Circulation Dept., 806-743-2200.

 

WELCOME TO THE PRESTON SMITH LIBRARY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES

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The Lubbock campus is home to the Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences, flagship biomedical library of the four-campus, four-library array of the Health Sciences Center, with the other three libraries of the multi-campus system located in Amarillo, Odessa, and El Paso. The TTUHSC Libraries of the Health Sciences collectively form one of the Resource Libraries of the National Library of Medicine/South Central Region. While it exists primarily to meet the biomedical and health care information needs of the TTUHSC students, faculty, and staff, the library also serves the wider non-affiliated biomedical community of West Texas, as well as the citizenry of Texas with a wide variety of information services.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center supports the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Allied Health, and Pharmacy, as well as the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at its Lubbock campus. In all, the four campus libraries provide information support to over 3,000 employees, 1719 students, and 503 residents, as well as to a large number of unaffiliated health care personnel scattered throughout West Texas.

The new library was dedicated and formally named the Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences in ceremonies held on August 13, 1998. Preston Smith, former Governor of Texas and an alumnus of Texas Tech University, was present for these ceremonies.

The facility contains twenty-eight group study rooms, a sixty-four-station Internet-connected computer lab in the Learning Resource Center, a Rare Books Room with adjacent Conference Room, three Photocopy Rooms, a Microfilm Room, and a Student Mentoring Program Room. The library has public seating for over three hundred users, as well as eighteen tables and twenty-eight open carrels. Use of the Group Study Rooms is open to TTUHSC students on a first-come, first-served basis. Each of the Group Study Rooms, the open carrel areas, Rare Books Room, Conference Room, as well as the leisure seating areas are outfitted with dynamic Internet 10-Base-T connectors to permit walk-in laptop utilization by library users. Public restrooms are provided on all floors of the facility, as well as six wall-mounted public paging phones.

Furnishings and decorations for the Rare Books Room were provided through a $10,000 donation from the Lubbock-Crosby-Garza County Medical Association. As the moving project neared completion the Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences received a generous gift in the form of a valuable collection of Southwestern art. The Martha and Clifford L. Montgomery Collection consists of woodcuts, watercolors, and oil paintings by such artists as Peter Hurd, John Liggett Meigs, and Gustave Baumann. The collection was given to the library with the understanding that all works would be hung so that they might be enjoyed by the public. Accordingly, the collection is on display in the Reference Area in the library. The naming of the library included the creation of a library acquisitions endowment fund in honor of Governor Smith and his late wife, Ima Smith.

We hope that you will find the libraries of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center convenient, well-equipped and ready to meet your information needs.

Richard C. Wood, M.L.S.
Executive Director of Libraries


PRESTON SMITH LIBRARY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES

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The Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences serves the TTUHSC Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Allied Health and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. As the major resource of clinical information in West Texas, the library also serves health professionals throughout the area.

Checkout privileges are available for faculty, staff and students of TTUHSC, as well as for faculty and graduate students of Texas Tech University. On-site use of the collection is available to the general public.

For additional information concerning access to services, please contact Stephanie Shippey, Senior Director, Public Services, 806-743-2208.

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARY USE:
  • Drinks and food are permitted in the Library.
  • Returning clinical pages takes priority over any other use of Library house phones.
  • Please be considerate of those near you if you carry a cell phone.
  • Children must be under the direct and constant supervision of an adult so as not to be a disturbance.
  • For your protection, don't leave your personal possessions unattended. Remove personal items from group study rooms when you leave.

CIRCULATION POLICIES

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LIBRARY CARDS:
  • Replacement cards are issued at no charge.
CHECKOUTS:
  • Loan period for books is two weeks.
  • Loan period for audiovisuals is 10 days.
  • Reserve items have a loan period of two hours and must remain in the library.
  • Journals and reference items are available for in-house use only.
  • Faculty may request a month's checkout period with one two week renewal.
RENEWALS:
Two renewals are allowed by phone (743-2200) or in person. Exceptions are:
  • If the item is overdue.
  • If a HOLD has been placed on the item.
ITEM RETURN AREAS:
  • Circulation counter.
  • Book drop in the first level foyer of the library.
FINES:
  • General collection items--$ .50 per day per item.
  • Reserve items--$ .50 per hour per item.
  • Loss of library privileges until paid.
  • Fines must be paid in cash or by personal check.
LOST OR DAMAGED MATERIALS:
Charges include:
  • Cost of the material
  • Processing fee
  • Accrued fines.
Loss of library privileges until paid. Damaged material must still be returned to the library, as it is state property. The same is true of materials reported as lost but later found.

CHANGE OF NAME AND/OR ADDRESS:
  • Notify circulation staff when you have a name, address, phone number, or e-mail address change.

PHOTOCOPY

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COPY CARDS:
  • $5.00 self-copy cards are sold in the TTUHSC Mail Room (BA109). Hours -- 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.
COPY SERVICES:
Copy services offered by the circulation staff for materials in this library (Document Delivery) are available for a per page fee which may be charged to a department account or paid on an individual cash/check basis.

PURCHASES:
(Available at the Circulation counter).
  • Laser and color printer copy cards -- $1.00 & $5.00 cards.
  • IBM & MAC diskettes -- $1.00 each.
  • Zip disks -- $15.00 each.
Cash or check is required.

STACKS

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SPECIAL REQUEST:
  • DO NOT reshelf books and journals. It is time-consuming for you and usage statistics cannot be collected by staff if patrons reshelf. Place items on any available shelf or table. Library staff will retrieve, record and reshelf the items.
Library staff will assist you if you have difficulty locating materials.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

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Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is immediately to the left of the entrance gate on the 2nd floor.

ILL HOURS: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
ILL Telephone: 806-743-2210

Service is available to all TTUHSC library card holders requiring books, photocopies of journal articles, or audiovisuals not available at the Lubbock library. Request forms are available for patrons to complete and sign in the ILL office or at the Circulation counter during evenings and weekends.

NOTE:
Requests made after 4:00 p.m. are normally processed the following work day, except in the case of a clinical emergency.

RESPONSE TIME WHEN HELD IN ANOTHER TTUHSC LIBRARY (Intralibrary Loan):
  • Materials are received in approximately 2-5 working days for routine requests.
  • RUSH requests are normally received within 24 working hours.
RESPONSE TIME WHEN NOT HELD IN ANY TTUHSC LIBRARY (Interlibrary Loan):
  • Materials are received in approximately 7 to 10 working days.
  • RUSH requests are usually received within 24 working hours.
CLINICAL EMERGENCY/PATIENT CARE REQUESTS:
  • Processed immediately with a goal of 1 hour turnaround time.
NOTIFICATION, PICK UP, & PAYMENT:
  • Patrons are notified by phone when items are received.
  • Pick up is at the Circulation counter.
  • Cash/check is required at pickup unless a departmental account number is provided on the request.
Contact the TTUHSC Interlibrary Loan Department for document delivery and interlibrary loan fees:
Phone: 743-2210; or E-mail: david.cox@ttuhsc.edu

LOANSOME DOC: For information concerning Loansome Doc agreements, contact Barbara Ballew (743-2209).

GROUP STUDY ROOMS

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The Library has 28 rooms for group study on a "first come, first served" basis. Rooms are not reserved.

  • 8 on the second floor
  • 12 on the third floor
  • 8 in the Learning Resource Center

Group study rooms are available for TTUHSC student use. Individuals may be required to relinquish the room to a group. Each of these rooms is equipped with a dry board, dry markers, and an eraser. Internet hookup is available in each room.


PRINT COLLECTIONS

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Journals on the third floor:
  • Newest issue of journal
  • The rest of the journal collection (bound and unbound)

Note: Journals are shelved alphabetically by title.


Books and Newspapers on the second floor:
  • Reserves
  • New books and newspapers
  • Reference collection
  • Leisure Reading collection facing the Rare Book Room
Books on the third floor:
  • The rest of the book collection

Note: Books are shelved by National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Library of Congress (LC) call numbers.


REFERENCE SERVICES

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  • Reference librarians are available: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • They are available in person in the library and can also be contacted by e-mail, phone, FAX, or online reference service. (Contact information below.)
  • They can help patrons do research using: online databases, Internet resources, and print resources.
  • They can perform individualized searches upon request for a fee.
  • Orientations and tours are available either for groups or individuals.
  • Consultation, individual training, or group training is available for a variety of online databases, including PubMed. (Contact information below.)

CLINICAL MEDICAL LIBRARIANS
Research studies show that library information is often the key to proper diagnosis and treatment. The Clinical Medical Librarian (CML) program serves a vital role in providing information for patient care. Several library faculty attend rounds and conferences with physicians and students in participation of this library/clinical department activity. (Contact information below.)

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
The Library offers several graduate courses in the School of Medicine:
  • A 2 credit-hour, elective course for MSIV medical students on the basics of searching the biomedical literature via PubMed.
  • A 3-credit hour, graduate information management course (GIHC 5319) covers the Internet, database searching, presentation software, mobile devices, spreadsheets, critical appraisal, and informatics.

OUTREACH SERVICES

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Outreach services focus on information needs of health professionals in West Texas. Information and document delivery are provided to any health professional in the TTUHSC service area for nominal fees.

Contract packages are available for institutions needing library or information services and document delivery. Contracts ensure optimum, efficient, and timely use of library services. Among additional benefits are: use of a demonstration core collection, reduced prices for services, priority service, computer searches, borrowing privileges, search training, Loansome Doc access, and online catalog access. Fees for contracts are based on the size of the institution and the services requested.

Individuals receive services through membership in Friends of the Library. (Contact information below.)


FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

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The Friends of the Library program provides access to the services and collections of the TTUHSC Libraries for those individuals not affiliated with TTUHSC. The nonrefundable membership fee is $100 per year.

Membership benefits include:
  • Borrowing privileges at all four TTUHSC libraries.
  • Computer search service.
  • Document delivery service.
  • Search training.
  • Loansome Doc access.
  • Reduced prices for library services.
    (Contact information below.)

LIBRARIES' HOME PAGE

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The Libraries' home page is accessible from any campus or off-campus location. Friends of the Library and contract users have access to the Library's electronic resources from computers located within the Library, but will not be able to access them from off-campus computers.

Electronic resources available from the home page include:

  • Catalog of library holdings.
  • A broad range of databases covering medicine, nursing, biomedicine, allied health, pharmacy, psychology, consumer health, and general information.
  • Access to electronic journals.
  • Access to electronic books.
  • Bibliographic management software.

Off-campus access to most of these resources requires a HSC eRaider username and password. Publisher and consortial group terms and conditions determine years of holdings of electronic journals.


LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER

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The Learning Resource Center houses the library's nonprint collection, including models, computers, computer software (word-processing, etc.), computer-assisted instruction (CAI) resources, videocassettes, audiocassettes, motion pictures, CDs, floppy disks, and 35 MM slides. Class reserve items include audiovisuals, folders, and some CAI programs.

Responsible LRC Use:
Users may use computing resources for educational purposes only. Users may not use computing resources for private or financial gain, or for unauthorized or nonacademic purposes.

Personal E-Mail:
  • Student Services has provided computers on the third floor and in Room 223 for personal e-mail use.
LRC General Policies:
  • A library card is required to use a computer or to check out an item.
  • One computer at a time may be checked out.
  • Drinks are allowed in the LRC.

Materials Available for Checkout:

Computer software and manuals
  • for use in the LRC only.
Class Reserves
  • circulate within the LRC for 2-hour period.
Audiovisual Programs
  • circulate for 10 days, with one renewal.
Fines:
  • $ .50 per day per item
  • $ .50 per hour for each reserve item
  • LRC privileges are suspended until the record is cleared.

Equipment:

Computer Hardware & Software
  • There are over 60 computers in the LRC. A variety of PC amd Mac software is also available for use in the LRC.
  • All computers in the LRC have access to the Internet and may also be used for class-related e-mail.
Scanners
  • There are two scanners for patron use (PC and Mac compatible).
  • The purpose of these scanners is to support curricular, research, and patient care information needs.
  • These scanners may NOT be used to load materials unless related to the purpose stated above and NOT for anything related to patient confidentiality.
Printing Charges:
Dot matrix prints No charge
Black inkjet prints $ .05/page
Laser print copies $ .05/page
Color print copies $ .25/page

Other media equipment is also available for use on the premises.

Copyright:

LRC software and much of the information found on the Internet is protected by copyright laws. Be aware that there are legal restrictions on the duplication of such information (see Title 17, U.S. Code, Section 1010). Such illegal activities could lead to suspension and criminal prosecution.

Unauthorized accessing or copying programs, records, or data belonging to the University or another user, or copyrighted software without permission is illegal and cause for disciplinary action.


Persons with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids
or services are requested to contact Stephanie Shippey
at 743-2208, 48 hours in advance,
so that appropriate arrangements can be made.


PATRON ETHICS & RESPONSIBILITIES

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1. Those persons using the collections and services of the Preston Smith Library of the Health Sciences or TTUHSC Libraries of the Health Sciences are reminded that violations of Copyright law (Title 17, United States Code) are criminal activities. This includes the "pirating," or illegal copying of software. Violators run the risk of arrest, substantial fine, and perhaps incarceration. Students discovered in such activities will be reported to their Deans and will be denied library privileges.

2. Attempts by patrons to coerce or otherwise force library staff to violate copyright law are similarly criminal activities, and will result in the suspension of library privileges for those involved. This library system strictly adheres to copyright guidelines and is a member of the CCC (Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.)

3. It is the responsibility of library staff to maintain and monitor the use of the library's computers. It is against library policy for computers maintained by the library to be used for personal use, including personal e-mail. Furthermore, it is illegal to use state property for private or financial gain.

4. Failure to cooperate with library policies regarding circulation, overdues, payment for library services, recalled materials, and computer or scanner usage will result in suspension or cancellation of all library privileges.


BASIC BOOK CLASSIFICATIONS

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BF Psychology
L Education
QA Mathematics
QD Chemistry

Preclinical Sciences


QS Human Anatomy
QT Physiology
QU Biochemistry
QV Pharmacology
QW Microbiology and Immunology
QX Parasitology
QY Clinical Pathology
QZ Pathology
T Technology

Medicine and Related Subjects


W   Health Professions
WA   Public Health
WB   Practice of Medicine
WC   Communicable Diseases
WD 100 Nutrition Disorders
WD 200 Metabolic Diseases
WD 300 Immunologic and Collagen Diseases. Hypersensitivity
WD 400 Animal Poisons
WD 500 Plant Poisons
WD 600 Diseases and Injuries Caused by Physical Agents
WD 700 Aviation and Space Medicine
WE   Musculoskeletal System
WF   Respiratory System
WG   Cardiovascular System
WH   Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
WI   Digestive System
WJ   Urogenital System
WK   Endocrine System
WL   Nervous System
WM   Psychiatry
WN   Radiology. Diagnostic Imaging
WO   Surgery
WP   Gynecology
WQ   Obstetrics
WR   Dermatology
WS   Pediatrics
WT   Geriatrics. Chronic Disease
WU   Dentistry. Oral Surgery
WV   Otolaryngology
WX   Hospitals and other Health Facilities
WY   Nursing
WZ   History of Medicine

NUMBERS TO CALL

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Administration 743-2203  
Audiovisual programs 743-2213  
Circulation 743-2200  
Clinical Medical Librarian Program 743-2208  
Conference Room, Reservation 743-2203  
Donations 743-2214  
Fax 743-2218  
Fax information 743-2200  
Friends of the Library 743-2209  
Interlibrary Loan 743-2210  
Loansome Doc 743-2210  
Orientations, Library 743-2208  
Orientations, LRC 743-2202  
Outreach Services 743-2209  
Photocopying 743-2200  
Purchase recommendations 743-2214  
Purchase recommendations, non-print 743-2202  
Reference services/database searches:    
      Peggy Edwards 743-2212 peggy.edwards@ttuhsc.edu
      Jennifer Teichelman 743-2230 jennifer.teichelman@ttuhsc.edu
      Micah Walsleben 743-2211 micah.walsleben@ttuhsc.edu
      Margaret Vugrin 743-2241 margaret.vugrin@ttuhsc.edu
Reserve items 743-2200  
Reserve items, media (LRC) 743-2225  
Renewal, AV 743-2213  
Renewal, book 743-2200  

FLOOR PLANS

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Floor Map

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