Library

Librarian's hours: 9am-4.30pm, Monday-Friday (excluding public holidays)

Website: The Library's website provides WACHS staff with 24/7 self-serve access to the Library's resources via any internet-enabled device

Contact details: 

• Web: https://wachslibrary.health.wa.gov.au/home   
• E-mail: wachslibrary@health.wa.gov.au   
• Phone: 08 6391 0617 
• Online forms: https://wachslibrary.health.wa.gov.au/home/forms
• Feedback: https://health-wa-au.libwizard.com/f/WACHS_Survey

How can the Library assist you today?

• I have a general enquiry

What Library service do you require?

• I'd like to request an article/book chapter
• I'd like to request a literature search
• I'd like to request training

Explore services available to WACHS staff           Explore training available to WACHS staff

How did we do? Please answer this short questionnaire with reference to specific information or a specific service provided recently:

• Library Services feedback

How to find the full-text for a specific article

DOI or PMID search

No DOI/PMID? Use "Fetch item (citation) linker"

Need further assistance?

Complete an online article/book chapter request form.

Consult the Library's "Full Text Access" guide for further tips on accessing full text.

Journals A-Z - Finding a specific eJournal title

Search the Library's eJournal holdings by title.

This is the most reliable way to find out if the Library has a subscription to a specific eJournal title.

BrowZine - Browsing eJournals

BrowZine allows you to access and browse e-journals from different publishers in one simple interface.

With BrowZine you can:

• Read scholarly journals on your computer, tablet or smartphone.
• Create a personal bookshelf of favourite journals.
• Link to the full-text of articles if available via the Library's subscriptions.
• Bookmark articles for reading later.
• Be alerted when new issues of a journal are available.
• Easily save to Endnote, Refworks, Zotero, Dropbox, or Mendely 

IMPORTANT

• Not all Library eJournal subscription titles are indexed by BrowZine.
• Journals A-Z is the most reliable way to find out if the Library has a subscription to a specific eJournal title.
• The Library does not have full-text subscriptions to all the eJournals indexed by Browzine.

Go mobile!

• Download the app (available for iPhone/iPad and for Android tablets and smartphones)
  • On the Settings page select WA Country Health Service as your library, and then enter your usual WA Health network ID and password.
  • Register to create an account.

Further information and support

• BrowZine introductory video (Vimeo)

• BrowZine support website

eBooks A-Z - Finding eBooks

Search the Library's eBook holdings by title and subject.

It is the most reliable way to find out if the Library has a subscription to a specific eBook title.

Related link:

Search the holdings of the WA Health Libraries

Keep in mind:

• The WACHS Library does not have a print collection - all WACHS holdings are electronic.
• It can take up to two months to get a print book to you - Please consider requesting a book chapter instead.
• The e-books of the other WA Health Libraries are not available to loan due to commercial licensing restrictions.
• Use the WACHS Library's eBooks A-Z to determine if the Library has a subscription to a specific eBook title.