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Services

Services available to WACHS staff

Who do we help?

If you are employed by the WA Country Health Health Service we can help support your work.  Online access to resources is restricted to staff employed and paid by WACHS, as required by publisher licence agreements.  If you work elsewhere in WA Health, please use the resources and services of your health service provider library.

Contact the Library or use one of our online forms to send through requests.

How to login?

Check out the Library guide.

What is our focus?

We provide support for:

  • Clinical care
  • Research
  • Education
  • Health policy, planning and management

Document Delivery and Inter-Library Loans

Not finding what you need in the Library's collection?

Document delivery and inter-library loan services supplement the collection.

Request what you need using one of our forms.  

Literature Searches

The WACHS Library can provide the following literature searching services:

  • A literature search on a specific topic.
  • Assistance with developing a search strategy using databases available to WACHS staff.

Literature Search requests

Submit a literature request form for a search on your topic

For urgent requests, please phone as well as submitting a form to ensure that we are able to respond quickly.  Requests to support clinical care are given priority over all other search requests.

You will be given a list of references (not the articles themselves) in Microsoft Word and in an EndNote Library.

You can then select the ones that interest you (follow the 'find it @ WACHS' button.  Journal titles can be found in the Journals A-Z or try a bookmarklet or LibKey Nomad to connect to full text.

Note:  Please give sufficient notice for your request

Assistance with a Search Strategy
Submit a request to the WACHS Librarian at WACHSLibrary@health.wa.gov.au

Departmental Purchasing

The Library staff does not order print books for departments from the Library budget.

We are happy to assist with advice on sources to supply.  In general it is simplest for departments to order using a departmental p-card.  If your department does not have one, a business manager will generally have access to one

WA Health Libraries Network (WAHLiN)

The Library is a member of the WA Health Libraries Network (WAHLiN)

All WA Health staff have access to one or more of the libraries in the WA Health Libraries Network, depending on where you work within WA Health. Each library in the network provides access to both state-wide and locally purchased resources. If you have questions about a resource or library service, please use the contact details provided by your library.