Health Libraries
Announcements
Cancer
Resource Library
Located in the Helen F.
Graham Cancer Center, the Junior Board Cancer Resource Library is a free,
lending library that is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Its collection
features videotapes, DVDs, CDs, books, and magazines that provide information on
all aspects of cancer, from prevention and diagnosis to treatment,
quality-of-life and grief issues. This library is a gift to the community
from the Junior Board of Christiana Care Health System.
The library is open to the public as well as patients and their families and
friends. Our computers are available to you to find health information or to
stay in touch with family and friends during treatment. Ask our professional
librarian for assistance in finding information about cancer.
Highlights of the library collection include:
- meditation, relaxation, music therapy and guided
imagery CDs
- extensive grief and loss collection
- comedy DVDs (humor therapy)
- age-suitable materials for children facing cancer for
self or family
- pathfinders to assist you in locating information
within the library and on the Internet
- cookbooks specifically focused on cancer diets
How to contact us:
Visit our Web
site for more information.
Community Health Libraries
Free and open to the
public. Christiana Care operates two community health libraries in Wilmington -
one at Wilmington Hospital, 501 West 14th Street; the other at the Eugene du
Pont Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute (PMRI), at the
intersection of Routes 52 & 100.
The libraries' collections focus on health promotion, self-care, and chronic
disease management, as well as other health care topics.
You can browse the collection of books and reference materials for topics of
interest, view health videos at a VCR station in the Wilmington Library, and
research health-related issues using computer-based resources. The library staff
is available to help you find answers to specific questions and use the
computers.
The library at the Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute is
staffed by volunteers and has a self-service checkout when volunteers are not
present. The volunteers can easily put patrons in contact with the librarian at
Wilmington Hospital for more personalized health information.
How to contact us:
Visit our Web
site for more information.
Gill Consumer
Health Library
Through the Delaware Academy of Medicine's Gill Consumer
Health Library, information, health-related books, DVDs and magazines
are available for patients and visitors. Located on the first floor of the Ammon
Education Center, next to the Bank of America Pavilion, near Pete's Café. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday (opens at 11 a.m. on
Thursday). Call 302-733-1122, or e-mail us at consumer@delamed.org
Other Delaware Academy of Medicine Services: Ask a
Librarian
Have a question? Need library research assistance?
Please call the consumer library at 302-733-1122, contact us via email, complete our online
form, or send a fax to 302-733-3885. We offer two levels of service.
- You are encouraged to use our ILLiad Interlibrary Loan patron
interface to request and track books and periodicals from the
Academy and other partner libraries through-out the country and the world.
Learn more about ILLiad here.
- The professional librarians at the Delaware Academy of Medicine are
available to provide the medical information you need. We combine print,
digital and internet resources with knowledge and insight gained from
decades of experience in managing medical information.
The Gill Consumer Health
Library is sponsored by the Delaware Academy of
Medicine
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