Langara Library is now a member of the Electronic Health Library of BC (e-HLbc), a consortium of 26 post-secondary institutions, all BC health authorities, 3 government ministries, the college of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, and other health professional organizations. Our membership in this consortium provides Langara users with eight valuable core resources:
- BioMedical Reference Collection–Articles from hundreds of journals in biology and medicine.
- CINAHL with Full Text–Indexes more than 1800 journals in nursing and allied health fields including physical therapy and nutrition, with the full text of articles from over 300 journals. In addition to journals, it also selectively indexes books, pamphlets, conference proceedings and standards of practice of interest to nursing and allied health professionals.
- Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews–Multifile database allows simultaneous searching of four Evidence Based Medicine Reviews databases. Includes abstracts and, where available, full text documents; systematic reviews of topics; article reviews; and access to definitive controlled trials.
- LWW Total Access Collection–Collection of over 200 journals that specialize in such areas as medicine, nursing and life sciences.
- Medline with Full Text–Full text for more than 1,470 journals.
- Ovid Medline–Authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, provides access to abstracts from over 4,600 current biomedical journals. Indexing from 1950 to present, with links to full text where available. .
- PsycARTICLES–More than 26,000 searchable full-text articles from 53 peer reviewed journals published by the APA and allied organizations. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal.
- PsycINFO–Covers psychological literature from 1887-present – journals, books, & dissertations. Includes links to full text journal articles.
What does e-HLbc mean to Langara College?
In 2005, prior to e-HLbc’s inception, Langara students, educators, and staff had very limited access to health information. We had subscriptions to three databases crucial to general undergraduate teaching (Biomedical Reference Collection, CINHAL, and PscyINFO), but laced access to critical indexes like Medline and other clinical information from databases like Evidence Based Medicine Reviews and LWW Total Access Collection. These resources are necessary to Langara students and educators working in the health and allied health fields.
Since joining e-HLbc, Langara Library users have gained access to:
- Approximately 3, 137 full text journals
- More than 360,000 records to evidence-based medicine reviews
- 11,300 abstracts with subjects spanning the continuum of the health and allied health fields.
It is crucial that health students are provided access to the same resources they will rely upon as practitioners. In the coming years, in partnership with e-HLbc, Langara Library will continue to provide core resources to meet the needs of our students as they transition between education and practice.
