• All Hartford Hospital, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Midstate Medical Center and affiliated staff
• Affiliated house staff and students rotating through Hartford Hospital as part of their clinical experience, as well as students from the Hartford Hospital Allied Health programs
• Authorized customers must complete a registration form in order to initiate borrowing privileges
• Unaffiliated medical and health professionals, as well as patients and their families can use materials and resources in the libraries, but do not have borrowing privileges
• Click here for more information regarding our policies 

• Yes, registration is required to:
  • check out items from any of the collections
  • receive an Ovid password
  • request an interlibrary loan
  • borrow a laptop
• Click here for more information regarding our policies 

• Go to the HH portal: https://portal.harthosp.org.
  • enter your Novell login and password
  • go to the HH Intranet and choose Health Science Libraries
• Passwords are not required for any databases (other than Ovid) when accessing the library resources through the hospital portal
• UptoDate is not accessible remotely through the portal

• Click the Ask a Librarian link on the library Internet website
• Call the Robinson Health Science Library main desk at (860) 545-2971
• Visit one of the library locations

• From the Libraries’ Internet or Intranet pages, choose A-to-Z Journal Holdings
  • Journals available full text online through one of our databases will have a computer icon and a link to that journal
  • Journals available from our print holdings will have a book icon along with a link to HartCat, our online library catalog
    • In HartCat please note that print journals may be shelved at different campus locations according to the year of publication

• Hartford Hospital, CCMC, MMC and affiliated staff may request a literature search be performed by library staff
• Those eligible should complete an Literature Search Request Form available online or in the library
  • Be sure to include either a phone number or email address
  • You will be notified when your search is ready
• STAT searches are available ONLY when information is needed for immediate patient care and must be called in
• Employees who are also students, in any program, may request three (3) searches per semester for school needs

• Call the library at (860) 545-2971 to set up a time for one-on-one instruction, or to arrange for a small group class

• Search for print journal titles in HartCat, our online catalog
• Find the campus location of any journal in HartCat
• Use Journals A-to-Z to link to online journals

• The Robinson Health Science Library, located in 3rd floor of the Education & Resource Center contains:
  • Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy journals and books
  • Consumer and Integrative Medicine collection
  • Nursing and allied health collections
  • Geriatric/gerontology collection
  • Performance Development Center (PDC) collection (a collection of books, video’s and A.V. materials supporting management and leadership)
  • The Pyrtek Learning Resource Center is also located here
• The Institute Of Living Library, located on the 3rd floor of the Research/Burlingame Building at the Institute of Living contains:
  • Psychiatric and mental health journals
  • Archives of some older titles from our medical and nursing collections

• Use Journals A-to-Z:
  • Journals with full text availability will have live blue links
• Articles found in journals not available online or on the shelf:
  • Complete an Article Request Form here or at the library information desk
    • The library will request it for you from another library
    • Only 3 articles per person / per day will be processed
    • This process takes approximately 7-10 business days
    • Please plan for this delivery time when you begin your research

• The Pyrtek Learning Resource Center is designed to assist hospital staff with a variety of presentations and technical needs.
  • Call Dan Small, Multimedia Assistant: (860) 545-5074
  • It is best to arrange an appointment for specific and detailed projects with either person. However, they are available to answer your questions daily.

• Renew a book by calling the main desk at (860) 545-2971
• Books may be kept for a 3-week period and renewed once
• Book drop boxes are located outside of each library for your convenience when the library is closed

• We will send you an overdue notice for items not returned by the due date
• We will issue a bill for overdue items that include replacement and processing charges
• Contact the library at (860) 545-2971 for a lost item and to arrange payment

Can I put books on hold if they are not on the shelf?

• You can place an item on HOLD by calling or coming in to the library
• We will call you when the item is available

• Go to Find a Book and click on eBooks
• You will find links to books in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, research,  and more

• Hartford Hospital, CCMC & MMC employees and House staff are eligible to make work or study related photocopy requests
• Complete a Journal Request form available here and at any library Information Desk
• A maximum of 3 requests per day will be copied
• Requests are copied within 2 business days
• Self-service photocopy machines are available at all libraries for a fee
• Staff and affiliated patrons pay 5 cents per page, unaffiliated patrons pay 15 cents per page
• For more information about using the copy machines, ask at the Information Desk
• Please note: House staff are expected to make their own copies

• Journals do not “circulate” which means that they can not be removed form the library
• You can photocopy, within copyright law, articles from our journals
• Click here to learn more about our photocopy policies and copyright information

• You can borrow a laptop for use in the Robinson Health Science Library if you are a registered library user
• Come to the library main desk to complete the necessary paperwork
• Click here to learn more about our laptop borrowing policies

• Library customers must pull their own journals

Can I print from the library computer?

• Enduser computer stations have printer access
• Printing fees are 5 cents per page for HH, CCMC & MMC employees, students, patients and family members; 15 cents per page for all others
• The Pyrtek Learning Resource Center has a color printer ... copies are $1.00 each

• We do allow food and drinks in the library for your convenience
• We expect customers to be careful with these items near computer terminals and print material

• You may not save files to enduser stations in the library
• Library computers clear all work at the end of each day when they are shut down
• Flash/removable drives are suggested: (note: we do not sell flash drives) 
• In the Pyrtek Learning Resource Center, files may be saved to the local “friend” drive

• Inquire at the front desk of the Robinson Health Science Library for availability at (860) 545-2971 
• Reservations may be made up to one day in advance
• Standing reservations are not possible

• Call the Robinson Health Science Library at (860) 545-2971, up to one day in advance, to reserve this space

• Click on About the Libraries link at the library homepage
• Select the library in question

• Click on About The Libraries link at the library homepage
• Click on Library Policies