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Health Sciences Library

Patients, families, students, and clinicians will find the information they need in the Health Sciences Library at St. Mary's. Our services are free and open to the public.

It's normal to have questions about health-related topics. Visit the Health Sciences Library and we'll help you find answers.

The Library offers a wide-ranging collection of information about any health care problem. We have Internet resources, consumer health books, and videos on many topics such as diabetes, heart trouble, cancer, menopause, and healthy living.

The Library is located on the ground floor at 99 Campus Avenue, Lewiston, near the Lepage Conference Center. We're open 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday - Friday.

Our hours may be slightly different around holidays.

 
Can't come to visit? Give us a call at 207-777-8775 and we will mail you materials.

Prefer e-mail? Contact the Library staff for a quick response to your health information questions:

library@sochs.com                                                                     

Want to do your own research on the Internet? Go to

http://www.medlineplus.gov/

MedlinePlus is a goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine. Health professionals and consumers alike can depend on it for information that is up-to-date and accurate. MedlinePlus will direct you to quality websites from government and non-profit sources, offering definitions, drug information, treatment choices, and support groups for thousands of health conditions.

Click on the above PubMed logo to do your own research.  PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Click on the above NIH News in Health logo to view the newsletter.  NIH News in Health is a free monthly newsletter bringing you practical health information based on research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation's medical research agency.