Medical Library

The Library offers
•	Online catalog
•	Medical books, journals, & audiovisuals
•	In-house access to full-text journals & books
•	Research on your own or with staff
•	Ordering materials not on site
•	Selective lending of materials
•	Computers with Internet access
•	Copier, VCRs
•	Trusted Internet Sites

We connect you to the information you need. When facing a health question, you may want to learn more. We want to help you in your search. Our Medical Library offers the public and the medical community authoritative and accurate information about diseases, treatments and tests, to help you make informed healthcare decisions. The library is open to the public and has information written in lay language as well as technical books and journals aimed at the healthcare provider. Give us a call.

Medical Library
Deaconess Health & Education Center
910 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 218
Spokane, WA 99204
(509) 473-7398
(509) 473-7790 (fax)

Medlib@empirehealth.org

Open to the Public:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Friday

Authorized personnel:
24 hour access

Public parking garage

More about library services

Self-service copying = $0.10/page.
Journals and Reference books do not circulate.
Only affiliated staff or inpatients (during their hospital stay) may borrow our books and videos.
Fees may apply to copying, research, and material ordering done by library staff.

More about trusted internet sites

PubMed (National Library of Medicine)—Search for lists of technical medical journal articles, some with full text.

MedlinePlus (Companion to PubMed)—In lay language: links to disease and drug web sites, and physician, hospital and medical organization directories.

Cancer.gov (National Cancer Institute)—Cancer information for patients and professionals.

CDC (Centers for Disease Control)—Comprehensive health and safety resource for the general public and professionals.

FirstGov (US Government)—Federal and State government web sites.

Access Washington (State)—Official Washington State web site.