Library & Learning Resource Center

The Texas Heart Institute Library and Learning Resource Center was established in 1990 and has been located in the Denton A. Cooley Building since 2002.

The Library and Learning Resource Center is dedicated to supporting the activities and programs of the Texas Heart Institute as they relate to patient care, education and research. The department accomplishes its mission by maintaining an up-to-date collection of books, journals, audiovisual items, and other library materials related to the study and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Our collection includes 1,800 books, more than 1,900 audiovisual items, and subscriptions to more than 40 medical, scientific and technical journals.

Services

Texas Heart Institute Library and Learning Resource Center offers the following services to eligible users.

• Collection (books, journals, audiovisual material) – Textbooks are arranged by subject and the audiovisual collection is arranged by media type and classified by subject in accordance with the National Library of Medicine’s classification system. We receive approximately 100 current journal titles, which are arranged alphabetically.
• Classes – Classes about information retrieval and management are offered by L&LRC staff. We currently offer PubMed classes, Accessing Electronic Resources, PowerPoint, EndNote, Excel, Library Essentials, Impressive Presentations, Scopus, Searching – Google Scholar, and Rapid Research Alerts.
• Fee-based Interlibrary Loan – Photocopies of articles from volumes not held at the Texas Heart Institute Library may be obtained through interlibrary loan. There is a charge for this service, and delivery time varies between 2 and 8 days. Rush requests require an additional fee and are generally available within 24 hours.
• Mediated Literature Search Service – The Library’s search professionals can perform mediated literature searches for patrons. A variety of databases are used, including MEDLINE, Cinahl, EBM Reviews, Current Contents, Reference Update and Up-to-Date. Current awareness services, also known as SDIs (Selective Dissemination of Information), are available to clinicians and researchers who need a weekly or monthly update of the journal literature about any topic or field of interest.
• Public Access Workstations – Computer systems that support reference and academic tasks are available. Interactive educational and reference materials, document editing and production software, and imaging hardware are also available.