Frequently Asked Library Questions

What resources can be found at a hospital library?

Avera St. Luke’s employees and physicians may utilize the Bunker Medical Library for database searching, including:

• OVID (Medline, CINAHL, EBM Reviews which includes ACP Journal Club; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)
• EBSCOHOST's CINAHL
• PubMed
• South Dakota Library Network
• STAT!Ref
• UpToDate database

What other services are available?

• Inter-library Loan Services
• Reference Services
• Limited Consumer Health Information
• Audiovisual Software
• Table of Contents Services
• Telefax
• Photocopy Machine
• Journals (in-house review only)
• Books (may be checked out)

What hours is the the library staffed?

Avera St. Luke’s Bunker Medical Library is staffed by a medical librarian from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday. Call 605-622-5355 during these hours for more information.