The Information service for Integrated Medicine (CAMLIS)
CAMLIS is the RLHIM Complementary and Alternative Medicine Information and Library Service and is situated on the ground floor of the hospital. CAMLIS is the most comprehensive specialist collection for CAM in the UK serving healthcare professionals, researchers and patients alike.
The CAMLIS reading room holds:
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4000+ books on open shelves (others can be fetched from the stacks)
- 60+ current journals on the shelves (back files of another 200 journals in the stacks)
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Computers for access to a broad range of medical databases, e-journals, e-books
- Information professionals who will help you with literature searches
Patients new to Complementary Medicine will find evidence based introductory literature, and expert patients will receive help with more complex literature searches. CAMLIS also runs Information Skills Training sessions regularly to enable participants to make use of complex medical databases.
CAMLIS is working on an exciting new collaboration to provide high quality patient-friendly information. On www.cam.nhs.uk CAMLIS provides overview information for patients, news for medical professionals and access to extensive on-line resources for its members.