FAQs for Employees

CoxHealth employees and physicians have access to a number of key health sciences journal databases including CINAHL, Cochrane, Medline and more.

• Physicians and employees may access library resources via the CoxHealth Intranet Library department page.  
• A login is not needed for accessing resources within the Cox network.
• The Library Intranet page also provides instructions for accessing resources outside of the Cox network.
• Links to databases for off-campus use are available under Library Resources & Services on the For Our Employees page.

The Libraries provide several video tutorials demonstrating how to search for articles. 

• A listing of tutorials is available under the Library Education section of the on the For Our Employees page.
• Librarians are available for one-on-one or group training.  Please contact the Libraries for more information.

The Libraries provide online tutorials and several handouts with instructions for locating evidence based articles.   See the  Library Education section of the on the For Our Employees page.

Librarians are available for one-on-one or group training.  Please contact the Libraries for more information.

The libraries provide complete access to over 500 online books via Books@OVID and EBSCO eBooks. 

• Physicians and employees may access library online books via the CoxHealth Intranet Library department page.  
• A login is not needed for accessing resources within the Cox network.
• The Library Intranet page also provides instructions for accessing resources outside of the Cox network.
• Please see the Library Resources & Services  section on the For Our Employees page for links to online books.  

Yes.  

For Urgent Patient Care Requests, please contact the Libraries by phone, 417-730-6051.

For all other inquiries:

• Please search for the title of the journal where the article was published in Full Text Finder for library holdings before submitting a request. 
• If the article is not accessible through Full Text Finder, please complete the online form, Journal Article(s) Request, or e-mail the citations of articles needed to Library@coxhealth.com.
• If e-mailing, please briefly indicate the purpose of your request (i.e. patient care, committee research, etc.)
• Requested materials will be e-mailed to your CoxHealth email account.
• There is no charge for this service unless we are unable to obtain materials at no additional cost.
• You will be notified of any potential fees before your request is processed.  You may opt to cancel your request of any articles for which you will be charged.

All Cox networked computers , as well as computers accessing the Cox network through an SRA or CoxDocs account, should be able to access the databases. If not, please contact the CoxHealth IT department.  Also see: Library Technical Requirements handout. 

Please contact the libraries for further assistance.
When contacting the libraries, please be ready to provide the following information:

• Type of computer you are using (e.g. HP, Dell, Mac, etc.)
• Operating System of the Computer (e.g. Windows 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, etc.)
• Browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, FireFox, Google Chrome, etc.)

Not sure which operating system or browser you are using?  Find this information by opening the web site: www.whatsmybrowser.org

Employees are encourage to request assistance by calling: 417-269-3460 or e-mailing: Library@coxhealth.com

There are several resources, which may provide the answers you need.

• Books@OVID
• eBooks (EBSCO)
• Lexicomp (On Campus access Only)
• UpToDate

EBSCO allows users to create automatic email deliveries of new results for a search using a Search Alert. Alerts emails include links to new articles, and are generated at user-customizable intervals. Please review this tutorial on how to create one: EBSCOhost Search Alerts.

• Phone: 417-730-6051
• E-Mail: Library@coxhealth.com