Books, CDs, DVDs: Home

Find and request physical resources like Books, CDs, DVDs

About this Service

AHS and Covenant Health staff and affiliates can borrow from our physical book, CD and DVD collections. We also maintain a patient health information collection that can be checked-out by patients and family while on-site. Check out our catalogue to place holds and manage your account.


Typical Loan Periods

Books - 4 weeks

Short Loan - 2 weeks

Journals/Reference - Onsite Use Only

Renewals

Most items will automatically renew up to 2 times, if there are no holds on the item.

Fees

No late fees, but please be courteous to other borrowers and return promptly.

Replacement charge will be assessed if item is lost or overdue by more than 30 days.


Pickup & Delivery

Pickup and drop-off at any of our library locations in Calgary, Red Deer, and Edmonton, or request delivery to any other AHS/COV site.

Search the Library Catalogue

Find our print books, CDs, DVDs from AHS and Covenant libraries. 


Advanced Search | Patient & Family CollectionBook Requests (ILL)

Catalogue Help


This catalogue provides an easy way to search all the physical collections located across our library sites. You'll find print books, and a mix of other media types and equipment that are available for loan. Our online resources like ebooks and articles can be found from our main search box.

Login

  • Use your existing AHS/COV credentials to quickly place holds on items for pickup or delivery to any AHS/COV site. Patients and Family members can register for a card at one of our library locations.

Basic Search Tips

  • Enter keyword(s) in the search box above (e.g., diabetes mellitus).
  • Limit the number of search results by providing two or more keywords.
  • Different forms of a word (e.g., "child", "children", "children's") are searched automatically.
  • Results will display in order of "Relevance" by default (right menu), but if you are looking for the most recently published, change to Date.

Advanced Search Tips

  • Advanced Search allows for the combination of multiple search terms or phrases into separate boxes. Browse the search box drop-down menus to select specific search fields (e.g., title, author, subject, publisher).
  • Boolean searching can also be used in the main search box, using capitalized OR, AND, NOT
  • You can also limit your search to type of material, library, date of publication, etc.
  • Although searches are automatically truncated, you can specify a wildcard search with an asterisk (e.g., f*rn will retrieve farm, firm, form)


 

NEW LIbrary Catalogue - Guided Tour!

Check out our new library catalogue and find the latest print titles in our collection, place holds, and view your checkouts.

Not finding what you need?

This catalogue contains our print book collection, along with a few other physical items like DVDs, iPads, and other equipment. We might have what you are looking for in another format:

We can also bring in materials from our network of medical and academic libraries at no cost to you:

Finally, we also like to build our collection based on your recommendations:

Head to our homepage to start a chat if there is anything else we can help you find! 


Language in the Catalogue

We strive to ensure that our materials are inclusive and accessible for all; however, we recognize that wording found in the library catalogue can be outdated and may reflect old biases that would be considered offensive or inappropriate today. These records span a multitude of sources and time periods that don't always reflect our current values. Please let us know if you encounter problematic language on our website. We will review and, as appropriate, update it with our ongoing commitment to describing materials with respectful and inclusive language.