CMCC Health Sciences Library

Telephone: 416 482 2340 Fax: 416 482 4816

Email: librarian@cmcc.ca Website: cmcc.ca/library

The CMCC Health Sciences Library, the largest English language chiropractic library in Canada, is known for its advanced electronic collections, innovative services and technologyenhanced physical and virtual spaces. Located at the centre of campus, the Library is a welcoming space comprised of a large open reading area, several group study rooms, a computer lab, a reflection room, and the archives. The Library hosts a portable Anatomage® Table and is equipped with interactive digital displays allowing for different ways of presenting, sharing and creating information during teaching and learning activities in group study rooms.

The Library provides access to a high-quality, timely and relevant collection of books, journals, databases and point-of-care tools in online, print and multimedia formats to support CMCC’s instructional and research goals and activities. Library collections are easily accessible on-site and remotely from web platforms and mobile applications, as well as through Kurzweil assistive learning technologies. The Discovery Service tool and subjectspecific LibGuides enhance the discoverability of the Library’s e-resources.

The Archives database is a major resource for the history of chiropractic. Housed within the Library, the Archives hold a wealth of information documenting the history and development of both CMCC and of chiropractic throughout Canada and globally.

The Library is an active partner in evidence-based education, research, knowledge translation, and evidence-based practice. A dedicated and knowledgeable Library team supports teaching and learning, research, and clinical decision-making at CMCC through a wide range of reference and research services, including in-depth searches for Systematic Reviews. The Library's innovative approaches in CMCC's Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) education led to attaining a leadership position among health sciences libraries in chiropractic institutions. Embedded in the curriculum, the Library’s instruction involves a clinical case-based real-time instruction on five steps of the EBP cycle to assist students in gradually building core competencies in EBP.

The Library actively collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to promote mental health and wellness on campus and outside of CMCC. Librarians maintain strategic partnerships through membership in library associations and consortia, such as Health Sciences Information Consortium of Toronto (HSICT), the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health (ACIH), Canadian Health Library Association (CHLA), and Medical Library Association (MLA).