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Library Services

The Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre (NPRC), also known as InfoNeuro, is located in Room听354听of The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital).

Book Collection

We have an excel颅lent col颅lec颅tion of books on neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal and neu颅ro颅sur颅gi颅cal prob颅lems writ颅ten in easy to under颅stand lan颅guage. We lend these books to听MUHC听patients and their fam颅i颅lies. Three items may be bor颅rowed at a time. Learn more about our loans policy by consulting the Book Loans Policy tab on the left-side menu.

Click here to browse our book collection.

We also have pam颅phlets on neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal prob颅lems includ颅ing rare dis颅or颅ders of the ner颅vous sys颅tem.

Computer space, Internet, Printing and Photocopying Access

The Cen颅tre has a computer with inter颅net and email access and a printer for the use of The Neuro patients and their fam颅i颅lies. If you want assis颅tance, our staff members will help you.

Online Resources

By using our Online Resources section, you can get infor颅ma颅tion on neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal dis颅eases and their diag颅nos颅tic tests and treat颅ments either by clicking here to consult our Online Resources webpage or by enter颅ing key颅words in the听search box at the top right corner of the website.听You will find consumer health information for educational purposes, hos颅pi颅tal pro颅duced doc颅u颅ments, com颅mu颅nity resources, links to good qual颅ity resources on the inter颅net.

Info-Neuro Search Service

We have many links to high qual颅ity health infor颅ma颅tion. Sub颅jects include the brain and nerves, ill颅nesses, com颅mu颅nity resources, and more.听Click here to visit the听Online Resources section.

If you can鈥檛 find what you鈥檙e look颅ing for, ask the NPRC team to help you. We will be happy to do a search for you. We can find the infor颅ma颅tion you need online and in books. We also cre颅ate plain Eng颅lish sum颅maries of med颅ical jour颅nal arti颅cles. We then either email you the answer or print it out for you.

This ser颅vice is avail颅able in per颅son (room听354听at the Neuro), by tele颅phone (514鈭�398鈭�5358), or听by email (infoneuro [at] muhc.mcgill.ca). This service is available to the general public. Pri颅or颅ity is given to听MUHC听patients and fam颅ily members.听

The Info-Neuro Cart

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What is the Info-Neuro cart?

The Neuro-Patient Resource Centre (NPRC) brings an information cart to the waiting rooms of many ambulatory clinics of the Neuro and the Neuro Day Centre, at least twice a month for each clinic.

This initiative began in 2022 with the goal of bringing educational materials and support resources to patients and their loved ones.

What information does the Info-Neuro cart provide?

For each clinic, our NPRC library assistants carefully select books, brochures and other resources related to neurological disorders and health to meet the information needs of patients and their families.

If the cart doesn鈥檛 have what you are looking for, we will help you find it elsewhere!

If you missed the cart, come on by the Neuro-Patient Resource Centre (room 354) to benefit from our free services and resources.

Opening Hours, Address, and Contact Information

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Mon颅day through Fri颅day: 9:00 am 鈥� 4:00 pm,听
Sat颅ur颅day and Sun颅day: closed

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Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre
The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), Room 354
3801 Uni颅ver颅sity Street
Mon颅treal, Que颅bec, H3Z 2B4


Telephone:
(514) 398鈥�5358

Fax:
(514) 398鈥�5275

Email:
infoneuro [at] muhc.mcgill.ca

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Book Loans Policy

Who can borrow library books?

MUHC patients and family members, as well as MUHC staff, can borrow books, DVDs and CDs from the resource centre.

How can I get a library card?

To get a library card and borrow books from our library, you must visit the resource centre in person.

A library employee will ask you to fill out a short registration form and give you a library card.

There is no cost for this service 鈥� library cards are free of charge.

How many items can I borrow at a time?

You can borrow up to three items at a time.

How long is the loan period?

• Our loan period for library items is three weeks.
• If you need more time, you can renew your loan once for an additional three weeks.
• We do not charge late fees for overdue items.
• Our reference and reserve material can be borrowed for a period of two days, but these items cannot leave the hospital.

How can I renew my loan?

You can renew your loan for an additional three weeks by either visiting the resource centre in person, calling us by phone at (514) 398-5358, or by sending us an email at infoneuro [at] muhc.mcgill.ca.

Where do I return my library books?

Any materials borrowed from the Neuro Patient Resource Centre must be returned to the centre in Room 354. If the resource centre is closed, please return your items through the book slot in the door.

Library materials left elsewhere in the hospital will probably not be returned and will be considered lost.

Losses

Borrowers are liable for the cost of replacing borrowed items that they have lost.

Interlibrary Loans

We do not offer interlibrary loans, however if you have any book recommendations for our collection, feel free to submit them to us .

Our Team

History

The Neuro Patient Resource Cen颅tre was founded in听1999听by mem颅bers of The Neuro Patients鈥� Com颅mit颅tee who saw an increas颅ing need for patients and their fam颅i颅lies to be able to find reli颅able neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal health information.

Since it opened, the Cen颅tre has been staffed by pro颅fes颅sional librar颅i颅ans spe颅cial颅ized in health care infor颅ma颅tion. Their work has been sup颅ported by the Centre鈥檚 con颅sumer health web颅site which is designed to help patients and their fam颅i颅lies find good infor颅ma颅tion. Our librar颅i颅ans, with the encour颅age颅ment of the Hos颅pi颅tal Admin颅is颅tra颅tion and assisted by the Centre鈥檚 Advi颅sory Com颅mit颅tee (an extra颅or颅di颅nary group of health-鈥媍are pro颅fes颅sion颅als and active vol颅un颅teers), ensure that every颅one using the Cen颅tre is offered first-鈥媍lass library and ref颅er颅ence services.

We have always worked closely with the health-鈥媍are pro颅fes颅sion颅als in the Hos颅pi颅tal to assist write, trans颅late and print patient infor颅ma颅tion for our patients. The Cen颅tre also helps orga颅nize work颅shops, sem颅i颅nars, and sup颅port groups.

Thanks to the gen颅eros颅ity of the Friends of the Neuro, we estab颅lished and con颅tinue to develop our Nancy Pit颅field Col颅lec颅tion. This includes hun颅dreds of consumer-鈥媓ealth books, pam颅phlets, arti颅cles and videos. The Friends also made it pos颅si颅ble for us to offer patients and their fam颅i颅lies a small oasis in the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) 鈥� they ensure that the Resource Cen颅tre is well equipped and taste颅fully dec颅o颅rated so that it is best able to answer the needs of our patients, their fam颅i颅lies and of the com颅mu颅nity in general.

Start-鈥媢p money sup颅port for the Cen颅tre came from the Friends of the Neuro, the McConnell Fam颅ily Foun颅da颅tion, the听MUHC听Foun颅da颅tion, and the听Neuro Patients鈥� Com颅mit颅tee, as well as many indi颅vid颅ual donors. Since then we have been for颅tu颅nate to receive finan颅cial assis颅tance from the Mon颅treal Neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal Hos颅pi颅tal and the 海角社区 Uni颅ver颅sity Health Cen颅tre. We are most grate颅ful to the听MUHC听Foun颅da颅tion, which has over颅seen the busi颅ness side of our oper颅a颅tion since听2002听and for the con颅tin颅u颅ing sup颅port of the Friends of the Neuro, the听Neuro Patients鈥� Com颅mit颅tee, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital), and from our indi颅vid颅ual donors.

We work closely with clinical staff and professionals at the Neuro, the MUHC Patients鈥� Committee, and the MUHC Patient Education Committee to ensure our collection meets our patrons鈥� information needs. We also work with the following MUHC patient resource centres to coordinate programming and collection development efforts:

Make a Donation

To make a dona颅tion you may:

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2.听Mail or Fax your dona颅tion to:
Neuro Devel颅op颅ment Office
The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)
380l Uni颅ver颅sity Street
Mon颅treal, Que颅bec听H3A听2B4
Fax:听514鈭�398鈭�8072

If pay颅ing my cheque, please be sure to make the cheque out to the order of The Neuro. You may write 鈥淣euro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre鈥� in the memo area. We can颅not accept cheques made out to the order of the Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre.

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3.听By Tele颅phone:
Call Gio颅vanna Caraffa, Neuro-鈥婦evelopment Office at听514鈭�398鈭�8825

Please note that your dona颅tion is for the听Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre.
Donors receive a tax receipt from 海角社区 Uni颅ver颅sity, Char颅i颅ta颅ble #听11912听鈥撎�8981-鈥婻R0001.

Disclaimer Information

滨尘辫辞谤颅迟补苍迟. Mate颅ri颅als pro颅vided by the Resource Cen颅tre are for edu颅ca颅tional pur颅poses only, they are not intended to replace the advice or instruc颅tion of a pro颅fes颅sional health颅care prac颅ti颅tioner, or to sub颅sti颅tute for med颅ical care.

If you have any fur颅ther ques颅tions regard颅ing infor颅ma颅tion you obtained from sources accessed through this ser颅vice, please con颅tact a qual颅i颅fied health颅care prac颅ti颅tioner. Eval颅u颅at颅ing the mer颅its of health infor颅ma颅tion should always involve the assis颅tance of a trusted health颅care prac颅ti颅tioner who is famil颅iar with your health his颅tory, and who can bring exper颅tise and expe颅ri颅ence to bear on your sit颅u颅a颅tion. Beware that gen颅eral infor颅ma颅tion regard颅ing health and dis颅ease is not always appro颅pri颅ate when applied to indi颅vid颅ual cases. Resource Cen颅tre per颅son颅nel are not trained to inter颅pret health information.

Infor颅ma颅tion pro颅vided by the Resource Cen颅tre does not imply endorse颅ment or rec颅om颅men颅da颅tion by the Mon颅treal Neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal Hos颅pi颅tal, the Patients鈥� Com颅mit颅tee, its affil颅i颅ates, or individuals.

Our fund颅ing is pro颅vided by the 海角社区 Uni颅ver颅sity Health Cen颅tre (MUHC), the Mon颅treal Neu颅ro颅log颅i颅cal Insti颅tute and Hos颅pi颅tal, the Friends of the Neuro, the MUHC Users鈥� Com颅mit颅tee and non-鈥媍orporate pri颅vate donors.

Privacy and Advertising Information

Privacy Policy

The Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre pro颅vides this site as a pub颅lic ser颅vice. We do not col颅lect per颅sonal infor颅ma颅tion about you when you visit the web site. If you choose to con颅tact us by e-鈥媘ail, or respond to an on-鈥媗ine sur颅vey, we will only main颅tain the infor颅ma颅tion as long as needed to respond to your mes颅sage or to ful颅fill the stated pur颅pose of com颅mu颅ni颅ca颅tion. Your per颅sonal infor颅ma颅tion will only be given to a third party if it is neces颅si颅tated by your request for spe颅cific infor颅ma颅tion. These third par颅ties are held to strict poli颅cies to safe颅guard the infor颅ma颅tion and pro颅vide the same level of pri颅vacy pro颅tec颅tion as the Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre and as are out颅lined in the .

This site uses Google Ana颅lyt颅ics in an effort to con颅tin颅u颅ously improve it. For more infor颅ma颅tion on the con颅fi颅den颅tial颅ity rules rel颅a颅tive to using Google Ana颅lystics please click here:

The Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre col颅lects sta颅tis颅ti颅cal infor颅ma颅tion from the web site. We col颅lect, tem颅porar颅ily, the IP address from which you access the Inter颅net, the date and time, the Inter颅net address of the web site from which you linked directly to the site, the name of the file or the words you searched and the browser used to access the site. This infor颅ma颅tion is used to deter颅mine the num颅ber and the geo颅graph颅i颅cal loca颅tion of vis颅i颅tors to the site. We mon颅i颅tor query words to help us improve the effec颅tive颅ness of the web site.

In an effort to help vis颅i颅tors to the web site access qual颅ity health infor颅ma颅tion we pro颅vide links to other Inter颅net sites. Once you have linked to another site you are sub颅ject to the pri颅vacy pol颅icy of that new site.

Advertising Policy

This site does not dis颅play com颅mer颅cial advertising.

The Neuro-鈥婸atient Resource Cen颅tre does not receive fund颅ing for web颅site adver颅tis颅ing. Exter颅nal resources (sites to which we pro颅vide a link) may con颅tain adver颅tis颅ing. How颅ever, this has no influ颅ence on the con颅tent of our site and we do not receive rev颅enue from these sources.

Land Acknowledgement

The Neuro is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations, a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples.

The NPRC recognizes that Indigenous patients face additional barriers in accessing healthcare, and we do our best to help them navigate the MUHC healthcare system and find the information they need.

The MUHC Users' Committee has developed a pamphlet written in Kanien'k茅ha, Cree, and Inuktitut to ensure patient rights can be more widely understood, which we distribute at the centre and throughout the Neuro.听