NNLM Region 5
The University of Washington Health Sciences Library is home to the Regional Medical Library (RML) for the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Region 5.
The NNLM Region 5, along with its sister regions, three national offices, and four national centers, provides leadership in regional and national engagement and training efforts to improve access to health information for health professionals and the public.
NNLM Region 5 members include over 830 academic, health sciences, and public libraries and community-based organizations in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States in the Pacific.
To learn more about the Region 5 programs, services, and publications, visit the Region 5 homepage. To learn more about the NNLM visit the NNLM homepage.
HEALWA
HEALWA is an online library for healthcare providers in Washington State. Funded by a portion of the license fees of participating professions, it is a collection of evidence-based resources for healthcare providers in clinical care. HEALWA includes access to subscription journals, databases and tools. HEALWA can help users with:
- Finding journal articles
- Checking the latest treatment guidelines
- Patient education
- Point of care information
- CME and CNE
HEALWA services 26 professions in Washington State. To use HEALWA, sign up for an account using your license number. Check out the toolkits by profession to see some of what we offer. Questions? Contact Patricia Devine at devine@uw.edu.