Medicine resources and support
Your Faculty Librarian
Hilary Ollerenshaw
Library resource queries for Medicine can be directed to the Medical Subject Librarian Team (medical-librarians@bristol.ac.uk), and Medical Library staff can answer more general library queries.
Medicine resources are available in these branch libraries
- Most medical resources are held in the Medical Library. The Medical Library classmark scheme shows how the books and journals are arranged. Use the Library catalogue to find the classmark for an item.
- New books are displayed on the New Book Display in the Medical Library for two weeks, during which time they may be reserved using the Library Catalogue but not borrowed.
- Thesis collection - PhD, MD, MSc, ChM and DSc theses of staff and postgraduate students of the Medical Faculties from 1910 to date, are available in the thesis collection.
How to find books, journals, and more
- Quick search on the Library homepage
search for books, journals, or articles and databases using our various search tools, plus Internet search using Google Scholar. - The Subject resources section of these pages includes key medicine databases (via MetaLib) for searching for journal articles references, etc, quick reference tools, Internet links, and reviews and bibliographies.
- Our Library collections and eResources pages give full advice on finding all types of materials.
- The Inter-Library Loans (ILL) service can be used to obtain Items not held in print in the University's branch libraries or available online. See below for more details. Access to other university libraries and the British Library may be a useful alternative.
Inter-Library Loans and ILL vouchers
The Inter-Library Loans (ILL) service can be used to obtain Items not held in print in the University's branch libraries or available online. There is a charge for this service, though it may be possible to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this:
- Medicine academic staff will usually be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher from Anne Williams
- Medicine research postgraduates may be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher from Anne Williams or Sue Kriefman.
- Medicine undergraduates and taught postgraduates will need to speak to your tutor first and then obtain the voucher from Sue Kriefman.
Information for academic staff and researchers
Support
- Our Research support pages cover finding information, managing information, and exploiting your research, together with sources of further help and advice.
- Each academic department in the university has its own library representative, whose duties are detailed in these guidelines. The Library Representative for the Centre for Medical Education is Professor David Cahill.
- New academic staff are welcome to contact the Subject Librarian to arrange a session on how the Library can help you.
- Open access (OA) is free, unrestricted online access to the outputs of publicly funded research. Further details and help are available from our Open Access pages
Subject resources
- Medical Library Collection Management Policy (Word, 158 KB)
- Medical Library Collection Management Policy (PDF, 258 KB)
- Library Collection Management Policy
- Book purchase recommendations can be made using the 'Make a book suggestion' link at the top of this page.
- To recommend that the Library subscribe to a new journal title, please fill in and submit the Journal Suggestion Form (UOB access only). The form explains the procedure that needs to be followed before the Library can go ahead and purchase any new titles.
Medical librarian contacts for the MB ChB programme
- Academic liaison for Programme through Central Teaching Committee and Medical Libraries Liaison Committee - Hilary Ollerenshaw, Medical Faculty Librarian, hilary.ollerenshaw@bristol.ac.uk, (0117) 33 11503
- Year 1 - Richard Kielb, Subject Librarian for Anatomy, Biochemistry and Year 1 & 2 MB ChB, richard.kielb@bristol.ac.uk, (0117) 33 11504
- Year 2 - Richard Kielb
- Year 3 (except Psychiatry and Ethics) - Reading lists: Martin Hewitt, Subject Librarian for Physiology and Pharmacology martin.hewitt@bristol.ac.uk (0117) 3311504 Information literacy teaching content: Richard Kielb; Hilary Ollerenshaw
- Year 3: Psychiatry and Ethics only - Cath Borwick, Subject Librarian for Social and Community Medicine, cath.borwick@bristol.ac.uk, (0117) 33 11504 (Mondays)
- Year 4: Reading lists: - Naomi Nile, Assistant Subject Librarian, naomi.nile@bristol.ac.uk, (0117) 33 11504
- Year 4: Information literacy teaching content: - Hilary Ollerenshaw, Medical Faculty Librarian, hilary.ollerenshaw@bristol.ac.uk, (0117) 33 11503
- Year 5 - Martin Hewitt
- Self-assessment and referencing - Naomi Nile
- Vertical Studies: Consultation and Procedural Skills - Richard Kielb
- Vertical Studies: Disability, Disadvantage and Diversity - Naomi Nile
- Vertical Studies: Ethics and Law in Medicine - Cath Borwick
- Vertical Studies: Evidence Based Medicine and Public Health - Richard Kielb
- Vertical Studies: Medical Humanities and Whole Person Care - Richard Kielb
- Vertical Studies: Personal and Inter-professional Development - Martin Hewitt
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