Health Sciences 2014–2015 University Calendar

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Libraries

Access to all of the McGill University Library branches and to the Library's licensed electronic resources is available to all McGill faculty, staff, and students. Information on locations, opening hours, collections, and services can be found at www.mcgill.ca/library. Several of the library branches are likely to be of particular interest to health sciences users.

Life Sciences Library

The Life Sciences Library service point, located on the third floor of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, provides borrowing access to course reserves materials. McGill faculty, staff, and students can also request materials from other library branches or through the interlibrary loan service (ILL) and pick them up at this service point. A life sciences librarian is available for research assistance during service hours.

The Library's hours vary throughout the year and are available on the website noted above or by telephoning 514-398-4475.

Osler Library of the History of Medicine

The Osler Library of the History of Medicine is physically and intellectually connected to the Life Sciences Library. The Library has as its nucleus the 8,000 volumes willed to McGill University in 1919 by Sir William Osler (one of its most famous pupils and teachers). The collection now totals over 90,000 volumes including older, rare materials as well as current books and periodicals about the history of the health sciences and related areas.

The Osler Library is open to all who wish to consult its collections and current material is available for loan to all McGill faculty, staff and students. The Library is open on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and in July and August is also closed on Fridays.

Schulich Library

The Schulich Library, which occupies the Macdonald-Stewart Library Building, has an extensive collection of books and journals in the physical sciences, engineering, and life sciences subject areas, including the Wendy Patrick Collection of consumer health titles. Life Sciences liaison librarians have their offices in the Schulich Library and are available for consultation. The Library's hours vary throughout the year and are available on the website noted above or by telephoning 514-398-4769. Faculty members and graduate students in the departments served by the Schulich Library may apply to obtain access to the library after closing hours.

Macdonald Campus Library

The Macdonald Campus Library, located in the Barton Building, is a primary resource for Dietetics and Human Nutrition users. The Library's collection encompasses a wide variety of resources in agriculture, food and animal science, nutrition, the environment, ecology, plant science, and agricultural engineering. The Library's hours vary throughout the year and are available on the website noted above or by telephoning 514-398-7881.

 

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