Health Sciences Library
The Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Library's primary mission is to support the educational, research and clinical service functions of Loyola. Many services of the library also are available to community physicians. The library's collections total more than 190,000 volumes, including:
- More than 130,000 bound journals
- Approximately 2,500 current subscriptions and nearly 5,000 total subscriptions to journals, newspapers and periodicals
As a designated resource library for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine and the American Medical Association, Loyola's researchers, students and clinicians have rapid access to the collections of other major health sciences libraries in the United States and around the world.
Library users have access to thousands of medical, dental, scientific and general print- and full-text electronic titles and databases, including:
- An online card catalog of more than 1 million items held by the Loyola libraries
- Electronic databases such as MEDLINE (indices/abstracts to biomedical literature with full coverage of all languages, 1966 to present); CINAHL (nursing and allied health); HEALTH (health planning and administration); CURRENT CONTENTS; BIOETHICS; and mega databases such as Primary Care Online, MD Consult, UpToDate and EBM Reviews-Best Evidence and Cochrane Reviews
- Citations to periodical articles in social science index, humanities index and business periodicals index
- Electronic periodical titles and online texts including Harrison's Online and Scientific American Medicine
The Learning Resources Center (LRC) collects a variety of medical media programs and assists with the selection, preview, rental and purchase of educational media and equipment. Additionally, the LRC uses videoconferencing, satellite technology and the Internet to provide for several different telemedicine applications, including Grand Rounds, intercampus meetings, courses, and CDC and Joint Commission programs.