Information for postgraduates

This page focuses on subject information specific to postgraduates, but also points to other useful pages.

Contacts and feedback

• For subject enquiries contact Medical Library Staff. The 'contacts' section of the Library website details other contacts and enquiry points.
• Feedback about library resources for Medicine is welcomed by Medical Library Staff.

Subject resources

• Book purchase recommendations can be made using our Book Suggestion Form (UOB access only).
• The collections page details useful Medical collections in the libraries, and advice on using other university libraries and the British Library.
• Quick reference tools, databases, reviews and bibliographies, and Internet links pages are available.
• See our Library collections and eResources pages for details of our more general resources & collections, including electronic journals, electronic books and databases.

Inter-library loan vouchers

• If you need an item which is not held anywhere in the library system here in print or online, you can use the Inter-library loans Service to obtain it from another library. There is a charge for this service, though you may be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher from your department to pay for this, please contact Julia Davies or Sue Kriefman

Information literacy

• Library tours and induction, literature searching skills and database training are provided for postgraduates and are arranged for you by your department.
• Researching a topic in Medicine - in six steps
• General advice on finding and using information.
• Information literacy: web tutorials - video tutorials and quizzes to help develop your expertise in finding, evaluating and using information.

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