The University of Puerto Rico
Medical Sciences Campus Library is the main health sciences
information resource in the island and the most complete collection
of its kind in the Caribbean. Collections and services are geared
to academic programs in Medicine, Public Health, Dentistry,
Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Health. The Library offers a full
range of services to faculty, students, and staff of the Medical
Sciences Campus and health professionals in the community. These
services include book loans, audiovisuals, journals, reserve
collection, reference assistance, interlibrary loans, and
computer literature searches, both librarian mediated and by
end users. Tours, orientations, and workshops on the use of
the library and its resources are offered
by the staff.
The collection totals over 125,000 book and journal volumes,
including 1,200 active journal subscriptions. The monographs
collection contains 44,454 book titles. Books and journals
are kept in open stacks with adjoining reading areas. Non-print
materials such as slides, films, cassettes, and videocassette
programs are available in the Audiovisual Center that houses
a collection of over 2,000 non-print materials and provides
facilities for individual and group viewing.
The Puerto Rican Collection contains unique and valuable
information about the history and development of the health
sciences in Puerto Rico. The Bailey K. Ashford collection,
which contains part of the personal library and archives of
Dr. Ashford, is a valuable
collection for the study of the history of tropical medicine.
The Historical Archives house institutional documents from
1966 to the present.
The HORIZON system is used for library automation. It is
part of the University system-wide automation project and
may be accessed from computers throughout the University System.
The Medical Sciences Campus Library online catalog, as well
as Medline and
several other health information databases may be accessed
through the campus web page www.rcm.upr.edu
or library web page http://rcmlibrary.rcm.upr.edu.
As a Resource Library of the National Network of Libraries
of Medicine of the National Library of Medicine, the Library
participates in its document delivery program. It is also
member of the Consortium of Southern Biomedical Libraries
(CONBLS). Through
these programs, materials that are not available in the collection
are obtained from other health sciences libraries using the
ARIEL software for interlibrary loan transmittal. The Library
also provides information and access to resources available
in local libraries. Reciprocal agreements are in place with
the Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Río Piedras
Campus Natural Sciences Library. FAX transmittal and delivery
of documents are available.
Services
- Workshops and Tours
- Interlibrary Loans/Document Delivery
- Bibliographic Searches
- Internet Access
- Photocopy Services
Collections
- Second Floor Circulation Desk
- Reserve Collection
- Special Collections
- Third Floor Book Collection
- Reference Collection
- AIDS Collection
- Fourth Floor Journals from 1989 to present A-Z
- Fifth Floor Journals before 1989 A-B
- Audiovisual Resources
- Sixth Floor Journals before 1989 C-Z
- Historical Archives
Library Hours
Monday to Thursday 7:00 am - 11:00 pm
Friday 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday 9:00 am - 11:00 pm
Holidays Closed
The study area on the 5th floor opens after regular library
hours until 2:00 am. On holidays, summer session, and academic
breaks a special schedule is announced.
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