Medical Libraries
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is affiliated with two outstanding medical schools - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College. One of the many advantages of these affiliations with leading academic centers is the access to health science libraries that are among the finest in the country.
The Columbia University Health Services Library and the Weill Cornell Medical Library provide access to extensive collections of journals, books, archival materials and electronic resources to students, faculty and staff of their respective universities and the staff of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and its affiliated institutions.
Columbia University
Health Services Library
- Columbia University
Hammer Health Sciences Center
701 West 168th St.
New York, NY 10032
tel: 212-305-3605
fax: 212-234-0595
e-mail: hs-library@columbia.edu(Construction notice: Parts of this library are under renovation. Please see this PDF notice for details.)
The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library is one of the largest academic medical libraries in the country. The Library supports a growing number of electronic resources available both on-site within the library and remotely via the Library's website. Since 2001 the Library has put more than 98% of its 4,500 current journal subscriptions online. Students and faculty may access the full text of online journals without cost or being required to enter personal information in order to have this access. Instruction in the methods of navigating online resources, including resources used in evidence based practice, is available to all students and faculty of the Medical Center.
As members of the Columbia community, students and faculty at the Health Sciences campus are entitled to privileges at any of the Columbia University Libraries. The Columbia University Libraries is a system of twenty-five libraries with extensive traditional and electronic resources, innovative services for students and faculty. Library staff, teamed with a group of academic technology centers, are supporting instruction and scholarship.
The Health Sciences Library resources are organized and accessible through the library web page at http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl and the Columbia University Libraries online catalog at http://clio.cul.columbia.edu
A complete guide to the University Libraries is online at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries.
Weill Cornell Medical Library
The C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center
- Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
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1300 York Avenue
The Weill Cornell Medical Library is the principal information resource of the Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. It is composed of the Samuel J. Wood Library and the C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center.
New York, NY 10021
tel: 212-746-6068
fax: 212-746-6494The library has cooperative, reciprocal agreements with the libraries of Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center and the Rockefeller University. Tri-Cat, the tri-institutional online catalog, provides access to the holdings of all three libraries. The Library has ready access to the resources of New York City's major health sciences libraries, as well as other libraries throughout the country and the world. Any materials needed by Weill Cornell students, staff, or faculty may be requested through InterLibrary Services
Those with access to the libraries:- All staff of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and affilliated institutions (To find out if your institution is affiliated, call the Library Circulation Desk at 212-746-6050)
- Students, faculty and staff of the Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- Alumni of Weill Medical College or NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell must show an alumni card (Alumni Office: 212-746-6546)
For detailed information about the Weill Cornell Medical Library and electronic access to its wide range of its resources and services, visit its website: http://library.med.cornell.edu
