OVERVIEW

The Health Sciences Library, perhaps the best in the country, is spread over 1.5 lakh sq. ft. over five levels, and can accommodate 1300 students at a time.?It provides access to a range of databases on the campus network, e-resources, and OPAC-related access to its vast collection. It has a separate audio-visual room, computer lab, group study area and private study area.

It started as the Central Library in 1953 and later shifted to an independent building at Dr T.M.A Pai 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Centre in 1983. In view of the future academic requirements, the university created SEARCH, the Health Sciences Library with state-of-the-art facilities at manipal.edu building.

?

OBJECTIVES

• To acquire, manage, and disseminate health sciences information to students, faculty and research scholars of the constituent health sciences institutions at 亚洲通_亚洲通官网.
• To provide timely, accurate and current information to users for education, teaching and research.
• To provide information services and access to bibliographic and full text digital and printed resources to support the scholarly and informational needs of the health sciences institutions of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education.
• To support and facilitate the research, learning, teaching and administrative activities of the university by organizing, maintaining and providing access to appropriate literature and information resources in such a way as to provide optimum benefit for library users.
• To provide an appropriate and comfortable environment and facilities for the use of library services and for individual and group study.

COLLECTION

The total collection of library resources as on 31 December 2013 is as follows.

For information on the e-resources available, you can download?Library e_resources.

?

LIBRARY USERS

The Health Sciences Library is accessible to

• Kasturba Medical College, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 College of Dental Sciences, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 College of Nursing, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 School of Nursing
• 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 College of Health Professions, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• Melaka 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Medical College, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• KMC 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Centre, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• School of Life Science, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• Dept of Statistics, KMC, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• Dept of Public Health, KMC, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• Dept of Virus 亚洲通_亚洲通官网, KMC, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
• Dept of Library and Information Science, KMC, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网.

CONTACTS

Dr Shivananda Bhat?
Senior Librarian and In-charge
Health Sciences Library
Kasturba Medical College
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Academy of Higher Education, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 – 576 104, INDIA
Telephone +91820 2922358
Fax +91820 2570061
e-mail:?lib.kmc@manipal.edu