Medical Center Library

HOURS for September 26, 2016: 8:00am - Midnight

Outreach Resources for Librarians

Databases

Free

PubMed (University of Kentucky) -- Free access to MEDLINE with many UK full-text holdings. (Restricted to UK faculty, staff and students.)

PubMed (NLM) -- Free access to MEDLINE (Free to all; no access to UK full-text holdings.)

DIRLINE: Directory of Health Organizations -- A directory of health and biomedical organizations, government agencies, information centers, professional societies, voluntary associations, support groups, academic and research institutions, and research facilities and resources.

LocatorPlus -- The National Library of Medicine (NLM) online catalog of books, audiovisuals, journals, computer files, and other materials in the Library's collections.

National Guideline Clearinghouse -- Site of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents maintained by NLM.

NLM Catalog -- provides access to NLM bibliographic data for journals, books, audiovisuals, computer software, electronic resources and other materials. Links to the library's holdings in LocatorPlus, NLM's online public access catalog, are also provided.

TOXNET -- A group of databases covering toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas.

NLM Databases and Electronic Information Sources

Restricted to UK Faculty, Staff, Students and Community Faculty

OvidSP databases

Health-related Databases
This list of databases, maintained by the Medical Center Library, includes free as well as licensed databases available via the proxy server for off-campus access. Access to many of these databases is limited to UK-affiliated users only.

Research Guides by Subject
This interdisciplinary list of resources and research guidance maintained by University of Kentucky librarians includes free as well as licensed databases available via the proxy server. Access to many of these databases is limited to UK-affiliated users only.

LIBRARY LINKS

SELECTED DATABASES

UK faculty, staff and students use their UK Wildcard as their library card. Persons not affiliated with UK may obtain a library card if they are 18 years of age and present a valid Kentucky driver's license or a valid non-driver ID. Faculty, staff, and students from reciprocal colleges and universities in Kentucky may obtain a UK library card with proper identification. Anyone with a UK library card may check out materials in the Medical Center Library or any UK campus library.

Use InfoKat Discovery Library Catalog (UK Libraries Holdings) to locate materials owned by the UK Libraries.

Collection

Location

Loan Period

Audiovisuals

First floor

7 days

Books

Ground floor

28 days for UK Undergraduates and Non-UK borrowers

90 days for UK Graduate students

120 days for UK Faculty/Staff

Reference Books

First floor

Special permission

Permanent Reserve

First floor

2 hours

Unbound Journals

First floor

2 hours

Bound Journals

Ground floor

4 days

MCL pre-1987 Collection

William T. Young Library

UK Libraries Circulation Policy

Rare Books

Special Collections

None

19th Century Collection

William T. Young Library

UK Libraries Circulation Policy

E-mail notices

The Medical Center Library sends library notices via e-mail.

Holds

If a book, journal, or audiovisual you need is checked out, you may place a hold on it so that when it is returned to the Medical Center Library it will be held at the User Services desk for you. You will be notified when it is available.

Contact Genia Kempster if you have questions about placing a hold on library materials or for any questions related to borrowing library materials.

If you have questions or comments about the University of Kentucky Medical Center Library, please contact us. If you would like to contact individual staff members, please use the Medical Center Library Faculty/Staff Directory.

Call: (859)323-5300