The printed collections in UCL Library Services are described below. There is also information
about:
Visit the Bioscience blog to keep up to date with new library resources (both printed and electronic), Open Access, interesting events, useful websites and general library news.
Training
If you would like to receive training on any of the Library resources please contact me (l.flint@ucl.ac.uk) for more information. Subjects covered include finding references using the Library's electronic resources (journals and databases), searching PubMed, and how to identify and locate relevant electronic journals.
Other relevant
resources can be discussed. The sessions can be subject or resource specific.
Resources for Medical Students
Students following Medicine at UCL will find the resources they need in
the Science and Cruciform Library. Please consult the subject guides.
The principal collections for the Division of Biosciences can be found in the following Libraries:
See separate pages for maps
and opening hours.
Book collections
The Library has its own classification scheme for arranging books on the shelves;
a typical classmark looks like this:
MEDICAL SCIENCES E 10 WOL
This the classmark for Lewis Wolpert's
book entitled "Principles of Development" where:
- MEDICAL SCIENCES is the book collection;
- E 10 is the classification (all books with E 10 are about
developmental biology);
- WOL is the first three letters of the author's surname.
Short Loan Collection books
These can be found in the Short Loan Collection on the ground floor of the Science Library. Please remember to issue the books out in the room itself otherwise the alarm will be set off..
The Library catalogue will tell you whether they are available for either a
3-hour,
or
2-day loan
period.
Stores
A classmark beginning with a number, e.g. 950 CH 2 GRA, indicates a book in
store, not on the open shelves. Store books should be requested online via
the catalogue, and once requested will normally be available for collection
after 3pm the next working day. Please see Stores for more information.
Where can I find the collections?
Within UCL, material on subjects relating to Biosciences can be found in
the following locations:
BIOLOGY (Science Library, 1st floor) - Biological studies
(general), mathematical and statistical biology, ecology and biogeography,
microbiology, genetics and evolutionary biology.
BOTANY (Science Library, 1st floor) - Specialist areas include
plant pathology, conservation and fungi.
SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SCIENCES (Language & Speech Science Library, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield St) -
Speech and language disorders, linguistics, language acquisition,
psychology,
hearing, voice, special education and neurological
disorders (see subject guide).
MEDICAL SCIENCES (Science Library, 2nd floor) - The main Medical Sciences collection consists of all areas of studies including human anatomy
and physiology, cellular biology, molecular biology, developmental biology,
genetics, biochemistry, neuroscience, pharmacology,
pathology, immunology and history of medicine.
PHONETICS AND LINGUISTICS - See subject
guide.
PSYCHOLOGY (Science Library, 1st floor) - See subject
guide.
ZOOLOGY (Science Library, 1st floor) - Animal ecology, conservation,
physiology, biochemistry, developmental biology and animal behaviour. Specialist
areas include entomology, vertebrates
and marine and freshwater biology.
Periodicals Collections
The main collections in the Library are:
- Medical Sciences Periodicals - Science Library, 2nd floor (1991 onwards) - check the catalogue for more details.
- Biological Sciences Periodicals - Science Library, 1st floor (1991 onwards) - check the catalogue for more details.
- Psychology Periodicals - Science Library, 1st floor (1991 onwards) - check the catalogue for more details.
- Phonetics and Linguistics - Language & Speech Science Library.
- Speech Sciences - Language & Speech Science Library.
Please note that for all subjects, paper copies
of journals that we have electronic access to have moved to Store. Please see Stores for
more information.
To find locations for journals that we do not hold here at UCL, use the following:
- Union List of Serials -
to search all of the journal titles taken within the University of London.
- COPAC - to access to
many of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland including
the British Library.
For electronic journals, see below.
UCL Explore and the Library catalogue
Explore is a one-stop service for the discovery and delivery of printed and electronic resources. You can search for material within a single resource or across a range of resources simultaneously. Your choice of resources includes:
All resources: A remotely-held catalogue of millions of electronic journal articles and other full-text e-resources
Library catalogue: Printed and electronic book and journal titles from the eUCLid library catalogue
Journal articles: Articles in journals
Digital collections: UCL Library Services’ digital collections
UCL Discovery: Open access documents from UCL’s publications repository
UCL Exam papers: Electronic copies of UCL exam papers
UCL Archives: UCL’s archives catalogue
UCL Journals: Journal titles to which UCL Library provides access, print and electronic
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Electronic sources
Material held in electronic form is available to registered
members of UCL: you will usually need your UCL Information Systems
username and password
in order to gain access to them.
Databases
Bibliographic databases available from the Library include:
- MEDLINE - covers all areas of clinical medicine, and is also an excellent source for many related areas including biochemistry, pharmacology, genetics, cell biology and physiology.
- PubMed - the public version of Medline.
- EMBASE - covers all areas of biomedicine. It specialises in the coverage of: drugs and toxicology; clinical medicine; basic biological sciences; biotechnology, bioengineering and biophysics; pharmacy and pharmacoeconomics; psychiatry; environment and pollution; forensic medicine.
- BIOSIS Previews - covers life sciences and biomedical research. It is often overlooked but well worth a browse. Available via the Web of Knowledge.
- Web of Knowledge - a gateway service to several resources, including the Web of Science which includes the Science Citation Index. This covers all science-related areas including biochemistry, biology, medicine, neuroscience, pharmacology and psychiatry. Conference proceedings are also covered.
For a complete list of databases available at UCL, see www.ucl.ac.uk/library/database. All the above databases can be accessed from this page. You can either browse resources alphabetically, or display a list by subject.
Electronic journals
A range of electronic
versions of journal titles is available. Start from the list on the Library's
web pages at www.ucl.ac.uk/library/ejournal where you will find details of access arrangements for each title.
Other electronic resources include:
Electronic Books
UCL subscribes to an increasing amount of electronic books. Please see the Library e-books webpage for more details. Details of electronic books can also be found on Explore.
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UCL has many specialist medical libraries which are available for all registered members of the institution. These include:
- Archway Healthcare Library - medicine, nursing and allied health;
- Cruciform Library - general clinical and medical sciences;
- UCL Eastman Dental Library - oral health sciences;
- UCL Institute of Child Health Library - paediatrics, international child health, paediatric nursing and allied health;
- UCL Ear Institute and RNID Library - A collaborative venture between UCL, RNID and the NHS;
- UCL Institute of Neurology Library (Queen Square Library) - neurosurgery and neuroscience;
- Joint Moorfields Eye Hospital & the Institute of Ophthalmology Library - ophthalmology, visual science, biomedicine, medicine and nursing;
- UCL Institute of Orthopaedics Library - musculoskeletal sciences and orthopaedics;
- UCL Language & Speech Science Library (NICeST: National Information Centre for Speech-language Therapy) - speech and language therapy, communication disorders, linguistics and phonetics, special education, audiology and voice;
- Royal Free Hospital Medical Library - general clinical and medical sciences.
The Wellcome Library is also available. It holds collections of books, manuscripts, pictures and films on the history of medicine, from the earliest times to the present day.
Senate House Library currently
holds collections of books and journals relating to all areas of Psychology.
For more information about the use of other
libraries, see the full information
at www.ucl.ac.uk/library/otherlib.shtml.
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If you have any problems in using the Library, come to the
Enquiry Desk, or contact the Subject Librarian for Biosciences:
Lisa Flint
E-mail: l.flint@ucl.ac.uk
Telephone: internal: 32628; external: 020 7679 2628
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