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The Medical Library
is part of the NUS
Libraries. It is the oldest Special
Library whose origin can be traced back to 1905 when the Straits and
Federated Malay States Government
Medical School
was set up. (History of the
Medical Library ; Medical Library
Reminiscence)
Now temporarily
located in the
S6 building in the Faculty of Science, the Medical
Library serves primarily the:
In
addition to the University students and staff, the Library is also used by
hospital doctors, health-services personnel, general practitioners, medical
officers of the Armed Forces and personnel attached to various government departments,
official bodies and scientific organisations.
(see Membership
& Rules)
The Medical Library celebrates Centennial.
Collection &
Services
The Medical Library has a collection
of over 56,230 book titles and 4,462 journal titles (as at June
2005). Supplementing the book and journal collections are the
audiovisual collection (with over 1,885 titles), microform collection and
electronic resources.
The
Library collection covers a wide range of biomedical subjects relating to
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and health. Special collections
include:
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Singapore / Malaysia
Collection
(also Searchable Online : SMC
Ondisc)
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Reference Databases , Electronic
Journals ,
Electronic Books accessible via NUS
Library Portal
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2 Medical Multimedia CDROMs on Windows 
Virtual exercise physiology: with
lab manual
Diarrhoeal diseases (Topics in International Health)
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Digitized Video Programs via LINC
- Access
is restricted to NUS teaching staff and students of the Yong Loo Lin
School of Medicine. With the exception of Brain Story, it is
restricted to NUS staff and students.
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Apart from
the library
services, the Medical
Library also provides user education (Library Instruction ONline) and indexes local
medical literature (PERIND)
World Health
Organization Repository Library
With
the closing of the WHO office in Singapore
in June 2002, the National University of Singapore
Medical Library had been
designated the WHO Repository Library in Singapore by the Ministry of
Health on 3 June 2002.
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