Sorry to say there will be more IT downtime this weekend, starting from Friday 8th May at 18:00. Services should be back to normal on Monday when we open at 08:00.   We apologise again for the disruption this will cause.

Your wish is our command (within reason!) Hope your studying is more comfortable using the new footrests – find them in the Wolfson Room.

 We’re pleased to be able to offer books rests for use in the library – just ask library staff.  

The WhoHas that book? project aimed at  clinical school students now has its own page on the medical library website. Full details of the project, how the project will work and how clinical students can get involved can be found at – – http://library.medschl.cam.ac.uk/for-you/clinical-students/whohas-that-book-you-need-project-information/

We have been notified of significant works by the Clinical School Computing Service Planned Outage: Clinical School Data Storage Upgrade Affected Services: All Phase 1 & 2: Friday 1st May  6 PM – Monday 4th May 5 PM: All library computer services will be unavailable Phase 3:  Friday 8th May 6 PM –  Sunday 10th May 8 PM: All library computer […]

50 years ago the UK, like much of the western world, was in the grip of an epidemic of coronary heart disease. Much has changed between then and now. How was this achieved and how much further have we still to go? Come to Wolfson College on May 20th to hear Prof Peter Weissberg’s views […]

New Easter Term sessions have been scheduled for you to brush up your skills in finding literature and managing it. Come along to a “quickie”  – a 1 hour lunchtime session on Pubmed, Endnote or Mendeley. Or perhaps a more in-depth session would suit you better? – getting to grips with how to do a systematic review, […]

Have you ever tried to find a book at the medical library but it wasn’t there? Did you suspect that a friend from your course had it? Did you ask if you could borrow the book from them? Did they ever get clobbered with a fine because you forgot to return it to the library […]

Managing and sharing your research data: Advice and support for University of Cambridge researchers Most research funders (including Research Councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation is that data from publicly funded research projects should be appropriately stored and made openly available with as few restrictions as possible. […]

NHS Improving Quality, the Nursing Times and the HSJ, have created an easy-to-use toolkit for any NHS worker wanting to make a change in their workplace. It will help them to identify typical barriers to change as well as the foundations or ‘building blocks’ that will support their change project. The guide also offers useful solutions […]