Library & Study Rooms
The university library houses a large collection of books, journals, and other media, as well as access to a wide selection of on-line databases and learning tools. Campus facilities also offer a number of options for self-study and group study, as well as for practicing clinical skills.
Main Library
Library information guide for English Programs’ students: click here to follow the link
The Main Library is located at:
Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Medycznego
Ul. Przybyszewskiego 37a
60-356 Poznan
tel. +48 61 854 67 59
fax +48 61 854 67 76
http://www.bg.am.poznan.pl/index.php?lang=eng
email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Opening hours (during the academic year):
- Monday – Friday: 8 a.m. – midnight*
- Saturday: 9 a.m. – midnight*
- Sunday: 9 a.m. – midnight*
*it does not refer to all reading rooms in the library
Booking group-work rooms (2.05, 2.06, 2.07) and/or individual-work rooms is possible at the Information Desk of the library (first floor) during regular opening hours.
Students are advised to:
- use the wardrobe check room and lockers on the ground floor prior to entering the library upstairs
- refrain from drinking or eating outside the designated area by the snack bar since neither is allowed inside the library area
Library Collections (as of 31st of December, 2018)
- Books: 273,256
- Periodicals: 76,856
- Special collections: Doctoral Dissertations - 8 408, old prints - 491, video and audio - 1 227
- Number of journals titles in print subscription in 2019: 156, including 14 foreign journals
On line journals accessible through the university network:
- Total number of journals in online transcription: 16,468
- from Springer consortium - 1621
- from Karger consortium - 77
- from Wiley Interscience consortium - 851
- from Elsevier (Science Direct) consortium - 1838
- from EBSCOhost Web - 11420
- from konsorcjum OVID - 181
- from Taylor Francis consortium - 201
- from Cambridge consortium - 139
- from Oxford University Press consortium - 79
- from individual editors - 258
Databases accessible in the university network:
- Academic Search Complete
- PUBLICATIONS – Bibliography of Medical University (1991-)
- PUBLICATIONS – Bibliography of Medical University (-1990)
- BioMed Central
- Business Source Premier
- ChemSpider
- CINAHL
- Clinical Key
- Clinical Trials
- Cochrane Library
- Dentistry&Oral Sciences Source
- Draw it to Know it
- DynaMed ( Przewodnik 1,8 MB)
- ERIC
- Health Source – Consumer Edition
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
- Journal Citation Reports 2006-2016 (Science Edition; Social Sciences Edition)
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- MasterFILE Premier
- MD Consult
- MEDLINE (OvidSP | EbscoHOST | PubMed | WoS)
- MEDtube
- NLM Databases & Electronic Resources
- Polish Medical Bibliography (GBL)
- PubMed
- Scopus
- Toxnet
- UpToDate
- Web of Science – SCI-Expanded (Serwer ICM | Serwer ISI)
Electronic library:
The electronic library offers access to thousands of different types of medical information resources to medical students and physicians. It contains: textbooks (ClinicalKey – textbooks and journals from Elsevier), atlases (Acland Video Atlas of Human Anatomy), and other learning materials such as films and images (MEDtube, Draw it to Know – an interactive online resource that teaches medical sciences in a purely kinesthetic way).
Study Rooms
Study rooms in the library:
Booking group-work rooms (2.05, 2.06, 2.07) and/or individual-work rooms is possible at the Information Desk of the library (first floor) during regular opening hours.
Study rooms designated for students of English-language programs
Apart from the generally available study rooms in the library, students enrolled in English-language programs have the following dedicated study rooms at their disposal:
1) The study room located in the Eskulap dormitory on the ground floor and it is available 24/7, i.e., 24 hours every day of the week. It is administered by Eskulap Dormitory Administration.
2) There are two study rooms located in the Karolek dormitory on the second floor. Available through Karolek dorm Administration.
3) There is also a study room located in the Aspirynka dormitory on the ground floor. Available through Aspirynka dorm Administration.
Regulations to be observed in the facilities
The number of students using a study room may not exceed the number of available seats. Students should not disturb others and must not smoke, eat, or drink while in the room.
Also, students are not allowed to rearrange the furniture or bring in additional chairs; or remove the existing furniture, accessories, and equipment.
Clinical Skills Practice Rooms
There are two clinical skills practice rooms, designed and equipped to simulate real-life family medicine doctor's office, available forstudent self-practice and preparation for OSCE-type exams. The rooms are located in dormitories and have been prepared with the help of student organizations.
Students can sign up to use these rooms at:
NASG CS practice room in Aspirynka dormitory: https://epsu.ump.edu.pl/nasg/clinical-skills-workshop/
IBSG CS practice room in Eskulap dormitory: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or PUMS IBSG (Irish & British Sudent Group)
SONO Ultrasound practice room
A well equipped ultrasound laboratory is available for workshops and student self-practice in Karolek dorm room 2.23. The SONO room is equipped with 4 high-end USG devices (2 x Siemens Adara Sonoline, Chison Ivis 60, Toshiba Xario) that any student can use to practice their imaging skills. This project was made possible thanks to the efforts of Leczymy z Misją (Treating with a Mission) student voluntary initiative with cooperation with MIRO company and PUMS.
The following document will guide you through booking procedure and instructions of use: SONO Regulations.