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York Teaching Hospital Library

1. Where is the York Teaching Hospital Library?

It is situated on the first floor of Fountains. Follow the signs from the top of the stairs or lift, or ask at Question Point for directions.

2. When is it open?

The Library is staffed Monday to Friday 9am-5pm. However, users will be able to access the Library's facilities outside these hours when the YSJ Library is open. Please check the YSJ Library opening hours for more detail.

3. What am I entitled to borrow?

YSJ staff and students are entitled to borrow up to five items from the York Teaching Hospital Library collection. They are also entitled to reference access to the journal collection. Photocopying facilities are available in the York Teaching Hospital Library area, or you can take them to the copiers available in the rest of the Learning Centre.

Any items borrowed have a loan period of four weeks regardless of the time of year, including YSJ vacations. 

4. How can I check what the library holds?

All of the York Teaching Hospital Library's items are listed on Discover. Any York Teaching Hospital Library copies will appear with the location York Teaching Hospital Library.  The York Teaching Hospital Library uses a different classification scheme so please check that you have the correct class number.

5. Am I entitled to use the NHS e-journals and databases?

If you are a student on an NHS commissioned course (or a member of staff supporting students on an NHS commissioned course) you are entitled to an NHS Athens username and password allowing access to databases and journals available through National Core Content on NHS Evidence.

Please contact Victoria Watt (v.watt@yorksj.ac.uk) if you have any queries regarding NHS Athens usernames and passwords.

6. Information for existing York Teaching Hospital Library borrowers who are also on courses at York St John

As the two libraries share a library catalogue, you will only need one library card. You will need to choose which type of membership to have. Please ask staff for further details.

7. Information for York Teaching Hospital Library members

For more information about the services to which you are entitled, please see: http://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk/index.php?id=101&ob=1

To find out more about your borrowing rights from YSJ, please see our information for external borrowers.