Information for Grants and Accreditation
The information below is provided for MUSC grant writers, and for those departments and programs needing information about the MUSC Library's resources and services for accreditation. For more information, see the About the Library, or contact Bob Poyer at 792-2892 or poyerrk@musc.edu.
Mission of the MUSC Library
The Library acquires, manages, and maintains resources of knowledge in the biomedical
and health sciences in support of the University's overall mission of educating
health care professionals, delivering high quality clinical care, advancing
medical science through biomedical research and serving the public of South
Carolina.
The MUSC Library has a primary mission to serve the greater MUSC family of faculty,
residents, fellows, students, researchers, and staff. The Library is open to
the public.
| COLLECTIONS | For specific titles, | Updated | |
| Size | 115,121 items | see MUSC Catalog | 07/01/2011 |
| Books | 102,702 books (all formats) | see MUSC Catalog; eBooks | 07/01/2011 |
| Journals | 21,360 journal subscriptions (all formats) | see eJournals & eBooks; MUSC Catalog | 07/01/2011 |
| Databases | 147, including MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO | see Databases | 07/01/2011 |
| SERVICES | |
| Reference | Reference services include answering ready reference questions, e-reference, performing medical literature searches including evidence-based searching, and personal research assistance. Reference offers tours, orientations, course related instruction, various programs on special topics for specific groups, and individual instruction. For more information, see Reference Services. |
| Document Delivery / Interlibrary Loan |
The MUSC Library Document
Delivery / InterLibrary Loan service provides books, journal
articles and other materials not available in the Library's collections. For
more information, see
Document Delivery/ILL Policies. |
| Library Hours | The Library's 2nd and 3rd floors are open 24 hours a day, 7
days a week for MUSC students, faculty and selected staff, and open 74
hours per week to the public. For specific hours, see
About the Library. |
| Computer Labs | The Library has two computer labs, the Second
Floor Lab, open 24/7, and the Fourth Floor Lab, both equipped with scholar workstations. They offer access to Library resources as well as open
Internet access,
and have standard software applications such as word processing,
presentation, spreadsheet, and e-mail. Some workstations have specialized
courseware or specialized software applications for multimedia, reference
management, and statistics. |
For more information, see the About the Library, or contact Bob Poyer at 792-2892 or poyerrk@musc.edu.