List of medical libraries

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A health or medical library is designed to assist physicians, health professionals, students, patients, consumers, medical researchers, and information specialists in finding health and scientific information to improve, update, assess, or evaluate health care.

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Medical libraries: Africa

Algeria

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Ghana

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Libya

Mali

Nigeria

Sierra Leone

Seychelles

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

*Busitema University School of Medicine Library

World Health Organization

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Notes: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Medical libraries: Americas

Canada

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District Of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

US Territories

Caribbean

Medical libraries: Asia

China

India

Israel

Malaysia

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Medical libraries: Europe

Bulgaria

Croatia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

The group or branch of the Library Association of Ireland which represents the interests of those working in health and medical libraries in Ireland is the Health Sciences Libraries Group or HSLG. [6] [7]

Irish hospital libraries

  1. Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) Library, Cork
  2. Bantry General Hospital, Cork
  3. Cavan General Hospital
  4. Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10
  5. Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin
  6. Cork University Hospital, Healthcare Library
  7. Dr. Steevens’ Hospital Library, Dublin
  8. HLI E-Library
  9. Mallow General Hospital, Cork
  10. Mayo University Hospital
  11. Galway University Hospitals
  12. Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar
  13. Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
  14. Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, Offaly
  15. Naas General Hospital
  16. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
  17. Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan
  18. Portiuncula University Hospital, Galway
  19. Roscommon University Hospital
  20. Sligo University Hospital
  21. Tipperary University Hospital
  22. St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin
  23. St. Conal’s Hospital Library, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
  24. St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny
  25. St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network (SLRON) Dublin
  26. University Hospital, Kerry
  27. University Hospital Limerick
  28. Medical Library, University Hospital Waterford
  29. Wexford General Hospital

Irish specialist health libraries

The Netherlands

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

Medical libraries: Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 "African Hospital Libraries". africanhospitallibraries.org. Archived from the original on 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  2. "African Library & Information Associations & Institutions". web.aflia.net. Archived from the original on 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. "African Digital Health Library (ADHL)". adhl.africa. Archived from the original on 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  4. Chande-Mallya, R. (2019). "Tanzanian health libraries in the 21st century: initiatives and challenges". Health Info Libr J. 36 (3). John Wiley & Sons, Inc: 283–287. doi:10.1111/hir.12271 . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. Kinengyere, Alison Annet (2019). "Ugandan health libraries in the 21st century: key initiatives and challenges". Health Info Libr J. 36 (2). John Wiley & Sons, Inc: 185–189. doi:10.1111/hir.12258 . Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  6. "Health Sciences Libraries Group". hslg.ie. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. "Library Association of Ireland". hslg.ie. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  8. "Health Library Ireland". hli.ie. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. "HSE Libraries". hselibrary.ie. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.