The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library:
Where people and information meet.

Welcome to Columbia! The Health Sciences Library staff is looking forward to helping you with your information and technology needs.

We invite you to come to the Health Sciences Library for a tour of our facilities, to learn more about our resources and services, and to meet the medical librarians and access services staff.

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Orientation Pointers

Upcoming Fall semester Health Sciences Library tours and classes will soon be announced at: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/classes/classes.cfm.

The Health Sciences Library is one of the 25 libraries that make up the Columbia University Libraries system. To learn more about the CU libraries, see http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/about/

Be sure that you take advantage of all that the libraries at Columbia have to offer. Pick up some of our informational handouts at the Welcome Expo or take a look at them online:

• Columbia University Guide to the Libraries

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/publications/index.html (PDF document)

Get an overview of the resources and services of the Columbia University Libraries. Includes a useful map of the various libraries located on the Morningside Campus.

• Health Sciences Library (brochure)

  Find out about how the Health Sciences Library can help you be a super-successful student.

• Columbia University Resources and Services

  Some library resource tips and tricks to get to the information you need quicker and easier.

• Bibliographic Citation Management Programs available for FREE

  (Endnote, Reference Manager, ProCite, and RefWorks)

  Start your school year off the right way - there is no better time to familiarize yourself with some of the great citation management tools that are available to you free of charge via the Columbia University Libraries. Citation management tools are software products that help you increase your productivity by helping you search the literature and efficiently incorporate references into your writing.

• HSL's citation management webpage: http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/eres/citation.cfm
• PDF Brochure - Where to go to download citation management software or
  create an access account.

• Library Privileges for the Spouse or Domestic Partner (PDF document)

  Help your mate get free access to Columbia's libraries by signing him/her up for access privileges.

• Requesting Library Materials NOT Available @ HSL (PDF document)

  If the Health Sciences Library does not have what you need, we are happy to get it for you - free of charge. Learn about how to request materials not available at HSL.

• Photocopy Service Center (PDF document)

  Copy cards, self-serve photocopy machines, a service window...an overview of the Photocopy Service Center's offerings.

• Study Spaces @ Columbia (both campuses)
  The Health Sciences Library has compiled an inventory of study spaces available on both the Medical Center and Morningside Heights campuses. To learn more see http://library.cpmc.columbia.edu/hsl/studyrooms.html

• Getting onto the Columbia University Network

  Find out about the library-related benefits of activating your Columbia UNI (University Network ID) – the username and password that will allow you to access library resources (which are restricted to Columbia University users only) from off-campus.

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