Medical Library
The Medical Library was established in 1952 and provides specialist support materials for the academic staff, researchers, and students of the KNU Medical School and College of Nursing. The Medical library has around 82,000 books, periodicals, and electronic materials in medicine and related areas.
- Address : 1F, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine , 680 Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 41944
- ☎ 053-950-6530
Library hours
- Monday - Friday: 09:00 ~ 18:00 / Saturday: 09:00 ~ 13:00
- Closed: Sundays, Public holidays, KNU anniversary
User Guide
Check-out limits and lending periods
| Status | Book | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Professor (Full, Assistant, Associate, F/T lecturer) | 50 | 180 |
| P/T Lecturer | 30 | 90 |
| F/T Researcher, Hospital Staff, Residents, Nurses | 20 | 30 |
| Graduate student (Master, Ph.D.) | 20 | 30 |
| Undergraduate student | 10 | 14 |
- The general regulations for the library with regard to check-out, extensions, and the handling of late returns are identical with those for the Central Library.
Facilities and Collections
Facilities
| Classification | Standard | Current state | Secure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required area | 1,953㎡ | 1,104㎡ | 56.5% |
| Reading room seats | 258 seats | 40 seats | 15.5% |
Collection
| Classification | Domestic | Overseas | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Books | 11,285 | 9,501 | 20,786 |
| References | 1,286 | 431 | 1,717 |
| Periodicals | 5,223 | 36,877 | 42,100 |
| Thesis | 12,856 | 1,554 | 14,410 |
| CDs, Designated data | 190 | 362 | 552 |
| Total | 31,722 | 50,370 | 82,092 |
Medicine-Related Web Database
| No. | D/B title | Thematic fields | Contents | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackwell Publishing(STM) = Synergy | Science, Technology, Medicine | 75 journals in science, technology, and medicine (average 1997 to present) |
List, provided from Library website. |
| 2 | The CINAHL Database | Nursing, Eubiotics | 65 journals from CINAHL | |
| 3 | HighWire | Biology, Medicine, Physics, Social Sciences | Free journals provided from Stanford University. | |
| 4 | LWW | medicine, Nursing, Health Sciences | Full text for 128 journals in Medicine, Nursing, and Health Studies of Lippincott.(average 2000 to present) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 5 | Nature Asia | Natural Science | e-Journal of Nature.(1997 to present) - Hangul version (Papers from Asia included.) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 6 | OUP | General Academic Studies | 106 journals provided from Oxford University Press (average 1997 to present) |
List, provided from Library website. |
| 7 | PML | Medicine | 585 overseas academic journals in PML.(average 1994 to present) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 8 | PubMed | General Medicine | Free journals provided by US National Library of Medicine (mostly summaries and bibliography). | |
| 9 | Sage | Management, Economics, Education, History, Medicine, Technology | 95 journals provided from Sage Publishers (average 1997 to present) |
List, provided from Library website. |
| 10 | EndNote | Thesis writing and bibliography management program / online bibliography database search. |
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EndNote User manual Setup.Exe |
| 11 | Science | Natural Science | Journals from Science (1995 to present) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 12 | ScienceDirect | All areas of study(Medline available) (Natural Science, Engineering) |
1,772journals provided from Elsevier, Academic Press, Arcourt Publishers(1995 to present) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 13 | SciFinder | All areas of Natural Science (Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, Medicine, Biology) |
Bibliography and patent information provided in all areas of science. | |
| 14 | Springer | Natural Science, Engineering, Economics, Law | 411 journals from Springer Publishers.(average 1996 to present) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 15 | Taylor& Francis | All areas of study | 924 journals from Taylor & Francis.(1995 to present) (including Gordon & Breach) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 16 | Wiley | All areas of study | 365 journals from Wiley Publishers.(average 1997 to present) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 17 | Cell Press | Life Science, Medicine, Agriculture | 9 journals related to cell(average 1995 to present) (new in 2007) | List, provided from Library website. |
| 18 | Annual Reviews | Biological Medicine | 21 journals on Biomedical Science | List, provided from Library website. |
| 19 | Nature Clinical Practice (3 journals) | Related to clinical therapy. | NCP(Cardiovascular Medicine, Rheumatology Gastroenterology & Heptology) | List, provided from Library website. |
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