The library has a browsing collection of over 80,000 volumes on medicine and allied health sciences and receives over 1,000 medical periodicals. The library is an open-stack one in that the bookshelves are completely open for use by faculty members, research staffs and students. Textbooks and monographs are classified and arranged according to the Dewey Decimal classification and the U. S. National Library of Medicine Classificaiotn. Serial publications are arranged alphabetically by title. Particularly, they advise users on how to identify specific books and journal articles, as well as how to use them if the library owns them.
Librarians also accept requests for special bibliographic assistance.
It is closed on national holidays and University Foundation Day. Computer rooms Main compuer room is at the fifth floor of the basic science building. Facilities for scanning images, slide maker and Macintoshi computers are available. Students are welcome to use facilities.