The Library meets the research, education, and patient care needs of the Medical Center staff and the UCI College of Medicine. It is also a major source of biomedical information in Orange County, serving practicing physicians, health professionals, and the general community. It has over 50,000 volumes including 800 journal subscriptions. The Medical Center Library is part of the UCI Libraries and has rapid access to other collections. The Medical Center Library acquires video, audio cassettes and 35mm slide sets in the subject areas of clinical medicine, nursing, and allied health.
Playback equipment is available in the library.
The software collection consists of over 100 microcomputer software programs, including word processing, database management, spreadsheet, computer assisted instruction, and medical decision-making programs in the Instructional Technology Center.