A collection of databases available via the WWW enables readers to search through over two million citations in the fields of Nursing, Midwifery, Medicine and the Behavioural Sciences. The Cochrane Library was added to the local area network. PC workstations also give students access to Keele on-line library catalogue, CWIS and the Internet. Students also use the main campus Information Centre and the facilities of the library at the North Staffordshire Medical Institute. There is also a large multi-purpose meeting room.
Some teaching is delivered in commissioners' own premises, when required.
A large student common room is available to all students within which are snack and drink vending machines, easy chairs and a television. The upper floor consists of staff offices and a common room, with attached kitchen. It is intended that all Department staff will move en masse into new-build University campus accommodation, early into the millennium. There is a wide range of services and facilities available to students from the Department Students' Association from the Keele University Students' Union. The Department Students' Association welcomes all full time students undertaking courses within the disciplines of Nursing and Midwifery.