Our branch at Antrim Area Hospital will be running reduced opening hours this week:
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Wednesday: 9:00am – 2:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Friday: 9:00am – 4:30pm
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please note:
You can contact library staff via LiveChat Tue – Fri: 10:00am – 4:00pm, or, email: info@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk while the branch is closed and someone will get back to you.
Following the NI Executive’s announcement about further restrictions for Northern Ireland, the opening hours for The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at Royal Victoria Hospital, and the opening hours for The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at QUB Medical Biology Centre will be modified with effect from Monday 19th October 2020.
The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at the Royal Victoria Hospital:
The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at QUB Medical Biology Centre:
Opening hours for branches at Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Antrim Area Hospital and Craigavon Area Hospital can be found on our website. Our branch at Knockbracken Healthcare Park continues to offer help and support remotely.
You can also make contact with the Library by emailing info@healthcarelibrary.qub.ac.uk or by using the Healthcare Library Chat facility, available on the Library homepage, operating between 10am – 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Please find details of the summer opening hours for The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland
The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at the Royal Victoria Hospital
The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at QUB Medical Biology Centre
The Healthcare Library of Northern Ireland at Altnagelvin Area Hospital
The opening hours for the remaining Healthcare Library branches at Antrim Area Hospital, Craigavon Area Hospital and Knockbracken Healthcare Park remain unchanged. However, if you are making a special visit to one of the sites, please check the opening hours by contacting the branch.
Thank you to everyone who responded to the Medical and HSC Library Opening Hours Survey 2017. The survey ran from 25 April to 19 May and its focus was to gauge opinion about the opening hours and whether they met the needs of our users. The survey attracted a response rate of 5.7%. Comments and feedback received have been analysed by library staff and we have identified some areas where we thought it would be useful to respond:
Access to The McClay Library
HSC members of the Medical and HSC Library are entitled to use The McClay Library and the Biomedical Library. In order to gain access, you must have your library smartcard with you, scanning this at sentry on the way into the Library. If for some reason your card doesn’t read, please contact a member of Medical and HSC Library staff for assistance.
Access to UpToDate
UpToDate is not currently available via the HSC Library. HSC staff in the Northern, Western, Southern and South Eastern Trusts can access UpToDate via their Trust intranets. UpToDate is not available to Belfast Trust staff. The HSC Library subscribes to ClinicalKey which features a ‘First Consult’ point-of-care component. For information on accessing First Consult, please contact your Specialist Librarian.
Car Parking
The Medical and HSC Library is located in the Mulhouse Building on the Royal Victoria Hospital site. It is accessible on foot, by car or by using the free shuttle bus running between the Belfast City Hospital site and the Royal Victoria Hospital site. Use of the car parks, and the cost of car parking is controlled by Car Parking Services on the Royal Victoria Hospital site and is outside of the Library’s control.
Varying Opening Hours
As a QUB Library, the Medical and HSC Library adopts term-time and vacation opening hours. However, we recognise that the changing opening hours can be confusing for users to keep track of, and as part of this exercise, we aim to make our opening hours more streamlined.
Using Trust logins in the Medical and HSC Library
As Hospital Trusts process and transmit personal and confidential patient data and commercially sensitive information, access to their networks must be strictly controlled and they are not able to facilitate Trust Logins from the Medical and HSC Library site.
