Library

The University Library provides a vast array of high quality online resources, books, and spaces to work. Staff are here to help, whether that’s in person at the Help Desk or via email, phone, chat or social media. Find out more about where to start with the Library Essentials guide. This includes information on using the library catalogue, your library account, online induction resources and opening hours. For general help, contact the Library Help Desk. For general information, visit the Library webpages.

For an introduction to using the University Library and its resources, visit the Library’s Information for new students website. This includes information on using the library catalogue, your library account, online induction resources and opening hours.

For general help, contact the Library Help Desk. 

Your academic liaison librarian

Your Academic Liaison Librarian is David Brown. David can help you to search effectively for resources, understand how to use and evaluate these and how to reference your work correctly. David can be contacted at lib-healthsci@york.ac.uk/+44 (0)1904 323846. Further details can be found in the Health Sciences Subject Guide.

The Subject Guide contains links to useful resources, as well lots of online materials to develop your literature searching and study skills and a set of literature searching FAQs.

Electronic resources

The University Library also provides access to a wide range of e-resources via its web pages. These resources include over 10,000 electronic journals. Access is also provided to bibliographic databases such as Medline, CINAHL Ultimate, The Cochrane Library, British Nursing Database, Embase, and PsycINFO which help you search the literature. You can access these e-resources both on and off-campus.