Medicine and Dentistry Library

Collections

The Library's printed collections of monographs and journals are divided between direct access rooms and repositories.

The physical collections, almost all of which are modern collections, come from purchases and some donations, including the collections of doctors José Luis Barros Malvar (Cardiology), Alfredo García Alén (Gynaecology), Manuel Fuster Siebert (Cardiology) and Jesús Suárez López (Ophthalmology).

In addition, users can consult, in electronic format, titles of journals and monographs in the area of Health Sciences, subscribed or acquired directly by the BUSC or in consortium with the Inter-University Consortium of the Galician University System (CISUG).

The main areas of knowledge represented in the collections are:

• Pathological anatomy.
• Biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology. Genetics.
• Biostatistics.
• Morphological sciences (human anatomy, histology, developmental biology).
• Surgery. Traumatology. Orthopaedics.
• Dermatology.
• Pharmacology and therapeutics.
• Human physiology.
• History of medicine.
• Internal medicine.
• Legal and forensic medicine. Toxicology.
• Preventive medicine and public health.
• Microbiology, immunology and parasitology.
• Obstetrics and gynaecology.
• Dentistry.
• Ophthalmology.
• Oncology.
• Otorhinolaryngology.
• Paediatrics.
• Psychiatry, medical psychology.
• Radiology, physical medicine.
• Geriatrics and gerontology.