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Guide to Services

The Library offers a range of services, for members and fellows, affiliates and exam candidates, members of other colleges, and researchers and the public.

SurgiCat+

Go directly to our Library Catalogue, where you can also search the Museums and Archives collections.

SurgiCat

The Museums and Archives Catalogue, listing manuscripts and museum collections.

Databases

Access the journal reference databases Ovid Medline and EMBASE.

Online journals

Search or browse lists of our journals.

Current Awareness Updates

Find out about the Current Awareness Updates that are available to Fellows and Members. Updates have been designed to support surgeons stay up-to-date with the latest evidence in their field.

Literature Search

Request a detailed search of medical literature.

If you're having problems, please contact us at library.athens@rcseng.ac.uk or +44 (0) 20 7869 6556.

Document Delivery

Order articles in PDF format from the Library’s print journal collections, and find out more about obtaining articles from non-subscribed journals.

ClinicalKey

Searchable access to hundreds of medical journals and thousands of e-books in one site.

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy

View the popular anatomy video series.

Anatomy.tv

Access the Anatomy.tv interactive anatomy site from Primal Pictures.

Need help using our services? 

If you're having problems, please try our help pages, or contact us at library.athens@rcseng.ac.uk or +44 (0) 20 7869 6556.

Related

Visiting the Library
The Library is located on the first floor of the College, next to the Hunterian Museum and is in two parts: the historic Barry Reading Room and the Lumley Study Centre.
Help
Library and Surgical Information Services offers access to a wide variety of services and online resources from a number of providers. The pages within this section offer help and advice for these services.
Current Awareness Updates
The Current Awareness Service has been developed based on RCS members’ recommendations and is specialty-based. Updates on the latest evidence in a particular surgical field are compiled by the RCS Library.
Library Blog
The Library and Surgical Information Services blog explores treasures from our outstanding collections and updates readers on projects and rediscoveries.

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