Library of the Health Sciences - Chicago
Collections & Layout

The Library of the Health Sciences - Chicago (LHSC) serves the faculty, staff, and students of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) as well as members of the general public seeking health information.

The LHSC collection of over 500,000 volumes and 5,100 journals supports education, research, and clinical practice in the Colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Applied Health Sciences, Pharmacy, and the School of Public Health; the UIC Medical Center Hospital and Outpatient Care Center, and other affiliated health care institutions. LHSC also serves as the Regional Medical Library for ten Midwestern states under a contract awarded by the National Library of Medicine.

Library Layout

Lower Level:

Journals pre-1996, Group Study Rooms, Photocopier

First Floor:

Circulation/Reserves, Interlibrary Loan, New Book Shelf, Photocopier & Copycard machine, Print Stations, Public Computers, Reference Collection, Reference Desk

Second Floor:

Administration, Group Study Rooms, Journals 1996 to Present, Photocopiers & Copycard machine, Public Computers

Third Floor:

Books, Classroom 303, Public Computers, Special Collections, Theses