Library

The Donald Mason Library is situated on the Ground floor of the main LSTM building.  The collection is well established and has a strong collection in the areas of tropical diseases, epidemiology, public health, entomology, parasitology, child & reproductive health and the associated biological, medical and veterinary sciences.  The Library’s holdings are listed on the University of Liverpool’s catalogue where links to many electronic resources accessible to both staff and students are available, via the University's E-Library.

Other useful electronic resources in the field can be found here.

Links to some other libraries with significant resources on tropical medicine are listed in the web links below:

http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/library/ (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
http://www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk/research-facilities/library/ (National Institute for Medical Research Library, Mill Hill)
http://www.who.int/library/collections/historical/en/ (Includes League of Nations malaria documents)
http://www.swisstph.ch/resources/library.html (Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Documentation Centre & Library)
http://www.nls.uk/indiapapers/malaria.html (National Library of Scotland, Medical History of British India)

 

Visitors to the School wishing to use the Library should first report to Reception.

Services offered include:

  • Loan of books and journals
  • Provision of access to electronic resources
  • Use of networked computers
  • Loan of laptops
  • Access to the wireless network (RoamNet)
  • Dissertation binding
  • Study space for students

 

 

Opening hours (Term-time)
Monday – Thursday  9am to 7 pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday – Closed
Sunday – Closed

Opening hours (Vacation)
Monday – Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday – Closed
Sunday – Closed

Students and staff at the School enjoy access to the University’s Library and Sports services and will issued with an id card on registration which will help enable access to these resources.  You will need this card to borrow from any of the University Libraries as well as the Donald Mason Library.

If you have any special needs which might affect your independent use of the Donald Mason Library, please contact the staff who will be pleased to help.

For any other issues contact the issue desk or e-mail the address below.

Contact details:
E-mail: dmlib@liv.ac.uk
Tel. No.: 0151 705 3221