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Medicine & Dentistry

A subject guide to library resources for students and staff in the Faculty of Medical Sciences including the UCL Medical School and Eastman Dental Institute

Welcome to the Medicine & Dentistry subject guide

Our medical libraries work together to support research, education, and clinical activities across UCL and our partner NHS Trusts.

The Cruciform Hub and Royal Free Hospital Medical Library lead services for the Divisions and Institutes within the Faculty of Medical Sciences, including the UCL Medical School. The Institute of Orthopaedics Library at Stanmore Campus supports the Division of Surgery & Interventional Science.

How We Can Help
Library staff are here to support your academic and research journey. We offer:

  • Literature search guidance for coursework, research, and clinical queries
  • Help accessing full-text books, articles, and other publications
  • Support with referencing and using tools like EndNote to manage citations
  • Advice on open access, UCL’s Research Publications Service, bibliometrics, and research data management

Use the menu on this guide to discover how our libraries can support your learning, teaching, and research.

You may also find information to support your specialty in other subject guides:

Additional guidance about UCL Library Services for healthcare staff and students at our partner NHS Trusts is available on our web pages.

Key databases in Medicine & Dentistry

Visit the Databases page in this guide for further information about key databases and resources for medicine.

Key databases for Medicine include:

Resources to aid clinical decision making

Multidisciplinary databases

Electronic textbooks

We have key collections of medical and biomedical electronic textbooks available from

Tailored support

Library staff can advise you on searching for literature to use in your academic work and we can help you to find the full text of books, articles, or other publications. We can provide advice on referencing and on using reference management software, like EndNote, to add citations and references to your written work. The library also offers research support in areas such as open access, UCL's Research Publications Service, bibliometrics, and research data management.

Online reading lists

We can help with using the online reading lists, or if there are any recommended resources that are not available in the library. You can browse online reading lists for UCL's biomedical departments and course modules: