Health Sciences Library
The Health Sciences Library serves the staff and students of the Faculty of Health. Collections cover medicine, dentistry, nursing and midwifery.
Opening hours
Monday - Thursday: 9am - 7pm
Friday: 9am - 5pm
Saturday - Sunday: Closed
Please note that the Library will close at 12:30pm on Thursday 12 December, and will re-open at 9am on Friday 13 December.
Christmas opening hours:
The library will close at 5pm on Friday 20 December 2024 and re-open at 9am on Thursday 2 January 2025. For more information on library services available over the Christmas vacation period, visit our FAQ.
Contact us
University of Sheffield
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
Telephone: +44 114 222 7335
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals internal telephone: 827335
Enquiries: +44114 222 7200
Email: library@sheffield.ac.uk
Directions: via Google maps
Planning your visit
To discover more about our library spaces and services you can view our interactive maps.
Site-specific resources
Library information
Customers with additional support requirements (Inclusive Learning)
National Library of Medicine (NLM) classification scheme
| QS | Human anatomy |
| QT | Physiology |
| QU | Biochemistry |
| QV | Pharmacology |
| QW | Microbiology and immunology |
| QX | Parasitology |
| QY | Clinical pathology |
| QZ | Pathology |
| W | Medical profession (including education) |
| WA | Public health and health administration |
| WB | Medicine general |
| WC | Infectious diseases, AIDS |
| WD | Deficiency and metabolic diseases, allergy, aerospace medicine |
| WE | Musculoskeletal system |
| WF | Respiratory system |
| WG | Cardiovascular system |
| WH | Haemic and lymphatic systems |
| WI | Gastrointestinal system |
| WJ | Urogenital system |
| WK | Endocrine system |
| WL | Nervous system |
| WM | Psychiatry |
| WN | Radiology and medical imaging |
| WO | Surgery |
| WP | Gynaecology |
| WQ | Obstetrics |
| WR | Dermatology |
| WS | Paediatrics |
| WT | Geriatrics and chronic disease |
| WU | Dentistry and oral surgery |
| WV | Otorhinolaryngology |
| WW | Ophthalmology |
| WX | Hospitals and other health facilities |
| WY | Nursing |
| WZ | History of medicine |