Biomedical & Health Sciences Research Guide: Home

To Start

Hello! Welcome to the Research Guide for Biomedical & Health Sciences. This guide will help you access materials through Columbia Libraries and beyond.

Looking for books? Use CLIO, the libraries' primary search interface to find: books, databases, ebooks, journals, newspapers, and DVDs.

Looking for articles? Go to the "Find Articles" tab of this guide.

Find Books

  • CLIO - search the Columbia Libraries' primary catalog. Includes materials from Barnard & ReCAP partners.
  • Course Reserves - find your course books here
  • EDUCAT - search the Teachers College catalog, which has many health science resources

Find Materials We Don't Own

  • Borrow Direct enables you to rapidly borrow books directly from other university libraries. Try this if the book you need isn't in CLIO or is unavailable.
  • Interlibrary Loan enables you to borrow materials, including article or chapter scans, from libraries that aren't in the Borrow Direct network as well as to request scans of articles or book chapters from all libraries.
  • Scan & Deliver: Electronic Document Delivery enables you to request article or chapter scans from Columbia's collections.
  • Recommend a title for purchase

Talk with a Research Expert

Health Sciences Library

Explore the Resources at Columbia's Health Sciences Library (HSL).

  • Insights offer recommendations to make your work easier and more productive.
  • The Knowledge Base helps you learn how to engage with information in new, effective ways.
  • The Programs page lists educational programs, workshops, seminars and classes taught by HSL.

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