Library
The Library at a Glance
Opening Hours
Borrowing Policy
Enlisted below are some policy rules to borrow books from the library:
- Only the library member students are allowed to borrow the library books.
- Students are advised to get the library / E-Library membership from the library on a prescribed form, available in the library at the circulation desk.
- Library membership is free of cost.
- Two books can be borrowed at a time by a student (if available).
- The student can get the books issued as required for fifteen days on showing the library membership card.
- Students are bound to return the books in good condition within the given time.
Collection
The Library of the institution is well equipped with all modern facilities according to the HEC criteria. Library membership is free for all enrolled students. It has a collection of 47,000 volumes comprising text books & reference books on all disciplines of health sciences. Text book service is available in the library — for that purpose a book bank is working for the last 16 years with 5,500 books. A WHO corner has also been established in the library for reference and research.
There is a holding list of 27,500 core medical journals present in the library journals section; 37 national and 15 international journals are on our regular list. Nearly 35 videos on different health related topics are available in the library, along with almost 130 CDs of medical books. A general books section comprising 700 literary books is available for students.
Other Facilities
Photocopy
To get a photocopy from any library book or journal, a photocopy facility is available within the library.
Newspapers
Seven daily newspapers are available in the FJMU library.
E-Library
The E-Library is situated in front of the Pathology Lab. Twenty terminals are available to provide internet facility. 31,397 e-books and 16,000 e-journals are available there to support students in their studies.
Recommended Books — 1st & 2nd Professional
Text Books
- Gross Anatomy by KLM
- Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy, Vol I, II, III
- Snell’s Neuroanatomy
- Developing Human by Keith Moore
- Langman’s Medical Embryology
- A Text Book of Histology by Janqueira
- Difore Atlas of Histology
- Grants Atlas of Anatomy / Atlas by F. Nater
- Snell’s Clinical Anatomy
- Harper’s Biochemistry, Lippincott
- Mushtaq Biochemistry Vol. I, II
- Guyton Medical Physiology
- Ganong Medical Physiology
- Samson Wright Physiology
- Aziz TIB of Medical Physiology
- Mushtaq Physiology Vol. I, II
Reference Books
- Lippincott Biochemistry
- Ganong Medical Physiology
- Samson Wright Physiology
- Stryer Biochemistry
- Zhube Biochemistry
- Mark’s Basic Medical Biochemistry — A Clinical Approach
- Grey’s Anatomy
