About the Library

We've moved and we're reopening — here's what you need to know!

In July 2020, the Health Sciences Library moved into the connected Health Sciences Education Center and Phillips-Wangensteen Building, advancing interprofessional education through expertise, engagement, critical content, and cutting edge technologies to advance teaching, learning, and research, and prepare the next generation of health care providers. 

• Take a virtual tour of our new spaces.

Reopening details

Health Science Library opened September 1 for students, faculty and staff with current U Card. Access to the Wangensteen Historical Library collection is available by appointment after an initial remote or online consultation. Appointments require a one week advance notice. If you plan to visit the libraries, know that: 

• Face coverings are required.
• Physical distancing is required.
• Library tech spaces will have limited access. Check space webpages for details.

Find us at our new locations

• The Health Sciences Library service desk is located on Floor 5 of the Phillips-Wangensteen Building. Additional library spaces are located on Floors 2, 3, and 5 of the Phillips Wangensteen Building (PWB) and the Health Sciences Education Center (HSEC). 
• The Wangensteen Historical Library is located on Floor 2 of PWB.

Access collection materials

• Electronic resources: Electronic books, journals, and databases are available online 24/7.  Get started on the Health Sciences Libraries homepage. 
• Print materials: Print items will be delivered upon request (electronic, digital scan, or mail delivery). Select “Get it” from Libraries search results, or go directly to the Interlibrary Loan and Digital Delivery page to request materials.
• Historical collections: Access to the Wangensteen Historical Library collection is available by appointment after an initial remote or online consultation.  Appointments require a one week advance notice. 

Use computers

• Computers are available on a first-come, first served during regular library hours.
• Computers are located on Floor 5, Phillips-Wangensteen Building adjacent to the service desk and in the Data Visualization Lab.

Find study space

• Study rooms (temporarily limited to 1 person/room) will be reservable online with the phased Libraries reopening.
• A large quiet study area will be open for use.
• The U of M study space finder can be used to locate other study spaces on campus.

Get help

• Find us at our service desk during regular library hours.  You can also request an online consultation with your librarian, email [email protected], or get help anytime with 24/7 chat.

Our work in action

Catalyst - Connector - Common Good. These themes exemplify the work of the Health Sciences Library, work that has been made possible by our exceptional staff whose deep expertise sparks innovation and transforms learning through knowledge discovery, use, creation, and sharing.

Active learning in immunology

We partnered with faculty like Michelle Henry-Stanley and Donna Spannaus-Martin to 3D print gene segment models that will give their students hands-on opportunities to learn the complex topic of genetic recombination.

Curriculum integration in physical therapy

Teresa Bisson works with the Health Sciences Library to bring Virtual Reality to her neuro-rehabilitation classroom where students are immersed in a virtual experience. Through active learning, Bisson’s students are becoming thoughtful users of technology and leaders in a new health care environment.

Researcher training on data management

Our half-day grant funded workshop helped UMD researchers understand the data management life cycle so they are better prepared to fulfill federal funding requirements, increase research transparency, ensure data preservation and reuse, and improve research reproducibility.

HSL by the numbers 2019

HSL milestones

Move into new Health Sciences Education Center

2020

Name changed to Health Sciences Library to better reflect our work to support teaching and learning across all the schools and colleges of the Academic Health Center; 94% of print collection housed off-site; New technology-rich spaces open to support the application of knowledge and the exploration of emerging technologies in healthcare. See our HSL Move Blog for an archive of move updates.

Greater Midwest Region Research Data Award

2019

Received funding from the National Library of Medicine National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region (GMR) for project: Expanding Research Data Management Education for Health Science Librarians across the GMR, and for Graduate Students and Faculty at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD).

Minnesota Electronic Health Library (MeHL)

2015

The Minnesota Electronic Health Library (MeHL) initiative was brought to the Minnesota State Legislature in 2015 as part of the University of Minnesota’s Healthy Minnesota legislative request. MeHL’s goal was to provide equal access to evidence-based health information for for all Minnesotans, including point-of-care tools, prescription drug references, and full-text medical books and journals. See our archive of updates throughout the legislative session.

Bio-Medical Library Opens in Diehl Hall

1960