The Health Sciences Library
The Health Sciences Library, a part of the Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), is located on the ground floor of the College. The library serves as the primary library for students, faculty and staff, and supports both general education and professional studies. The College library resources include books, journals, audiovisuals, and online resources including Medline and the Cumulative Index of Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) for searching the professional literature. The catalog of library holdings is also online. These resources have links posted on the College library website and MyBCHS. Students enrolled in one or more credit courses have borrowing privileges with the presentation of a student I.D. card. Professional books maybe checked out for a period of two weeks. Reference books are not circulated and may not be checked out.
Off campus access to online resources presently requires ID's and passwords. These are available on MyBCHS, the College website (Library section) and emailed to all college students, faculty and staff.
To avoid delays with registration, grades or transcript requests, you need to ensure that; you have no overdue fines/materials. Routine fines for overdue books are 15 cents/day.
Staffed Operating Hours:
Monday - Thursday |
7:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. |
Friday |
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Sunday |
1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
The Library is closed on College holidays; and during the break between trimesters, the library is open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Memphis Public Library requires a fee for out of town users' library card. The Health Sciences Library will reimburse students for the fee on proof of payment.