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SEARCH - The Health Sciences Library provides the following value added services to its users in addition to all routine type of services.

Reference Service: Reference service is a personal aid provided to the user by the library staff in interpreting library collection for study and research. The library staff assists the user to locate needed information from the available information resources. On the basis of collection, library provides reference service to its users.
Current Awareness Service: Currently the library offers the following current awareness services to the users.
- By telephone calls
- Display of new additions in the library
- Publishing of “new acquisition” in library micro site
Circulation: The books are issued to Interns, Postgraduate Students, Research Scholars and Faculty Members. Bound/unbound journals, audio-visual materials and CD-ROMs are for in-house use only.
Photocopying: Through this service, users can get photocopies of articles from journals and books as and when required.
Fax: Users can avail this facility for sending and receiving fax in the library.
Audio-Video Viewing: Through this service, library provides audio and video cassettes, slide-tape programs etc. (with audio and viewing facilities).
Inter - Library Loan/Document Delivery: Library helps to obtain photocopies of the references from DELNET (Developing Library Network), New Delhi, National Medical Library, New Delhi and from other libraries. Further, the library augment its collection by acquiring reading materials not available for the use of its Faculty Members and Research Scholars and Postgraduate Students from several out-side sources on an inter-library loan basis.
Computer Services: The computer lab of the library offers computer services to users such as word processing, laser printing, color laser printing, dot matrix printing and document scanning. Further, services provided by the lab also include assisting the students and faculty members for editing projects/thesis, data analysis, setting the file to the required quality of print and printing.
CD-ROM Access: The CD-ROM collection of the library contains the CDs and multi media CDs, bibliographical databases and full text databases. Full text databases include back volumes of medical journal articles, review articles, text books, etc.
Internet Access/Wi-Fi: The Library has a separate “Internet Browsing” section. Fifty [50] desktop computers are reserved for use of the students and six [6] for the faculty members. Further, Wi-Fi facility also available in all the reading halls.
E-Learning Centre: Manipal University has brought for students a unique learning experience – online education over 1400 hours of e-Learning content for first two years of Medicine in the year 2005. Now students can learn at their pace, in a manner that suits their unique learning style. The courses provide one with lively, interactive, multi - sensory learning, combining the simplicity of classroom learning with a powerful visual medium that captures one’s imagination. This is a whole new realm of educational experience.
Library Memberships: The library has the institutional member of the following.