Spiegelgasse 5
CH-4051 Basel
info-medb@clutterunibas.ch
Tel. + 41 (0)61 207 32 00
info-medb@unibas.ch
Tel. + 41 61 207 32 00
research-medlib@unibas.ch
Dr. Hannah Ewald
PD Dr. Christian Appenzeller-Herzog
Dr. Thomas Fürst
Tel. +41 61 207 31 98
monika.wechsler@unibas.ch
Tel. +41 61 207 32 46
Arafat Arifi
Tel. +41 61 207 31 9
If you do not already have a library account, you can find out here how to register for and set up an account.
All media of the University Medical Library, including electronic media, are listed in the library catalogue.
The most important questions about the catalogue are answered on the swisscovery help page.
An overview of the databases and e-journals can be found under Electronic resources.
Media in the openly accessible area and on the basement floor (i.e. sports library) can be borrowed. The regular loan period is 28 days, please see details on renewals, etc. under Loan periods.
Media from other Basel libraries can be ordered free of charge to the Medical University Library and vice versa. Media from various other Swiss libraries outside Basel can be ordered to the Medical University Library for a fee (SLSP courier). Media ordered via the courier (SLSP or Basel courier) can be returned to any library connected to it. Please find more information under Courier orders
You can get books directly from the shelves on the first floor or order them at the University Main Library. The shelving follows the NLM classification scheme.
Search and order copies directly in PubMed (use the link of the University Library Basel) and other databases via “SFX”, or alternatively via the copy order form. In order to do this you must be registered in swisscovery Basel.
All information about our copy/scan delivery of articles can be found under Copy orders.
The information desk team is happy to support you with searching, borrowing and orders. Our scientific team offers individual consultations for searching in specialist databases and can also carry out searches on your behalf.
Together with the PPHS (PhD Program Health Sciences), we offer two introductory courses (blended learning) in systematic reviewing for doctoral students: one with focus on systematic literature searching and one that covers all the steps of a systematic review.
Recordings of the UB online training courses: PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, EndNote, Zotero and more
Personal assistence with your literature searches.
The Campus Muttenz Library, together with the University Library of Medicine, offers a certified continuing education program for research and publication support of evidence-synthesizing secondary studies at the School of Life Sciences FHNW. The interdisciplinary CAS program includes the learning of systematic literature searches, the creation of transparent and reproducible reporting as well as the teaching of specific methodological advice.
The CAS program is aimed at university graduates from all empirical disciplines. Particularly addressed are persons in scientific libraries, universities and research institutions who are confronted with the preparation of systematic reviews in their daily work.
We are happy to offer further training courses for students and researchers if required. The training content and location can be agreed on individually. Contact: monika.wechsler@clutterunibas.ch Tel. 061 207 32 46
Group rooms 1 (1st floor), 2 (3rd floor) and 3 (basement) can be reserved on weekdays by e-mail (before 4.45 pm for the following day), by telephone or directly at the counter on the ground floor. On Saturdays, last-minute reservations can only be made by telephone or on site.
A room can be reserved for a maximum of 4 hours per person.
The rooms can be reserved during the building's opening hours (weekdays 08.00 to 21.00, Saturdays 08.00 to 16.00).
Reservations by e-mail to: info-medb@unibas.ch
Tel: 061 207 32 00
The day lockers (lockers 1-6) can be borrowed at the counter during opening hours for the current day.
The semester lockers (locker 7-54) can be obtained free of charge for the duration of a semester.
From the SBB train station:
Take tram no. 8 or no. 11 to "Schifflände". At Confiserie Bachmann, go through Blumengasse; the entrance to the University Medical Library at Spiegelgasse 5 is around the corner.
From Badischer Bahnhof (German train station):
Take tram no. 6 to "Schifflände". At Confiserie Bachmann, go through Blumengasse; the entrance to the University Medical Library at Spiegelgasse 5 is around the corner.
By car
The University Medical Library is in the city centre, diagonally opposite the "Storchen" car park. Our library is just a short walk from there.
Delivery of goodsThe service entrance in the Blumengasse can be used for delivery of goods. Please ring the bell at the main entrance so that we can open the side entrance for you.
Universitätsbibliothek Medizin
Spiegelgasse 5
4051 Basel
Switzerland