University Library of the Slovak Medical University
Online Catalogue of the University Library
Online Catalogue of SMU Publications
Please note that not all books, periodicals, and loans are visible online, and that loaned books may appear as available. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we kindly ask our readers to be patient as the corpus of books and periodicals is gradually entered into our system. Thank you!
The University Library of the Slovak Medical University (SMU) focuses on medicine and related sciences. The Library keeps periodicals, books, and a special corpus (bachelor, master, and PhD theses and dissertations).
Membership is open to all readers over the age of 18, upon submission of an application and payment of an annual fee.
The Library offers the following services:
- book loan (on-site and off-site)
- book loan from other libraries
- international book loan from other libraries
- bibliographic and research services
- copy services
- consulting book-related questions
The SMU University Library keeps books in Slovak, Czech, and foreign languages in its catalogue by author and topic. A list of subscribed magazines is prepared annually. At present, the library’s corpus consists of 16,137 items. Each year, the University Library subscribes to 132 periodicals (of which 52 are international, and 12 are exchanged, and the rest are Slovak). It has access to the following databases: ProQuest Medical Library, EBSCOmed, BiblioMedica, Slovenská národná bibliografia (Slovak National Bibliography), ScienceDirect, Scopus, EBM Guidelines, etc. (How to access the databases)
The Library’s study room has 10 computers at your disposal, connected to the internet and to a printer.
Library Director: Mgr. Zuzana Onderová