History

UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY

"Thoma Ionescu" Reading Room

The Central Library of the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy was founded in 1857 simultaneously with the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Through its means, the Central Library sustains the educational and research needs of the university by providing access to 723,121 volumes and 5,250 journals.
A LAN connects the library with all the preclinical departments and a WAN allows an Internet link.

All the publications can be read on spot in the library reading rooms:
- The "Thoma Ionescu" Reading Room - 1st floor, the Faculty of General Medicine. Most of the publications are related to preclinical education (1st and 2nd years), but there are also publications related to other sciences such as psychology, philosophy, history, etc.
- The "D. Danielopolu" Reading Room - ground floor, the Faculty of General Medicine. The publications in this reading room are related to clinical education. A large number of medical journals can also be found here.
- The Dentistry Reading Room - 2nd floor, the Faculty of Dental Medicine.
- The Pharmacy Reading Room - 3rd floor, the Faculty of Pharmacy.

In order to benefit from the library's services one has to:
- Present the Library Access Permit.
- Fill in correctly the Publication Request Slip
- Fill in the fields in the Reader's Register.

According to the regulations of the Central Library, the Library Access Permit is issued free of charge to the students of the "Carol Davila" University, including Erasmus incoming students. In order to receive the permit, the student has to present his/her Identity Card, the Student ID (valid in the current year) and a recent photo.

Programme/ Opening Hours of the Reading Rooms:
The Faculty of General Medicine - both the "Th. Ionescu" and "D. Danielopolu" Reading Rooms 8, Eroii Sanitari Blvd, phone 224.91.00/131; 233
opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.

Faculty of Dental Medicine
19 Calea Plevnei, phone 314.20.80/261
opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Faculty of Pharmacy
6 Traian Vuia St, phone 315.25.17
opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.


Library	Links
Central Medical University Library Iasi	http://www.umfiasi.ro/library.htm
Central Medical University Library Cluj-Napoca	http://www.bib.umfcluj.ro/
Central Medical University Library Craiova	http://www.umfcv.ro/ro/Biblioteca/index.html
PubMed Medline	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Non-medical	Library Links
Romanian Academy Library	http://www.bar.acad.ro/
Central Universitary Library Bucharest	http://www.bcub.ro/
National Library of Romania	http://www.bibnat.ro/
Central Universitary Library "Lucian Blaga" Cluj-Napoca	http://bcu.ubbcluj.ro/
Central Universitary Library "Mihai Eminescu" Iasi	http://www.bcu-iasi.ro/
Central Universitary Library "Eugen Todoran" Timisoara	http://www.bcut.ro/
Central Universitary Library "Politehnica" Timisoara	http://www.library.utt.ro/
University Library Craiova	http://biblio.central.ucv.ro/
University Library Brasov	http://www.unitbv.ro/faculties/biblio/ro/index.html
The Library of Congress	http://www.loc.gov/

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