Health Sciences Information and Staff

Location & Hours

Health Sciences Library
Park Avenue Campus
Memphis, TN 38152
Phone: 901.678.3193

Fall/Spring Hours
Monday - Thursday -- 8:00AM-6:00PM
Friday -- 8:00AM-4:30PM
Saturday & Sunday -- closed

Exceptions:
Labor Day -- closed
Fall Break -- closed
Thanksgiving Day & Friday following -- closed

Summer Hours
Monday - Friday -- 8:00AM-4:30PM
Saturday -- closed
Sunday -- closed

Exceptions:
Memorial Day - closed
July 4 - closed

Facilities

The Health Sciences Library (also known as Baptist Memorial Health Care Library) is housed on the second floor of the Community Health Building, which is located at 4055 North Park Loop, on the University of Memphis Park Avenue Campus.

The collection includes books, journals, and media focusing on nursing, audiology, and speech-language pathology. Related areas of interest in the collection include special education, linguistics, laryngology, otology, neurology, psychology, and sociology. The collection contains approximately 7,000 volumes of books and 241 journal titles.

Journals and reference materials may only be used in the library. Reserve materials may only be used by University of Memphis faculty, staff, and students.

There are sixteen TAF computer workstations available in the library for faculty, staff, and student use. These workstations provide access to the library catalog and University Libraries electronic resources holdings.

A document scanner is available for faculty, staff, and student use.

Printing is available to University of Memphis faculty, staff, and students through iPrint and University of Memphis Print Services.

Three group study rooms are available to University of Memphis faculty, staff, and students. Group study rooms can be reserved at: https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/reservations/.

Library staff are available to answer library-related questions and instruct patrons in using library resources.

The Health Sciences Library is a branch of the University of Memphis Libraries. All policies are in accordance with University of Memphis Libraries Policies.

University of Memphis Libraries Policies: https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/about/policies/index.php.

Staff

Irma Singarella, Health Sciences Librarian
Irma.Singarella@memphis.edu 
901.678.3829

Rose Moore, Library Assistant III
rmmoore@memphis.edu
901.678.3193

 
John Swearengen, Library Assistant III
jmswrngn@memphis.edu
901.678.3193