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About the Health Sciences Library

Libraries & Hours

Monday - Friday Saturday - Sunday
Health Sciences Library* 7:30 am - 6:00 pm
(Desk Hours: 9:00 am - 5:50 pm)
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
(Desk Hours: 12:00 pm - 4:50 pm)
Li Lu Library* 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
(Desk Hours: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm)
Closed

Holiday Hours

Last Day of Quarter
Friday, December 13
7:30 am - 5:00 pm

* A valid Husky Card is required for entry

Health Sciences Library (HSL)

1959 NE Pacific Street
T334 Health Sciences Building
Box 357155
Seattle, WA 98195-7155

Email: hsl@uw.edu
Phone: 206-543-3390
Fax: 206-543-3389

Maps and Directions

UW Parking

2nd Floor Map for UW HSL Library
3rd Floor Map for UW HSL Library

Li Lu Library

1607 NE Pacific Street
Health Sciences Education Building, 3rd Floor
Seattle, WA 98195-7155

Email: lilulibrary@uw.edu
Phone: (206) 685-3940
Fax: (206) 543-3389

Floor plan of the Li Lu Library

Health Sciences Library Mission Statement

We advance scholarship, research, education and health care by anticipating information needs, providing essential resources, and facilitating learning for the greater health sciences community.

Based on the southern end of UW's Seattle campus, HSL is a flagship branch of the UW Libraries and the premier health sciences library in the Pacific Northwest. HSL's staff supports and collaborates with users across Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Additionally, HSL supports the education and research of six UW schools: Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work. For more information, please see the HSL Narrative Summary.

NNLM Region 5

The University of Washington Health Sciences Library is home to the Regional Medical Library (RML) for the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) Region 5.

The NNLM Region 5, along with its sister regions, three national offices, and four national centers, provides leadership in regional and national engagement and training efforts to improve access to health information for health professionals and the public.

NNLM Region 5 members include over 830 academic, health sciences, and public libraries and community-based organizations in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States in the Pacific.

To learn more about the Region 5 programs, services, and publications, visit the Region 5 homepage. To learn more about the NNLM visit the NNLM homepage.

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HEALWA

HEALWA The On Call Library for Washington State Practitioners

HEALWA is an online library for healthcare providers in Washington State. Funded by a portion of the license fees of participating professions, it is a collection of evidence-based resources for healthcare providers in clinical care. HEALWA includes access to subscription journals, databases and tools. HEALWA can help users with:

  • Finding journal articles
  • Checking the latest treatment guidelines
  • Patient education
  • Point of care information
  • CME and CNE

HEALWA services 26 professions in Washington State. To use HEALWA, sign up for an account using your license number. Check out the toolkits by profession to see some of what we offer. Questions? Contact Patricia Devine at devine@uw.edu.

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