University of Basel

University Library

Opening hours

Opening hours during examination period (until 02.02.2025):

Monday to Saturday
08.30 - 21.00 Uhr
Sunday
10.00 - 21.00 Uhr

Monday through Saturday, the study and group work rooms are available from 8:00 a.m.

Sunday openings during examination period / public holidays opening hours

Location & contact

Spiegelgasse 5
CH-4051 Basel

info-medb@clutterunibas.ch
Tel. + 41 (0)61 207 32 00

All news

Useful resources

All UBM courses & events

Research

Support Literaturrecherche

Support for literature searching

Systematic Reviews

Systematic reviews and mediated searches

Electronic ressources

Electronic ressources

Information and lending services

info-medb@unibas.ch
Tel. + 41 61 207 32 00

Search guidance | systematic reviews

research-medlib@unibas.ch
Dr. Hannah Ewald
PD Dr. Christian Appenzeller-Herzog
Dr. Thomas Fürst
Tel. +41 61 207 31 98

Head and subject librarian

monika.wechsler@unibas.ch
Tel. +41 61 207 32 46

Management

Arafat Arifi
Tel. +41 61 207 31 9

Registration

If you do not already have a library account, you can find out here how to register for and set up an account.

Searching

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.

New acquisitions
Ordering & borrowing media

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.

Courier orders

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

Openly accessible area

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.

Copy & article orders

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.

Assistance

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.

 

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Further training courses / Events at the University Medical Library

Systematic reviews (in English)

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. 

 

Tutorials training courses UB Medizin

Recordings of the UB online training courses: PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, EndNote, Zotero and more

Individual support

Personal assistence with your literature searches.

 

Curriculum-based training
  • Medicine: 1st and 3rd year (introduction to the library, catalogue, PubMed); WiMo (citing, PubMed, EndNote); Wiko-Flex (various courses)
  • Dentistry: 1st year (EndNote)
  • Nursing: 1st and 2nd year (introduction to the library, PubMed, systematic searching)
  • Pharmaceutical sciences: 1st year (introduction to the library)
CAS Systematic Review Information Specialist

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.

More information and registration

Training courses on request

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

 

In our Coffee Lectures series, we present various facets of academic research with short inputs of approx. 15 minutes, focussing on systematic reviews, scientific databases and AI tools for scientific publishing.

Participants will learn how to navigate PubMed efficiently, recognise credible publishers and use AI tools for literature searches and academic writing. The lectures also tackle the challenges of handling case studies, address non-reproducible research results, and highlight the benefits of our Read & Publish contracts.

The Coffee Lectures are designed to empower researchers and medical staff with the knowledge and tools needed for scientific success in a short and concise way.

The next Coffee Lectures will take place as follows:

Training course calendar at the University Medical Library

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Next date: Wednesday, 05.02.2025, at 1pm

On the first Wednesday of every month we offer free coffee and cookies. Here you can ask us questions and raise concerns if you like.

When: always from 1pm - 1.30pm
Where: in the cafeteria on the 6th floor

 

Gruppenraum 2

Gruppenraum 2 im 3. OG

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

Day lockers

The day lockers (lockers 1-6) can be borrowed at the counter during opening hours for the current day.

  • Swisscovery registration is a prerequisite.
  • The key must be returned on the same day, otherwise the first chargeable reminder will be issued the following day.
Semester lockers

The semester lockers (locker 7-54) can be obtained free of charge for the duration of a semester.

  • Swisscovery registration is a prerequisite.
  • Deposit of CHF 50 in cash.
  • You can then fill in the application form at the counter and take the locker key with you immediately afterwards.
Lockers

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. 

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Postal address

Universitätsbibliothek Medizin
Spiegelgasse 5
4051 Basel
Switzerland

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