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Rush University Medical Library is located at:
600 S. Paulina
Chicago, IL 60612

The Rush Library and METC will be closed this Monday, May 27th for Memorial Day 

The Rush University Medical Library and METC will be closed Monday, May 27th

May 20, 2013

The library and METC will be closed to observe Memorial Day. We will reopen with normal hours on Tuesday, May 28th.

Curious about how the Library works?

March 29, 2013

View our 2012 Annual Report!

Acquisitions, Cataloging, Interlibrary Loan, the McCormick Educational Technology Center, Public 

Services, and Reference are all departments that perform duties too numerous to list, keeping the Library running like a well oiled machine.

Journal Cancellations for 2013

January 11, 2013

Going into calendar year 2013, the Library has cancelled 11 journal titles and 13 Audio Digest titles.  Cancellations were based on low use; usage statistics were made available to the Library from the publishers.  The journal titles that were cancelled are:

• American Journal of Bioethics
• American Surgeon
• Annual Review of Biophysics
• Annual Review of Genetics
• Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
• Health Services Management Research
• Illness, Crisis and Loss
• Journal of Gerontological Nursing
• Patient Education Management
• Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
• Social Work

Audio Digests were cancelled for the following subjects:  anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics / gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry and urology.

CME Credit now Available through UpToDate

November 26, 2012

Two links to UpToDate now appear in the Library’s Quick Links section.  Users wishing to obtain CME credit from UpToDate may do so using the link labeled UpToDate (CME).  UpToDate provides ACCME credit for free.  More information and step by step instructions can be found by clicking this link.  To use UpToDate without CME credit, please use the link labeled UpToDate, just as you have in the past.  

Did someone at the library or METC save your dissertation, go the extra mile for you, or find you the perfect article? Recognize them with a CLASS ACT Award submissinon. Visit the CLASS ACT Award page for more information.

On behalf of our staff, I’d like to welcome you to the virtual face of the Library of Rush University Medical Center.  The purpose of the Library is to meet your information needs from any source and in any format.  Besides utilizing the electronic resources found on our home page, I urge you to visit our bricks and mortar locations in the Armour Academic Center, both in the 5^th floor Library location and in the 9^th floor McCormick Educational Technology Center (METC).  In Armour you will find our print collection, comfortable study space,  computing facilities – and our most valuable resource – our knowledgeable and customer-centered staff!  The Library and METC staff is there to help you find the information you need for your patient care, education and research.  Don’t hesitate to contact us.

Rush is a not-for-profit health care, education and research enterprise comprising

Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Oak Park Hospital and Rush Health.