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Dorset County Hospital Library

Location and opening hours

Check the Dorset County Hospital Library web pages for information about:

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Borrowing - Hospital Library

As a current Bournemouth University HSS student, you may borrow up to eight books from the Dorset County Hospital Library at any one time. The normal loan period is four weeks, but this may be lowered to one or two weeks for books in heavy demand. You may renew each book in person, online or by phone, provided your book is not overdue, no one else has requested it and you have not renewed the same book excessively. If the books are not returned you will be charged replacement costs plus administrative fees.

Please do not pass on material you have borrowed to someone else. You are responsible for it until it is returned to the library.

Library IT facilities

There are twelve computers which provide MS Office and Internet access.

Please note: Hospital security policies prevent you from saving work onto memory sticks.

Finding help

You will receive an induction from hospital library staff and you can ask them for assistance during staffed hours.

It is important to attend the Library and IT sessions timetabled by Bournemouth University staff, as they are designed to give you the skills to carry out research for your assignments. To complement these sessions, one-to-one Subject Advice appointments can be arranged with your University Faculty Librarian when you visit the Bournemouth campus. Contact the HSS faculty library team. in advance if you wish to make an appointment for a specific date/time.

Details of the books and journals in the Hospital Library can be found in the SWIMS catalogue. This catalogue covers NHS libraries in the South and West region, with information about your library available by looking at the library's code (D08). Library staff can help with use of the catalogue.

Any enquiries concerning the resources on the Bournemouth University Library web pages should be addressed to the HSS faculty library team. Alternatively, you can use the Library Chat service or ring Bournemouth University Library's Telephone Enquiry Service on 01202 965959.

Student feedback

At the Dorset County Hospital Library we welcome constructive comments from our users. This is possible through using our library comments/suggestions book that is available in the library. You may also offer feedback to [email protected]

Returning BU Library books via Dorset County Hospital Library

If you are on placement at the Hospital and cannot get to a Bournemouth University Library to return your books, you can return them via the Dorset County Hospital Library. Please note: The Library cannot obtain books from the University for you.

All you have to do is:

  1. Take your books to the Dorset County Hospital. Complete a form indicating when the books were returned. Library staff will date stamp the form and return it with the books to the University. Keep a record of the barcodes of the books you have returned.
  2. Email [email protected] giving your ID number and the barcodes of the books to be returned.

Please remember that:

  • you need to check the return date on the books, and ensure that they are returned or renewed by that date
  • you are responsible for your books until discharged by Bournemouth University.

Book returns to Bournemouth University Library are subject to NHS courier networks and are not available from all NHS locations.

Other resources

There are a number of other resources that may be available to you as you are studying on your placement year, with information available through our Other resources for students on placement in the NHS page.

  • Health Resources guide
  • Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Healthcare Library
  • Dorset County Hospital Library
  • Isle of Wight NHS Library
  • Musgrove Park Hospital Library (Taunton)
  • Poole Hospital Library
  • Portsmouth NHS Library (Queen Alexandra Hospital)
  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital Library
  • Salisbury Hospital Library
  • Winchester - Royal Hampshire County Hospital Library
  • Yeovil District Hospital Library
  • Other resources for students on placement in the NHS
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