Welcome to the Mass. Eye and Ear Libraries
We are the health sciences library for the Mass. Eye and Ear. Our aim is to provide comprehensive and authoritative information for patient care, research, teaching and for other departments as needed. Our on-line collections allow users to access literature without coming to the library. Our many library network affiliations allow us to obtain information we do not own or have access to locally. We look forward to helping you in the library itself or from afar.
Library Facilities and Collections
The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Library collections focus on ophthalmology and otolaryngology with some plastic surgery, neurology and general medicine. The ophthalmology and otolaryngology journal collections number 11,000 bound volumes and date from the 19th century. Currently the library receives 130 print titles in English as well as French, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, Czech, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Most of the journals are available to Mass. Eye and Ear staff electronically, and our holdings are supplemented with the extensive digital collections of Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital.
The text collection numbers over 7,000 volumes. There is an outstanding rare book collection of over 2,000 volumes with 149 dating from 1490 to 1699. The Archives contains the historical papers of the hospital and people affiliated with it, as well as photographs and medical instruments.
Online Catalog
The joint MGH, Mass. Eye and Ear library catalog, at http://1390.sydneyplus.com/Treadwell_Library/Portal.aspx?lang=en-US, is web based and contains the holdings of Mass. Eye and Ear, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and several other Partners Libraries. Mass. Eye and Ear's holdings are clearly identified.
Access to the Library
The library can be used by anyone with a legitimate need: students, patients, patient families and visiting professionals. Public access computers are available for limited time use of 15 minutes and are intended for e-mail retrieval or short projects related to the person’s use of the hospital.
