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About the Trust Libraries

Maidstone Site:  
Contact Details

The Library 
Maidstone Hospital 
Robert Hardwick Postgraduate Centre 
Hermitage Lane 
Maidstone Kent ME16 9QQ 

Phone: 01622 224647 
Fax:  01622 224120
Email:  gm.e.mtw-tr.library@nhs.net

 

 Opening Hours:

Monday to Thursday
08:30 - 19:30

Friday
08:30 - 17:00


Notice:
The Library is currently short staffed, and may not be able to offer evening opening as advertised. Please check opening hours before making your trip.
Pembury Site:
Contact Details

The Library
Education Centre
Pembury Hospital
Pembury
Tunbridge Wells   Kent   TN2 4QJ

Phone: 01892 823535 ext. 3119
Email:  jh165@bton.ac.uk

 

 Opening Hours

Monday to Thursday
08:30 - 17:00
 

Friday
08:30 - 16:30

 
Tunbridge Wells Site (Kent and Sussex):
Contact Details

The Library
Postgraduate Medical Centre
Kent & Sussex Hospital
Mount Ephraim
Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8AT

Phone: 01892 526111 ext. 2384
Email: :jane.beeley@nhs.net

 

 Opening Hours

Monday - Friday
09:00-17:00


New Trial:

For a trial period, the Library at the Kent and Sussex Hospital will open from 11.30-19.30 on Thursdays, starting from September 16th 2004.
ABOUT US

The multidisciplinary libraries serve the needs of staff from the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, West Kent Social Care and NHS Trust, Kent and Medway Strategic Health Authority, and local Primary Care Trusts. Other groups may join on payment of a subscription; please contact the library for details.

The libraries have a book stock of around 20,000 titles, most of which are available for loan. They currently take around 400 journal titles, and also hold a number of back files. These are not available for loan but some are available as electronic journals.

A number of databases are available, including Medline, Cinahl, PsyInfo, BNI, Amed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library. Medline, Cinahl, BNI, PsycInfo, Embase and Amed can be accessed from your desktop via the Dialog service, which also provides direct links to around 1200 full text journal titles. A further 90 full text titles are also available via the Ovid and Ebsco services. Please contact a Library for details of how to register. Access to the internet is also available. Training is offered to library members; contact your nearest service for details. Non-members may not use these services.

We are linked to the South Thames Regional Library Service. Visit this site for more health links and information about other libraries in South Thames.

You can access details of our bookstock via our regional catalogues. Select 'Librarian' from the opening screen; enter the details of the item you are hoping to trace; look for our library codes in the 'Holding Libraries' field of the full record. KMS for Maidstone, KPM for Pembury Hospital and KTW for the Kent & Sussex Hospital.
 

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