Our services are designed to support your every day work in practice whilst keeping you up to date with the latest clinical research and are available to all our users.
Please see our 'Library services price list' for our standard and discounted library member prices.
To request any of our services please complete the relevant online form or contact us.
Literature searching workshops
Photocopy requests
We can send you photocopies from journals, conference proceedings, reports and books, subject to copyright law, for private study or research for a non-commercial purpose. All you need to do is complete a copyright declaration form with details of your request then sign and return it to us. We will then send the photocopy to you by post or fax. Normally we process your request within two working days. For urgent requests we offer a fast-track service.
If your request is for a commercial purpose, an additional copyright fee is applied. Please contact the Library for more information.
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Postal loans
If you can’t come into the Library, we can send materials to you by post. Books can be loaned for four weeks and journals for two weeks. They can then be renewed a further two times if no one else is waiting for them. Library members, all members of the RCVS and registered veterinary nurses based in the UK can loan material.
Interlibrary loans (ILL)
If we don’t have the material you need in our Library, we will try and obtain it for you from another library via our interlibrary loan service. To request an ILL complete a copyright declaration form with details of your request, then sign and return it to us.
Literature searches
If you are short of time or having difficulty finding information on a particular topic we can carry out a tailor made literature search for you. To request a search please contact us on 020 7202 0752 or email library@rcvstrust.org.uk. We will then send a list of references to you by email.
Literature searching workshops
A workshop for beginners and those with intermediate skills, covering database searching and accessing online resources including electronic journals, focusing on the resources offered by the Trust Library.
Dates for the workshop can be downloaded from the 'Related documents' box.
Subject alerts
To help you keep up-to-date with the latest information we can supply quarterly alerts in a range of subjects such as Small Animal Medicine, Animal Welfare and Ethics and Equine Surgery. Alerts are sent out in January, April, July and October and contain details of all the articles published in the previous three months and abstracts where they are available. If you are interested in this service check the list of subjects that we currently offer, we are always happy to add another subject to the list if you can not see what you need.
An example of a subject alert on pig medicine can be downloaded from the 'Related documents' box.
Journal circulation
If you would like to read a particular journal on a regular basis, but don’t want to subscribe then you can sign up to go on the circulation mailing list for any of our print journal titles. The journal is then posted out to you on a two week loan. To sign up contact us on 020 7202 0752 or email library@rcvstrust.org.uk
Genealogical search
Do you think you may have a vet in the family or are you interested in the vets who worked in your practice? If so get in touch with us and we’ll do the research for you! Please see our Heritage & History pages for more details.