Access to the building is limited to Duke Health ID badge holders. Duke University ID badge holders may get access to the building by requesting a Prox card from the University DukeCard Office.
Our goal is to provide direct and easy access to our resources and facilities. You will find a variety of equipment and resources within our facility, but you can also access many services, journals, books and other resources through other sections of our Website.
Whom We Serve
The Medical Center Library & Archives primarily serves Duke University and Duke Health faculty, staff and students. We do serve other special groups within the Triangle area, but not all resources or services may be available to those groups. Check below to find out which services are available to you.
- Duke Schools of Medicine and Nursing
Faculty, staff, students, house-staff, from Duke Hospital, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, visiting students and faculty from other institutions
Includes SOM and SON distance education students in off-campus locations.
Borrowing: Yes
Scanning service (Duke journal articles): Yes, no charge
Interlibrary Loan: Yes - no charge
Reference/consultations: Yes (chat, email, phone, walk-in)
Electronic journals: Yes
Electronic books: Yes
Online databases: Yes
Remote access: Yes
Online guides: Yes
Classes: Yes
Evening/weekend access: Yes - with Duke ID badge - Duke University (other areas of campus)
Duke faculty, staff, students, visiting students and faculty from other schools
Borrowing: Yes
Scanning service (Duke journal articles): Yes - request through primary Duke library
Interlibrary Loan: Yes - request through primary Duke library
Reference/consultations: Yes (chat, email, phone, walk-in)
Electronic journals: Yes
Electronic books: Yes
Online databases: Yes
Remote access: Yes
Online guides: Yes
Classes: Yes
Evening/weekend access: Yes - with Duke University ID badge & Prox card - Duke University Health System and Watts College of Nursing
Borrowing: Yes
Scanning service (Duke journal articles): Yes - no charge
Interlibrary Loan: Yes - no charge
Reference/consultations: Yes (chat, email, phone, walk-in)
Electronic journals: Yes
Electronic books: Yes
Online databases: Yes
Remote access: Yes
Online guides: Yes
Classes: Yes
Evening/weekend access: Yes - with Duke ID badge - Triangle Research Library Network Institutions
Faculty and students at UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, and NC Central
Contact your primary library for interlibrary loan, copy services and other specialized services offered by your campus.
Borrowing: Yes
Scanning service (Duke journal articles): No
Interlibrary Loan: No
Reference/consultations: Yes (chat, email, phone)
Electronic journals: No
Electronic books: No
Remote access: No
Online databases: No
Online guides: Yes
Classes: No
Evening/weekend access: No - Duke Alumni
Visit our Alumni Services page for more details.
Borrowing: No
Scanning service (Duke journal articles): No
Interlibrary Loan: No
Reference/consultations: Yes (chat, email, phone)
Electronic journals: No
Electronic books: No
Remote access: No
Online databases: No
Online guides: Yes (Resources for Community)
Classes: No
Evening/weekend access: No - Others/General Public
Non-Duke individuals do not have access to the Library though the following services are available online.
Reference/consultations: Yes (chat, email, phone)
Online guides: Yes (Resources for Community) - Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
UHMS members - Click here for access to our resources and services.
Borrowing: No
Scanning service (Duke journal articles): Yes - paid by UHMS
Interlibrary Loan: Yes, fees apply
Reference/consultations: Yes, (chat, email, phone)
Electronic journals: No
Electronic books: No
Online databases: No
Remote access: No
Online guides: Yes (Resources for Community)
Classes: No
Evening/weekend access: No - Research & Academic Collaborators
Active Duke faculty and staff may request short-term access to library resources for research and academic collaborators who are not Duke faculty, staff, or students. Before you can sponsor an individual for access to library resources, you must first sponsor that individual through OIT, which can provide them with a NetID. Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan Services are not available to non-Duke research and academic collaborators.