The Pitié-Salpêtrière library

An access control system at the entrance to the library gives priority access to Sorbonne Université students and registered members of the public interested in the collections.

• Registration is automatic for Sorbonne University students.
• Hospitals and Sorbonne University researchers must provide a professional certificate.
• Readers from outside Sorbonne Université: access reserved for 3rd cycle medical students and healthcare professionals, with proof of enrolment. Persons from outside Sorbonne Université must pay an annual registration fee. Apply online.

Registration entitles you to borrow documents from the various Sorbonne University medical libraries, up to 10 books at a time throughout the network.

Titles

The library has around 35,000 open-access books in the biomedical, medical and paramedical fields.

Magazines
Only around fifteen titles are still available in hard copy, including paramedical magazines (psychomotricity, speech therapy), as well as Prescrire and La revue du praticien.

Online magazines
The magazines room is located opposite the lending bank and has 8 computer workstations for consulting online magazines.

Databases
A selection of medical and paramedical bibliographic databases is available. Some of these databases are subject to subscription and can only be accessed on Sorbonne Université workstations (including the library's Internet workstations).
The databases list and index magazine articles and provide you with article references (title, author, magazine, etc.) based on the search criteria you have specified. Access to the full text of the article is not guaranteed: the University must also be a subscriber to the magazine.

Academic writings

Theses
Faculty of Medicine theses can be requested from the reception desk.
Theses defended before 1983 are deposited at the Centre Technique du Livre (CTLes) in Marne-la-Vallée and can be requested via interlibrary loan.
From 2005 onwards, theses from Sorbonne Université's Faculty of Medicine are archived at La Pitié (general medicine theses are held at the Saint-Antoine library).

Contacts for thesis processing

• Florence Zehnaker : tél. :  01 44 27 93 60

Dissertations
Speech therapy and psychomotricity dissertations, as well as DU and especially DE psychomotricity dissertations, are freely available (in the room reserved for paramedics) or in store, depending on the year.
Dissertations defended before 1983 are deposited with the Centre Technique du Livre (CTLes) and can be requested on interlibrary loan.

Multimedia documents

CD-Roms and software
All CD-Roms and DVDs can be borrowed from the lending bank.

Test library
The test library is intended for speech therapists and psychomotricians.
Consultation of the test library is reserved for students enrolled in specialized courses, for individual learning purposes only, and for teachers in these courses. Any other use (commercial, distribution to third parties, general public use, etc.) is prohibited. Library registration is a prerequisite. Consultation is only permitted on library premises. Exceptions are made for Sorbonne University lecturers for presentation during a course. All reproductions (photocopies or other), whether partial or total, are forbidden in accordance with copyright regulations and may result in legal action by publishers. Any consultation commits the applicant to respecting these rules and to returning all test elements complete and intact.

The Interlibrary Loan service locates and supplies articles, theses and books that are not in the library's holdings.

Contact : Françoise Rivière, bureau 53 (01 44 27 93  59)

Hardware and equipment

• Wi-Fi
• Public computer desks
• Laptop loans
• Lending terminal
• Reprography
• Earplug dispenser