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St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences (SFUCHAS)

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SFUCHAS Library

An open-access academic library specialising in medicine and the health sciences, for students, lecturers and researchers.

Open accessMedicine and health sciencesOnline resources

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Head of Library

Neema Mushi

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About

A library for the health sciences

The SFUCHAS Library is an open-access academic library specialising in medicine and the health sciences. It serves students, lecturers and researchers, and can seat more than 100 readers at once.

The college records about 4,120 printed books, together with access to electronic resources such as HINARI, SAGE Open, PubMed Central and PLOS Medicine. Library computers give internet access to these resources on and off campus.

A student browsing the shelves in the SFUCHAS Library
Browsing the collection
Opening hours

When the library is open

Monday to Friday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm (closed for lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm)
Saturday and public holidays
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Services

What the library offers

  • Reference services
  • Cataloguing and classification
  • Internet access
  • Circulation (lending and returns)
  • Training in using library resources
  • Stock taking
  • Newspapers
Shelves of books in the SFUCHAS Library
The library shelves
Mission

Our mission

To support teaching, learning, research and administration with quality health and other information services, and to become a world-class medical and health information resource centre delivering student-centred services to the college, the surrounding communities, the region and beyond.

Online

Search and read online

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Inside the library

Get in touch

St. Francis University College of Health and Allied Sciences
P.O. Box 175, Ifakara, Tanzania
Telephone: +255 23 2931 568