Library

The Institute of Cardiology Library
ul. Alpejska 42
04-628 Warszawa
phone. +48 (0)22 3434433
fax: +48 (0)22 3434531
e-mail: biblioteka@ikard.pl

Open:
Monday through Friday: 9 am to 3 pm
Chief librarian: Halina Wilczyńska
Librarians: Jolanta Nowicka-Lemieszek
Lilianna Kozłowska

The Academic Library of the Institute specializes in acquiring literature focused on cardiology, cardiosurgery, heart transplant surgery, cardiovascular system diseases epidemiology, molecular genetics and pharmacology.
The principal tasks for the Library are to create the basis for scientific work for the Institute’s scientific staff by obtaining and providing Polish and foreign scientific literature.
The Library also helps its users to find relevant medical information, bibliography, and search query in medical databases.
The books and journals are available in the reading room to all those who want to use them for academic, professional or studying purposes. The catalogue is based on the SOWA computer library program, which is accessible in the web at sowa.ikard.pl.
The Academic Library of the Institute cooperates with other medical libraries.
The Library possesses 5887 books (volumes) and 4203 journals (issues). The Institute’s employees can use the following full text databases: Science Direct (published by Elsevier), OVID Technologies, Ebsco Host, and Polska Bibliografia Lekarska (Polish Medical Bibliography) available on-line.