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User Eligibility

User Eligibility & Access

Policy

The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library (HSL) provides access to biomedical information to support the education, research, patient care, and public service programs of the University of Virginia.  The Library also is a biomedical resource to the local community, the Commonwealth, and the nation.  The following categories determine eligibility for access to the Health Sciences Library's facilities and services. 

UVA Health Affiliates

Faculty, staff, and students of the UVA Health System, including:

  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • UVA Medical Center
  • Students enrolled in UVA Health education programs such as Radiation Technology and Nutrition

These users are identified by a UVA Health badge and a UVA Computing ID.

Users in this category are eligible for the full array of Library services, including (but not limited to):

Non-Paid Faculty and Preceptors

Faculty with official, ongoing appointments in the School of Medicine or the School of Nursing.

Users in this category are eligible for:

Other UVA Faculty, Staff, and Students

Users in this category are eligible for:

Students Performing Clinical Rotations

Students in programs at Piedmont Virginia Community College, Blue Ridge Community College, and James Madison University who have clinical nursing rotations at the Health System. These students are identified by a UVA Health badge noting their affiliation.

Users in this category are eligible for:

Visiting Faculty, Students, and Researchers

Individuals who have a short-term affiliation with a UVA Health school or department

Users in this category are eligible for:

UVA Community Health and Area Health Professionals

UVA Community Health employees in Culpeper, Haymarket, and Prince Wiliam. An Area Health professional is anyone who is not officially affiliated with UVA but resides in Charlottesville or the surrounding counties of Albemarle, Augusta, Buckingham, Culpeper, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, and Orange. "Health professional" generally refers to those individuals who are licensed to provide health care services to patients including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, pharmacists, health care administrators, mental health care workers, social workers, respiratory care technicians, and laboratory technicians. 

Users in this category are eligible for:

UVA Alumni

Users in this category are eligible for:

Retired UVA Health Faculty with Emeritus Status

UVA Health Patients and Family / General Public/ Non-Emeritus Retired Faculty

UVA Health patients, patient families, and citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia,.

Users in this category are eligible for:

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