Library Collections
Books are located at the west side of the entrance (2nd floor) level of the library. Books in Kornhauser Library are cataloged using the subject headings and classification system of the National Library of Medicine.
You can browse the list of newly acquired titles at Kornhauser Library and the the University Libraries using the New Items List.
Journals
Journals are shelved in alphabetical order by title. Issues dating since 1994 are located on the south side of the building on the 2nd floor, entrance level. Issues from 1960 to 1993 are located on the 3rd floor. Issues prior to 1960 are stored in the basement and must be requested at the Circulation Desk. Unbound, new issues are shelved with the bound volumes on the 2nd floor.
Audiovisuals
A collection of over 1600 videocassettes, audio tapes and slide sets is maintained to support basic sciences and the clinical curriculum. The collection is located opposite the circulation desk. Equipment for use of these materials in the library is available on the upper floor and in group study rooms.
History and Archives Collections
The University of Louisville's Kornhauser Library houses a valuable body of historical materials documenting the evolution of medical training and health care practices in Kentucky during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The holdings include some records of the University of Louisville School of Medicine from its establishment as the Louisville Medical Institute in 1837. There are also records from four other Louisville medical colleges that were absorbed by U of L in 1908 (Hospital College of Medicine, Kentucky School of Medicine, Kentucky University Medical Department, and Louisville Medical College).
The Database of Medical School Students - 1838 to1908 lists all students who attended the University of Louisville, or any of the above listed schools, during that period. The listing is not complete, and records are added or updated as new information becomes available. The History Collection also includes records of local schools of dentistry, nursing, and public health. These consist mainly of enrollment registers, catalogs and annual announcements, medical journals published by the schools, faculty articles, lectures and addresses, student notebooks, photographs, and memorabilia such as class tickets and diplomas.
List of History and Manuscript Collections The portion of the collection consists of non-university manuscript material and contains the records of local and state hospitals, health departments, medical societies and other professional organizations, including those of the Innominate Society, the Jefferson County Medical Society, the Louisville-Jefferson County Health Department, the Louisville Society of Medicine, and the Medico-Chirurgical Society. There are personal papers of Kentucky physicians, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, and health administrators, many of whom have achieved national prominence in their fields. Notable among them are S. Spafford Ackerly, Charles Caldwell, Daniel Drake, Joel Elkes, Joseph N. and Arthur T. McCormack, Gradie R. Rowntree, R. Glen Spurling, and Lunsford P., Jr. and David W. Yandell.
The library preserves thousands of biographical sketches, reports, notices and articles from nineteenth and twentieth century newspapers and journals. There are also the historical manuscripts which were transcribed by the WPA historical research project to produce Medicine and its Development in Kentucky (1940). Medical bibliophile and cardiologist Emmet Field Horine donated his extensive collection of nineteenth century manuscripts, printed primary sources relating to anesthesiology.
In more than 150 years of operation, the library has amassed a fine collection of rare medical and scientific books and journals, antique medical and dental instruments, and other artifacts. Private collections of rare books which have been donated to the library include those of Charles Caldwell, William E. Gardner, Emmet F. Horine, and R. Glen Spurling. The Joan Titley Adams History Room contains many volumes from the original medical school library--all acquired before 1850, along with the Gardner and Caldwell collections. All of the books in the rare book collections have been cataloged the University Libraries on-line catalog (Minerva).
Located on the upper floor of the Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, the History Collections can be consulted Monday through Friday, 9-5, with the archivist and special collections curator available on Wednesdays, 10-4. For more information, contact Katherine Burger Johnson, History Collections Archivist/Curator kbjohnson@louisville.edu, or Mary K. Becker, Administrative Specialist, Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, Phone: 502-852-5778, FAX: 502-852-1631. Location & Directions Information
Newspapers & Magazines
Current issues of local and national newspapers are available in the Atrium reading area under the stairs to the 3rd floor. Archives of major national, regional, and international newspapers may be found on the UofL Libraries web pages at http://library.louisville.edu/research/news/path.html. Most current editions of newspapers are available online by searching on your preferred Internet search engine (such as Google.com) or check out the list of world-wide newspapers on the Internet Public Library.
The library maintains a "Journal Lite" section in the Atrium area on the main floor containing a small selection of popular magazines