Collections in the Veterinary Science Library - Parkville and Werribee
The Veterinary Science Library holds books and journals in veterinary medicine and surgery as well as material relating to medicine, agriculture, zoology and botany.
The Parkville branch collects generally in the areas of anatomy, physiology, microbiology, pharmacology and animal health. The Werribee branch collects generally in the areas of surgery, pathology and parasitology. This collection is strong in material relating to specific animals although there is some duplication between the two locations.
General Book Collection
Catalogue Location Codes (print):
UniM Vet W - Veterinary Science Werribee
UniM Vet P - Veterinary Science Parkville
Use the Library Catalogue to find print and electronic books relating to Veterinary Science.
Items in the library are shelved by subject using Dewey numbers that locates the item in a numerical sequence close to other books of the same topic e.g. UniM Vet W 636.8 - books relating to cats
Ask at Desk Collections - Books, CDs, DVDs
Catalogue Status: Ask at Desk
The Werribee Library has a collection of high-use books which are kept in the library office. These are available for overnight or 7 day loan.
The Parkville Library has a small collection of CDs which are kept in the library office and are available for 24 hour loan.
The Werribee Library has a collection of CDs and DVDs which are kept in the library office and are available for 24 hour loan.
Max Henry Memorial Collection
The Veterinary Science Library Parkville holds the Max Henry Memorial Collection. This collection is on 15 year loan from the Australian Veterinary Association Historical Society.
Items (except rare or fragile items) are available for 28 day loan to University of Melbourne staff and students, and Australian Veterinary Association members.
Journals Collection
Catalogue Location Codes (print):
UniM Vet W Per - Veterinary Science Werribee
UniM Vet P Per - Veterinary Science Parkville
Most Veterinary Science journals are available as e-journals and are accessible through Discovery A-Z eJournals List or the Library Catalogue. The easiest way to check whether the Library holds a particular journal title is to search for the title.
The small number of journals still held as print are shelved alphabetically by title in both Veterinary Science Library locations.
Many older journals are shelved in University of Melbourne Library off-site storage facilities. These journals can be retrieved from storage upon request via the Library Catalogue.
Reference Collection
Catalogue Location Codes (print):
UniM Vet W Ref - Veterinary Science Werribee
UniM Vet P Ref - Veterinary Science Parkville
The majority of our reference resources are now available online. Both locations have a small print reference collection which contains subject specific resources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, directories and handbooks.
Theses Collection
Printed copies
The Veterinary Science Libraries in Parkville and Werribee hold Masters and PhD theses done in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne.
University of Melbourne theses not available online are also available for viewing in the Cultural Collections Reading Room in the Baillieu Library. You need to submit a request to view a thesis using the online form.
All University of Melbourne PhD and Masters by Research theses are included in the library catalogue and are identified by T.
To find theses on a particular topic, select ‘Theses’ from the ‘Advanced searches’ list on the Library Catalogue and enter your keywords which can be titles, authors, subject.
Online copies
Many recent theses as well as some older theses are available online. To look only at these use the University of Melbourne ePrints Repository.
You can search for theses and enter the faculty or department name in the "Faculty/Department" field e.g. veterinary science