Popular science

Overview

The Medicine and Society Collection contain a stimulating and growing collection of popular science materials dealing with basic and applied biological sciences with an emphasis on cell biology, genetics and biotechnology.

Target audience

The collection will be of interest to the general public, school students (GCSE and A level), teachers and journalists.

Available resources

The collection provides books, press cuttings files, videos and an extensive range of popular science journals as well as:

• databases such as Health Reference Center and Medline, providing information on a wide range of diseases and health
• the leading daily newspapers online, for rapid location of news stories.