The Central Library was first started in 1998 in block A of the Hospital to serve the Super Specialty departments therein. The Amrita School of Medicine was started in 2002 and then the Central Library was shifted to the  block C with a view to cater to the requirements of  the Medical College in addition to the Super Specialty hospital. Central library also provides reference facilities for the students and the faculty of other Schools in the campus, the Nursing, Dental and Pharmaceutical Sciences, even though these Schools have their own individual libraries provided with books for their specific requirements.

Cataloguing and arrangement of books on the shelves have been done using the National Library of Medicine (NLM) USA Classification system.

Library Timings –8am – 11.30 pm

Business hours -   8am -   10 pm

Sundays & Holidays – 2pm – 10pm

Membership – students & faculty of AIMS are required to apply for membership by filling up the application form available in the Library counter and submitting to the Chief Librarian. However, membership of the Library is not mandatory for the use of the outer reading room, but use of this facility is restricted to bonafide AIMS/Medical College personnel.

Library Holdings

The resources of the Library can be searched through the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC). The Library portal includes access to full text electronic journals, books and databases .

The Institutional Repository includes thesis, faculty publications, question bank (Previous years’ question paper of all courses)