The Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago evolved from a reading room within the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago in the late 1800s to a freestanding facility at its current location dedicated in 1974. The collection includes serial titles, monographs, and audio visual materials on medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacology, and other health-related professions. Its special collections include the History of Nursing and Pharmacy Collection, the Kiefer Collection (urology), the Percival Bailey Library (neurology) and the Nyhus Collection (gastroenterology). There are health sciences libraries in Peoria, Rockford and Urbana serving the UIC health sciences colleges in those cities.
