Libraries & Learning Resources

Visit Massachusetts General Hospital's libraries and learning resource centers to research a health topic, read the newspaper or have a book or video delivered to a patient's room.

Blum Patient and Family Learning Center

The Maxwell & Eleanor Blum Patient and Family Learning Center provides patients, caregivers and their families with resources to learn about health and illness.

Treadwell Library

Treadwell Library is a resource for the entire Massachusetts General Hospital community. We offer digital access to books, journals, web resources and a skilled library staff ready to meet your information needs. Whether you have a difficult clinical case, a research grant to write, a presentation to make, an administrative information need or a personal health issue, Treadwell Library can help you access the most comprehensive and reliable health information. From its start more than 160 years ago as one of the first hospital libraries in the country to the creation of its extensive digital library, Treadwell Library has a history of service and innovation. Learn more at library.massgeneral.org.

Maxwell V. Blum Cancer Resource Center

The Maxwell V. Blum Cancer Resource Center is a program that offers a range of support resources around the Cancer Center. The center has an ongoing mission to make support services, as well as respite and community-building areas, more accessible to patients and families throughout the Cancer Center.