Infolep Products & Services

Infolep provides information services on leprosy and related subjects, both on demand and on a pro-active basis.

The Infolep library collection, built up since 1979, has become one of the largest collections on leprosy and related subjects in the world. The library is open to visitors. More about the library collection.

All documents except for reference materials may be borrowed. Infolep also takes part in the national and international inter-library loan service, which makes it possible to obtain materials from other libraries.

Search for (e-) books, book chapters, (e-journals), films, cd-roms and more in the Infolep catalogue.

Infolep conducts bibliographical searches using a variety of databases as well as the Internet. These searches generate a list of journal citations, available with or without abstracts. Customers review the lists and then may request relevant full-text articles (see Document Delivery below).

Infolep provides document delivery services. Requests for articles or books are filled using the following process:
– The Infolep collection is consulted first.
– If not available in house, inter- library loan services are used.

Infolep answers reference questions using in-house materials such as dictionaries, handbooks, textbooks, encyclopedias, and resources on the Internet. In addition, information referral services are provided, granting Infolep customers access to experts within the leprosy field.

Infolep provides advice and support to leprosy information centres.

Infolep organizes training sessions, at Infolep or on location on:
- Infolep collections and services;
- How to stay up-to-date with leprosy information;
- How to use information resources like the Internet, databases, PubMed, reference manager;
- How to evaluate and use information found.