At the request of our patron Donald Kahn, whose generous support made possible the establishment and the provision of the university library, which was named for his deceased friend Joseph Troy and his wife Brigitta. The American lawyer Joseph Troy, who was awarded the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and Art, had been an ardent patron of the Salzburg Festival throughout his life. In 1987 Josef Troy founded the “American Friends of Salzburg Festival”, which since his death in 2001, has been continued by his widow Brigitta.

In order to meet the ever-increasing demands on medicine and keep abreast of the enormous developments in science each year, providing online access to medical resources was a priority for the Paracelsus Medical University whilst equipping its 260 m² library.  Licensed electronic journals and databases are available to all users on campus of the Paracelsus Medical University and, on a restricted basis, to off-campus users.

The following digital resources are currently available:

• Over 2000 licensed online journals in the field of medicine, chemistry, science, biology, pharmacy, physics
• Journals freely accessible through the Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
• Several core medical databases (such as MEDLINE, Evidence Based Medicine Reviews - Cochrane Library,  ISI Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports, CINAHL)
• Databases freely accessible through the Database – Information System (DBIS)

In addition to the Joseph and Brigitta Troy Library, which houses mostly material related to medicine and nursing sciences, the Paracelsus University students have also access to the print resources of the Salzburger Universitätskliniken (Salzburg University Clinics’) as well as to the Natural Sciences Library at the University of Salzburg.