Biomedical Sciences
Help and support for students and staff on biomedical and healthcare science courses
Accessing library books
Primo is the gateway to all the library's resources and includes details of both print and e books:
Key locations of print books:
Books for Biomedical Sciences can cover several disciplines and are classified according to Dewey.
Most of the titles will be located on level 1.
| Subject | Library Level | Shelfmark |
|---|---|---|
| Life Sciences | 1 | 570s |
| Humans races & Biochemistry | 1 | 572 |
| Anthropology, evolution and genetics | 1 | 573 |
| Biology | 1 | 574 |
| Immunology | 1 | 574.29 |
| Cell biology and DNA | 1 | 574.87 |
| Genetics | 1 | 575 & 616.042 |
| Microbiology | 1 | 576 & 616.9041 |
| Medical biochemistry | 1 | 612.015 |
| Exercise physiology | 1 | 612.044 |
Always use Primo to locate books on your topic e.g. 'biochemistry' titles can be found at 572 (Human races) or 674 (Biology) or 612.015 (Clinical biochemistry).
Library eBooks:
These ebooks are also within Primo but listed at title level only. If you want to flick through an ebook (like a print book) e.g. check out the index, contents or chapter headings to see if a book is going to be useful or not, try searching inside the ebooks using their own websites. You can view online, save/print chapters and sometimes download books for limited periods:
- Ebook central (Proquest) This link opens in a new window Library Ebooks covering all disciplines. These ebooks offer online viewing not permanent download.
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- Ebook collection (EbscoHost) This link opens in a new window Library Ebooks covering all disciplines. TIP: change 'Select a Field (optional)' to 'TX All Text Fields' to search inside the books These ebooks offer online viewing not permanent download.
