Medicine
Medicine
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 Medicine can cover several disciplines and are classified according to Dewey. Most of the titles will be located on level 1 at Dewey number range 610 - 619.
| Subject | Library Level | Shelfmark |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Sciences & Medicine | 1 | 610s |
| Health Research | 1 | 610.72 |
| Anatomy and histology | 1 | 611 |
| Physiology | 1 | 612 |
| Pharmacology and therapeutics | 1 | 615 |
| Imaging | 1 | 615.841 |
| General Medicine and diseases | 1 | 616 |
| Pathophysiology and diagnosis | 1 | 616.07 |
| Surgery and specialties | 1 | 617 |
| Gynaecology & other medical specialties | 1 | 618 |
Always use Primo to locate books on your topic e.g. 'anatomy' titles can be found at 610 (Anatomy) or 612 (Human physiology & Anatomy).
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.
