Medicine & Health Resource Guide

This guide provides information on resources related to the Medicine & Health Collection. It includes a selection of print and electronic resources as well as some useful web links.

General browsing collection

A good starting point is to browse the shelves in the Information Centre where ready reference material such as encyclopedias and dictionaries are available. General works are also for available for browsing in the Redmond Barry Reading Room. Books and other materials are classified under the following Dewey numbers:

610	Medicine: general resources  (including Dictionaries and Directories)
610.28	Biomedicine
610.73	Nursing
611	Human anatomy, cytology (cell biology), histology (tissue biology)
612	Human physiology
613	Promotion of health
614	Forensic Medicine, Incidence of disease, preventative medicine
614.4	Epidemiology
615	Pharmacology  (Including Drug guides and Toxicology)
615.5	Therapeutics
615.8515	Activity (occupational) therapies
616	Diseases
616.89	Psychiatry and clinical psychology
617	Miscellaneous branches of medicine (Including Surgery, Dentistry and Opthamology)
618	Gynaecology and other medical specialities (Including Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Geriatrics)
619	Experimental medicine