Ocean State Librarianosl rhode island - health sciences on-line catalogs




The collections of HELIN, Brown Libraries, and the hospital libraries  can now be searched through the unified catalog:

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Library collections generally use the following classification schemes to organize medical information.
Dewey Decimal
610 Medical encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, careers
611-612 Anatomy & physiology
613 Environment, diet, hygiene, fitness
615 Pharmacology & drugs
616 Specific diseases
617 Surgery
618 Pregnancy & childbirth, other branches of medicine
619 Experimental medicine

Medical careers:

331.702 Encyclopedias of careers & study guides for licensing examinations
374.8 Directories of medical schools
610.69 Books describing specific medical careers.


Library of Congress


R Medicine  
RA Public aspects of medicine
RB Pathology
RC Internal medicine
RD Surgery
RE Ophthalmology
RF Otorhinolaryngology
RG Gynecology and obstetrics
RJ Pediatrics
RK Dentistry
RL Dermatology
RM Therapeutics; pharmacology
RS Pharmacy and materia medica
RT Nursing
RV Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
RX Homeopathy
RZ Other systems of medicine
National Library of Medicine
Preclinical Sciences:

QS Human Anatomy
QT Physiology
QU Biochemistry
QV Pharmacology
QW Microbiology and Immunology
QX Parasitology
QY Clinical Pathology
QZ Pathology

Medicine and Related Subjects:

W Health Professions
WA Public Health
WB Practice of Medicine
WC Communicable Diseases
WD 100 Nutrition Disorders
WD 200 Metabolic Diseases
WD 300 Immunologic and Collagen Diseases. Hypersensitivity
WD 400 Animal Poisons
WD 500 Plant Poisons
WD 600 Diseases and Injuries Caused by Physical Agents
WD 700 Aviation and Space Medicine
WE Musculoskeletal System
WF Respiratory System
WG Cardiovascular System
WH Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
WI Digestive System
WJ Urogenital System
WK Endocrine System
WL Nervous System
WM Psychiatry
WN Radiology. Diagnostic Imaging
WO Surgery
WP Gynecology
WQ Obstetrics
WR Dermatology
WS Pediatrics
WT Geriatrics. Chronic Disease
WU Dentistry. Oral Surgery
WV Otolaryngology
WW Ophthalmology
WX Hospitals and Other Health Facilities
WY Nursing
WZ History of Medicine 19th Century Schedule