Health Topics: Books/eBooks

Use the MGCCC Online Card Catalog, located on the library website http://www.mgccc.edu/library/ to find print materials at the three campus libraries. The card catalog also includes titles in the electronic books collections. Physical books may be borrowed from the campus libraries. Electronic books are accessed from the library website.

Think Broadly. Remember to think broadly when searching for books - that is, to realize that your specific topic will probably be treated in books that cover a broader subject.

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The books for Health topics are located in QM - RZ.

CLASS Q - SCIENCE

Subclass QM

Subclass QP

• QP1-(981)                Physiology
• QP1-345                  General (Including influence of the environment)
• QP351-495              Neurophysiology and neuropsychology
• QP501-801              Animal biochemistry
• QP(901)-(981)         Experimental pharmacology 

Subclass QR 

• QR1-502                  Microbiology
• QR1-74.5                 General
• QR75-99.5               Bacteria
• QR99.6-99.8            Cyanobacteria
• QR100-130              Microbial ecology
• QR171                     Microorganisms in the animal body
• QR180-189.5           Immunology
• QR355-502              Virology

CLASS R - MEDICINE

Subclass R 

• R5-920                  Medicine (General)
• R5-130.5               General works
• R131-687              History of medicine.  Medical expeditions
• R690-697              Medicine as a profession.  Physicians
• R702-703              Medicine and the humanities.  Medicine and disease in relation to history, literature, etc.
• R711-713.97         Directories
• R722-722.32         Missionary medicine.  Medical missionaries
• R723-726              Medical philosophy.  Medical ethics
• R726.5-726.8        Medicine and disease in relation to psychology.  Terminal care.  Dying
• R727-727.5           Medical personnel and the public.  Physician and the public
• R728-733              Practice of medicine.  Medical practice economics
• R735-854              Medical education.  Medical schools.  Research
• R855-855.5           Medical technology
• R856-857              Biomedical engineering.  Electronics.  Instrumentation
• R858-859.7           Computer applications to medicine.  Medical informatics
• R864                     Medical records
• R895-920              Medical physics.  Medical radiology.  Nuclear medicine

Subclass RA

• RA1-1270             Public aspects of medicine
• RA1-418.5            Medicine and the state
• RA396                  Regulation of medical education.  Licensure
• RA398                  Registration of physicians, pharmacists, etc.
• RA399                  Regulation of medical practice.  Evaluation and quality control of medical care.  Medical audit
• RA405                  Death certification
• RA407-409.5        Health status indicators.  Medical statistics and surveys
• RA410-410.9        Medical economics.  Economics of medical care.  Employment
• RA411-415           Provisions for personal medical care.  Medical care plans
• RA418-418.5        Medicine and society.  Social medicine.  Medical sociology
• RA421-790.95      Public health.  Hygiene.  Preventive medicine
• RA428-428.5        Public health laboratories, institutes, etc.
• RA440-440.87      Study and teaching.  Research
• RA565-600           Environmental health (Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply)
• RA601-602           Food and food supply in relation to public health
• RA604-618           Parks, public baths, public carriers, buildings, etc.
• RA619-637           Disposal of the dead.  Undertaking.  Burial.  Cremation. Cemeteries
• RA638                  Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
• RA639-642           Transmission of disease
• RA643-645           Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
• RA645.3-645.37   Home health care services
• RA645.5-645.9     Emergency medical services
• RA646-648.3        War and public health
• RA648.5-767        Epidemics.  Epidemiology.  Quarantine.  Disinfection
• RA771-771.7        Rural health and hygiene.  Rural health services
• RA773-788           Personal health and hygiene (Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene)
• RA790-790.95      Mental health.  Mental illness prevention
• RA791-954           Medical geography.  Climatology.  Meteorology
• RA960-1000.5      Medical centers.  Hospitals.  Dispensaries.  Clinics (Including ambulance service, nursing homes, hospices)
• RA1001-1171       Forensic medicine.  Medical jurisprudence.  Legal medicine
• RA1190-1270       Toxicology.  Poisons 

Subclass RB 

• RB1-214               Pathology
• RB1-17                 General works
• RB24-33               Pathological anatomy and histology
• RB37-56.5            Clinical pathology.  Laboratory technique
• RB57                    Post-mortem examination.  Autopsies
• RB127-150           Manifestations of disease
• RB151-214           Theories of disease.  Etiology.  Pathogenesis 

Subclass RC 

• RC31-1245         Internal medicine
• RC49-52            Psychosomatic medicine
• RC71-78.7         Examination.  Diagnosis (Including raiography)
• RC81-82            Popular medicine
• RC86-88.9         Medical emergencies.  Critical care.  Intensive care.  First aid
• RC91-103          Disease due to physical and chemical agents
• RC109-216        Infectious and parasitic diseases
• RC251               Constitutional diseases (General)
• RC254-282        Neoplasms.  Tumors.  Oncology (Including cancer and carcinogens)
• RC306-320.5     Tuberculosis
• RC321-571        Neurosciences.  Biological psychiatry.  Neuropsychiatry
• RC346-429        Neurology.  Diseases of the nervous system (Including speech disorders)
• RC435-571        Psychiatry
• RC475-489        Therapeutics.  Psychotherapy
• RC490-499        Hypnotism and hypnosis.  Suggestion therapy
• RC500-510        Psychoanalysis
• RC512-569.5     Psychopathology
• RC512-528        Psychoses
• RC530-552        Neuroses
• RC554-569.5     Personality disorders.  Behavior problems (Including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse)
• RC569.7-571     Mental retardation.  Developmental disabilities
• RC581-951        Specialties of internal medicine
• RC581-607        Immunologic diseases.  Allergy
• RC620-627        Nutritional diseases.  Deficiency diseases
• RC627.5-632     Metabolic diseases
• RC633-647.5     Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
• RC648-665        Diseases of the endocrine glands.  Clinical endocrinology
• RC666-701        Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
• RC705-779        Diseases of the respiratory system
• RC799-869        Diseases of the digestive system.  Gastroenterology
• RC870-923        Diseases of the genitourinary system.  Urology
• RC924-924.5     Diseases of the connective tissues
• RC925-935        Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
• RC952-1245      Special situations and conditions
• RC952-954.6     Geriatrics
• RC955-962        Arctic medicine.  Tropical medicine
• RC963-969        Industrial medicine.  Industrial hygiene
• RC970-986        Military medicine.  Naval medicine
• RC1000-1020    Submarine medicine
• RC1030-1160    Transportation medicine (Including automotive, aviation, and space medicine)
• RC1200-1245    Sports medicine

Subclass RD 

• RD1-811            Surgery
• RD1-31.7           General works
• RD32-33.9         Operative surgery.  Technique of surgical operations
• RD49-52            Surgical therapeutics.  Preoperative and postoperative care
• RD57                 Surgical pathology
• RD58                 Reparative processes after operations (Physiological)
• RD59                 Surgical shock.  Traumatic shock
• RD63-76            Operating rooms and theaters.  Instruments, apparatus, and appliances
• RD78.3-87.3      Anesthesiology
• RD91-91.5         Asepsis and antisepsis.  Sterilization (Operative)
• RD92-97.8         Emergency surgery.  Wounds and injuries
• RD98-98.4         Surgical complications
• RD99-99.35       Surgical nursing
• RD101-104        Fractures (General)
• RD118-120.5     Plastic surgery.  Reparative surgery
• RD120.6-129.8  Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
• RD130               Prosthesis.  Artificial organs
• RD137-145        Surgery in childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, old age
• RD151-498        Military and naval surgery
• RD520-599.5     Surgery by region, system, or organ
• RD651-678        Neoplasms.  Tumors.  Oncology
• RD680-688        Diseases of the locomotor system (Surgical treatment)
• RD701-811        Orthopedic surgery
• RD792-811        Physical rehabilitation 

Subclass RE 

• RE1-994            Ophthalmology
• RE75-79            Examination.  Diagnosis
• RE80-87            Eye surgery
• RE88                 Ophthalmic nursing
• RE89                 Eye banks
• RE91-912          Particular diseases of the eye
• RE918-921        Color vision tests, charts, etc.
• RE925-939        Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation
• RE939.2-981     Optometry.  Opticians.  Eyeglasses
• RE986-988        Artificial eyes and other prostheses
• RE991-992        Ocular therapeutics 

Subclass RF 

• RF1-547            Otorhinolaryngology
• RF110-320        Otology.  Diseases of the ear
• RF341-437        Rhinology.  Diseases of the nose, accessory sinuses, and nasopharynx
• RF460-547        Laryngology.  Diseases of the throat 

Subclass RG  

• RG1-991           Gynecology and obstetrics
• RG104-104.7    Operative gynecology
• RG133-137.6    Conception.  Artificial insemination.  Contraception
• RG138              Sterilization of women
• RG159-208       Functional and systemic disorders.  Endocrine gynecology
• RG211-483       Abnormalities and diseases of the female genital organs
• RG484-485       Urogynecology and obstetric urology.  Urogynecologic surgery
• RG491-499       Diseases of the breast
• RG500-991       Obstetrics
• RG551-591       Pregnancy
• RG600-650       The embryo and fetus
• RG648              Spontaneous abortion.  Miscarriage
• RG651-721       Labor.  Parturition
• RG725-791       Obstetric operations.  Operative obstetrics
• RG801-871       Puerperal state
• RG940-991       Maternal care.  Prenatal care services  

Subclass RJ  

• RJ1-570             Pediatrics
• RJ47.3-47.4       Genetic aspects
• RJ50-51             Examination.  Diagnosis
• RJ52-53             Therapeutics
• RJ59-60             Infant and neonatal morbidity and mortality
• RJ91                  Supposed prenatal influence.  Prenatal culture.  Stirpiculture
• RJ101-103         Child health.  Child health services
• RJ125-145         Physiology of children and adolescents
• RJ206-235         Nutrition and feeding of children and adolescents
• RJ240                Immunization of children (General)
• RJ242-243         Hospital care
• RJ245-247         Nursing of children.  Pediatric nursing
• RJ250-250.3      Premature infants
• RJ251-325         Newborn infants (Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases)
• RJ370-550         Diseases of children and adolescents
• RJ499-507         Mental disorders.  Child psychiatry  

Subclass RK 

• RK1-715            Dentistry
• RK58-59.3         Practice of dentistry.  Dental economics
• RK60.7-60.8      Preventive dentistry
• RK280               Oral and dental anatomy and physiology
• RK301-493        Oral and dental medicine.  Pathology.  Diseases
• RK501-519        Operative dentistry.  Restorative dentistry
• RK520-528        Orthodontics
• RK529-535        Oral surgery
• RK641-667        Prosthetic dentistry.  Prosthodontics  

Subclass RL  

• RL1-803            Dermatology
• RL87-94            Care and hygiene
• RL95                 Pathological anatomy
• RL110-120        Therapeutics
• RL130-169        Diseases of the glands, hair, nails
• RL201-331        Hyperemias, inflammations, and infections of the skin
• RL391-489        Atrophies.  Hypertrophies
• RL675               Chronic ulcer of the skin.  Bedsores
• RL701-751        Diseases due to psychosomatic and nerve disorders. (Dermatoneuroses)
• RL760-785        Diseases due to parasites
• RL790               Pigmentations.  Albinism
• RL793               Congenital disorders of the skin.  Nevi.  Moles  

Subclass RM  

• RM1-950           Therapeutics.  Pharmacology
• RM138              Drug prescribing
• RM139              Prescription writing
• RM146-146.7    Misuse of therapeutic drugs.  Medication errors
• RM147-180       Administration of drugs and other therapeutic agents
• RM182-190       Other therapeutic procedures (Including acupuncture, pneumatic aspiration, spinal puncture, pericardial puncture)
• RM214-258       Diet therapy.  Dietary cookbooks
• RM259              Vitamin therapy
• RM260-263       Chemotherapy
• RM265-267       Antibiotic therapy.  Antibiotics
• RM270-282       Immunotherapy.  Serotherapy
• RM283-298       Endocrinotherapy.  Organotherapy
• RM300-666       Drugs and their actions
• RM671-671.5    Nonprescription drugs.  Patent medicines
• RM695-893       Physical medicine.  Physical therapy (Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy)
• RM930-931       Rehabilitation therapy
• RM950              Rehabilitation technology  

Subclass RS  

• RS1-441            Pharmacy and materia medica
• RS125-131.9     Formularies.  Collected prescriptions
• RS139-141.9     Pharmacopoeias
• RS151.2-151.9  Dispensatories
• RS153-441        Materia medica
• RS160-167        Pharmacognosy.  Pharmaceutical substances (Plant, animal, and inorganic)
• RS189-190        Assay methods.  Standardization.  Analysis
• RS192-199        Pharmaceutical technology
• RS200-201        Pharmaceutical dosage forms
• RS250-252        Commercial preparations.  Patent medicines
• RS355-356        Pharmaceutical supplies
• RS400-431        Pharmaceutical chemistry
• RS441               Microscopical examination of drugs  

Subclass RT  

• RT1-120            Nursing
• RT89-120          Specialties in nursing  

Subclass RV  

• RV1-431            Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine 

Subclass RX 

• RX1-681            Homeopathy
• RX211-581        Diseases, treatment, etc.
• RX601-675        Materia medica and therapeutics 

Subclass RZ 

• RZ201-999         Other systems of medicine
• RZ201-275         Chiropractic
• RZ301-397.5      Osteopathy
• RZ399                Osteo-magnetics, neuropathy, etc., A-Z
• RZ400-408         Mental healing
• RZ409.7-999      Miscellaneous systems and treatments (Including magnetotherapy, mesmerism, naturopathy, organomic medicine, phrenology, radiesthesia)

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