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Medicine
SCOPE:  This subjects guide covers several types of resources such as books, encyclopedias, dictionary, study guides, e-books, recommended databases and more.

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Stephanie Koh
Medicine > Taylor's Catalogue
 

Reference

Dictionaries & Encyclopedia
Unfamiliar Phrases and Concepts in your Reading List and Assignments Questions could make your life difficult. Look it up in a dictionary or encyclopedia first. These resources can help you out:
 
Dictionaries:
• Biochemistry - Dictionaries
• Cytology - Dictionaries
• Drugs - Dictionaries
• Hematology - Dictionaries
• Human anatomy - Dictionaries
• Immunology - Dictionaries
• Medical ethics - Dictionaries
• Medicine - Dictionaries
• Microbiology - Dictionaries
• Neurology - Dictionaries
• Nutrition - Dictionaries
• Proteomics - Dictionaries
 
Encyclopedias:
• Alternative medicine - Encyclopedias
• Communicable diseases - Encyclopedias
• Drugs - Encyclopedias
• Herbs - Encyclopedias
• Human anatomy - Encyclopedias
• Medical writing - Encyclopedias
• Medicine - Encyclopaedias
• Medicine, Ayurvedic - Encyclopedias
• Natural products - Encyclopedias
• Nutrition - Encyclopedias
• Orthopedics - Encyclopedias
• Substance abuse - Encyclopaedias
• Virology - Encyclopedias
 
• Pharmacopoeias
Handbooks
By giving you an overview of your topic, a handbook or a yearbook can tell you what’s new. You can find all kinds of facts, figures and precise information to add to your knowledge.
 
Atlases:
• Biochemistry - Atlases
• Communicable diseases - Atlases
• Dermatology - Atlases
• Diagnostic imaging - Atlases
• Embryology - Atlases
• Gynecology - Atlases
• Hematology - Atlases
• Histology - Atlases
• Human anatomy - Atlases
• Immunology - Atlases
• Medical parasitology - Atlases
• Obstetrics - Atlases
• Ophthalmology - Atlases
• Pathology - Atlases
 
Handbooks:
• Anesthesiology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Biochemistry - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Cardiology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Clinical medicine - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Communicable diseases - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Dermatology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Diagnosis - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Diagnostic imaging - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Diseases - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Drugs - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Emergency medicine - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Endocrinology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Evidence-based medicine - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Family medicine - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Gastroenterology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Geriatrics - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Gynecology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Hematology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Human anatomy - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Immunology - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Internal medicine - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Medical ethics - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Medical parasitology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Medical virology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Medical writing - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Medicine - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Medicine, Chinese - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Microbiology - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Neurology - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Nutrition - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Obstetrics - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Oncology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Orthopedics - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Otolaryngology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Pathology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Pediatrics - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Pharmacology - Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Physiology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Psychiatry - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Public health - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Radiology, Medical -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Surgery - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Toxicology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Traumatology - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Guides
By giving you an overview of your topic, a guides can tell you what’s new. You can find all kinds of facts, figures and precise information to add to your knowledge.
 
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Look for Books

Books either from your Reading Lists, recommended by your Lecturer or through Bibliographic references could also be found at the Library.
 
Subject Heading:
• Alternative medicine
• Anesthesiology
• Biochemistry
• Biometry
• Cardiology
• Clinical medicine
• Communicable diseases
• Communication in medicine
• Cytology
• Dermatology
• Diagnosis
• Diagnostic imaging
• Dietetics
• Diseases
• Drugs
• Embryology
• Emergency medicine
• Endocrinology
• Environmental health
• Epidemiology
• Evidence-based medicine
• Family medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Genetics
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Hematology
• Herbs
• Herbs - Therapeutic use
• Histology
• Holistic medicine
• Human anatomy
• Immunology
• Internal medicine
• Medical ethics
• Medical laws and legislation
• Medical parasitology
• Medical writing
• Medicine
• Medicine, Ayurvedic
• Medicine, Chinese
• Metabolism
• Microbiology
• Musculoskeletal system
• Mycology
• Natural products
• Neonatology
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Nosology
• Nutrition
• Obstetrics
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Otolaryngology
• Pathology
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacology
• Physiology
• Proteomics
• Psychiatry
• Public health
• Radiology, Medical
• Reproductive health
• Substance abuse
• Surgery
• Toxicology
• Traditional medicine
• Traumatology
• Urology
• Virology

Call Number

Use the search in the Library Catalogue. You can search using words like – tourist. You can also browse the Catalogue, or the shelves using the call numbers:
DDC Call Number Classification Call No.
Alternative medicine 615.5
Anesthesiology 617.96
Biochemistry 574.192
Biometry 570.15195
Cardiology 616.12
Communicable diseases 616.9
Communication in medicine 610.696
Cytology 574.87
Dermatology616.5
Diagnosis 616.075
Diagnostic imaging 616.0754
Dietetics 613.2
Embryology 591.33
Emergency medicine 616.025
Endocrinology (Persons) 616.4
Environmental health 616.98
Epidemiology614.4
Evidence-based medicine 616
Gastroenterology 616.33
Genetics 575.1
Geriatrics 618.97
Gynecology 618.1
Hematology 616.15
Herbs 635.7
Herbs - Therapeutic use 615.321
Histology 611.018
Holistic medicine 613
Human anatomy 611
Human nutrition 612.3
Immunology 616.079
Medical ethics 174.2
Medical laws and legislation 344.041
Medical parasitology 616.96
Medical writing 808.06661
Medicine 610
Medicine, Ayurvedic 615.53
Medicine, Chinese 610.951
Metabolism 572.4
Microbiology 579
Musculoskeletal system 612.7
Mycology 589.2
Natural products 547.7
Neonatology 618.9201
Nephrology 616.61
Neurology 616.8
Nosology 616.0012
Obstetrics 618.2
Oncology 616.994
Ophthalmology 617.7
Orthopedics 617.3
Otolaryngology 617.51
Pathology 616.07
Pediatrics 618.92
Pharmacology 615.1
Physiology 612
Proteomics 572.6
Psychiatry 616.89
Public health 362.1
Radiology, Medical 616.0757
Reproductive health 613.9
Substance abuse 616.86
Surgery 617
Toxicology 615.9
Traditional medicine 615.882
Traumatology 617.1
Urology 616.6
Virology 616.0194