Medical Students are best served by using the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) as well as Dewey Subject search terms for catalog searching.
In general, Dewey Subject Terms will use a specific anatomical designation before the larger term. For example, the term "metabolism" will be proceeded by "Bones-Metabolism" or "Heart-Metabolism". MeSH follows a classification system that starts broadly and narrows down to specifics. For example, "Phenomena and Processes Category" can then be narrowed to "Metabolism" and then to "Metabolic Networks and Pathways" and so on.
Subject Search Terms
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It is impossible for a library to own every book, journal, video, article, etc. that a campus community would want to read or watch, but interlibrary loan fills that void. We participate with OhioLINK for a lot of our interlibrary loan items which provides us with intrastate borrowing and lending.
How do you find medical laboratory science books in the library? Start with the item's location and call number.
The location tells you where the item is located in the library. Our most common locations are:
Call numbers tell you where the item is located as well as its subject. The University Library uses the Dewey Decimal System to arrange all library items.
When you are in the shelves, look at the neighboring items because you might find other books that fit your needs as well.