Go to – www.apu.edu/library
Click on the "Books and Media" tab
Enter your search terms, then click on "search". In this case, I entered "code of ethics for nurses".
Once you click on search, you will see that limiters have been applied:
Now remove the following limiters since we are only interested in books: Journals, Videos, and Music Scores.
Depending on the format of the book that you are interested in, you can select "print book" or "ebook".
You will also want to narrow by language, scroll down to "language/dialect". And select "english".
For some classes, I have linked to the course-required and recommended materials on the specific class guides that I have created.
Both physical and online books are organized using the Library of Congress Classification. Knowing the classification scheme can help you when you are doing research for books in the library. Here are some classifications in the Health Science areas that you should be aware of:
R - Medicine (General) |
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 |
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