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Health Sciences Virtual Library

For Nursing, Public Health, Kinesiology, & Physical Therapy

Searching for Books & Ebooks

  1. Go to – www.apu.edu/library

  2. Scroll down and click the tab labeled “Books and Media” and “Search”.

  3. Set limiters first:

    • Under “Add Limits (Optional)”, set “Location” to “Ebooks”

    • Under “Add Limits (Optional)”, set “Language” to any language you read

  4. Under “Enter Search Terms” enter keywords that describe your resource needs

    • If you know author or title, enter that in the box and then change the dropdown “Any field” to, either “Author” or “Title”.

  5. Click “Submit”

Library of Congress Subject Classification Headings

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