Navigating Call Numbers

The Alumni Medical Library book collection is arranged following the the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Call Number System listed below. When searching the Library’s collection for books remember:

  • Books are grouped by subject, so after you have located a pertinent title in the Library Catalog make sure to check around the area of your selected book for other related titles.
  • Call Numbers can be long and complicated so be sure to copy them completely from the catalog before hunting in the book stacks.
  • All books are shelved on the 12th floor. Circulating books, or books you can take out, are on the open shelves. Reserve and reference books are located behind the service desk: these materials may not be taken out of the library.

Pre-clinical Sciences

  • QS Human Anatomy, Embryology
  • QT Human Physiology, Hygiene
  • QU Biochemistry
  • QV Pharmacology
  • QW Bacteriology and Immunology
  • QX Parasitology
  • QY Clinical Pathology
  • QZ Pathology

Medicine

  • W Medical Profession
  • WA Public Health
  • WB Practice of Medicine
  • WC Infectious Diseases
  • WD 100 Deficiency Disease
  • WD 200 Metabolic Disease
  • WD 300 Diseases of Allergy
  • WD 400 Animal Poisoning
  • WD 500 Plant Poisoning
  • WD 600 Diseases Caused by Physical Agents
  • WD 700 Aviation and Space Medicine
  • WE Musculoskeletal System
  • WF Respiratory System
  • WG Cardiovascular System
  • WH Hemic and Lymphatic System
  • WI Gastrointestinal System
  • WJ Urogenital System
  • WK Endocrine System
  • WL Nervous System
  • WM Psychiatry
  • WN Radiology
  • WO Surgery
  • WP Gynecology
  • WQ Obstetrics
  • WR Dermatology
  • WS Pediatrics
  • WT Geriatrics, Chronic Diseases
  • WU Dentistry, Oral Surgery
  • WV Ear, Nose, Throat
  • WX Hospitals
  • WW Ophthalmology
  • WY Nursing
  • WZ History of Medicine

Other Fields

  • A Encyclopedias
  • BF Psychology
  • C,D,E,F Directories
  • G Atlases
  • GN Anthropology
  • HA Statistics
  • HB Population Statistics
  • HM Sociology
  • HQ Family, Relationships
  • HV Social Welfare
  • L Education
  • P General Dictionaries
  • QA Mathematics
  • QC Physics
  • QD Chemistry
  • QH Biology
  • QL Zoology
  • QT Physiology
  • S Agriculture
  • SF Veterinary Medicine
  • T Technology
  • U Military Science
  • V Naval Science
  • Z Bibliographies