PMA08-3 Pharmacology and Hematology: Books & eBooks

The Library's Books are shelved according to the Library of Congress' classification system.  

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The Library of Congress classification for Hematology is Subclass R (Medicine) Section C (Hematology) & Section B (Pathology). Pharmacology is Subclass R (Medicine) Section M (Pharmacology).

RB     1-214         Pathology

• 145           Manifestations of Disease

RC     633            Hematology

• 1-345         General
• 351-495     Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology
• 501-801     Animal Biochemistry
• 901-981     Experimental Pharmacology

RM    1-950          Pharmacology

• 138           Drug prescribing

• 139           Prescription writing

• 146-146.7 Misuse of therapeutic drugs. Medication errors

• 147-180    Administration of drugs and other therapeutic agents

• 182-190    Other therapeutic procedures Including acupuncture, pneumatic aspiration, spinal puncture, pericardial puncture

• 214-258    Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks

• 259           Vitamin therapy

• 260-263    Chemotherapy

• 265-267    Antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics

• 270-282    Immunotherapy. Serotherapy

• 283-298    Endocrinotherapy. Organotherapy

• 300-666    Drugs and their actions

• 671-671.5 Nonprescription drugs. Patent medicines

• 695-893   Physical medicine. Physical therapy Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy

• 930-931  Rehabilitation therapy

• 950         Rehabilitation technology

Reading LC Call Numbers

RM 125

.M28

2002

• RM - describes the broad subject or Main Class and subclass. Within class R for Medicine, for example, RM represents the subclass Pharmacology
• 23.2 is the classification number, which defines the subject matter more finely
• .M28 - is the cutter number and usually describes the author's last name or title of work though it may also represent further subject subdivision or geographic area. Sometimes there are double Cutters. Read in alphabetical order, then the number as a decimal.
• 2002  - date of publication: read in chronological order