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A Guide to Nursing: Finding Books

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Searching for Books

Use the Catalog Search Box (above on this page) to find books in our collection. You can search by fields such as keyword, author, and title. To expand your search beyond Gustavus, select the "Libraries Worldwide" option. To borrow a resource from another library, click on the title of an item, then click "Request from another library." Questions? Connect with a librarian.

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Image: Books shelved in the Nursing and Health area of the collection

Browsing for Books

Books are shelved in general subject categories using the Library of Congress classification system. You may want to supplement your use of the catalog with browsing shelf areas for your topic. Below is a brief listing of some of the subject locations in the field of nursing.

BF -- Psychology
HQ -- Family; marriage; women; sexuality; children
Q -- Science - General
QD -- Chemistry
QM -- Human Anatomy
QP -- Physiology
QR -- Microbiology
R -- Medicine - General
RA -- Public aspects of medicine
RB -- Pathology
RC -- Internal medicine
RD -- Surgery
RJ -- Pediatrics
RM -- Therapeutics; pharmacology

RT -- Nursing

  • 31 -- History and biography
  • 40 -- General works
  • 48 -- Diagnosis
  • 82 -- Nursing profession
  • 85 -- Nursing ethics
  • 86 -- Psychology of nursing
  • 87 -- Special topics in nursing

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