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Finding Medical Biotechnology Books in the Library

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A call number is simply a number, or letter-number combination, used to identify items in the library. There are various classification systems employed by libraries throughout the world. At the Library of the Health Sciences, the National Library of Medicine classification system is utilized. The call number makes it possible to identify and retrieve individual items in the library's collection. Here is a select list of where you can find books related to medical biotechnology and related topics.

TP Biotechnology
QL Zoology
QK Botany
QT Physiology
QU Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics
QV Pharmacology
QW Microbiology and Immunology
QX Parasitology

E-books Collections

AccessMedicine
AccessMedicine features core textbooks for medical education, with additional news and resources. Includes captions.
Note: we don't have complete access to all the case files.
AccessPharmacy
Access Pharmacy contains core textbooks and reference works in pharmacy and pharmacology. Includes captions for videos and transcripts for animations.
This is an online curricular resource designed for pharmacy education that contains 24 core textbooks and reference works in pharmacy and pharmacology. AccessPharmacy allows students to select a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search across leading pharmacy online references.
Books@Ovid
Selected ebooks in medicine, nursing, pharmacology and anesthesiology.
Books@Ovid includes the full text, references, updates, and graphics from some of the most respected sources in medicine, nursing, and pharmacology. Color diagrams, charts, and other textbook illustrations are available as thumbnails or full-sized graphics.
Credo Reference
Provides access to a collection of aggregated and integrated reference books from high-quality publishers.
Ebook Central
Ebooks from a wide range of publishers covering many subjects, including business, economics, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences.

Madame Curie Bioscience Database
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Chapters in the Madame Curie Bioscience Database come from 294 books, (4185 chapters, 60199 printed pages) published by Landes Bioscience.

Medical Letter
Independent, critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other health professionals. Also Adverse Drug Interactions system and Handbook of Antimicrobial Therapy.
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics and more...(New Rochelle, NY) provides critical evaluations of drugs for physicians and other members of the health professions. Also online are Adverse Drug Interactions, a browser-based program for selecting up to 12 drugs and generating a report about potential adverse interactions; and the Handbook of Antimicrobial Therapy, regularly updated and now in e-book (PDF) format.

Merck Manuals
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Especially useful for its quizzes and case studies. It also provides information on various medical topics, drugs, and current medical news and has a section featuring videos of medical exams and procedures.

NCBI Bookshelf
Free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
R2 Digital Library
Provides online and fully searchable health sciences reference works.
The Rittenhouse Publishing R2 Library provides online and fully searchable health sciences reference works. The Library licenses two simultaneous users per book. After 15 minutes, your search session will expire, so you might want to create a login and save any results you need. You may print up to 10 sections or chapters per session. Do not attempt to download the entire contents of these books.
SAGE Reference E-Books
Growing collection of topic and subject encyclopedias online. Note: To search only UIC subscribed titles, please click the Available to me button on the right.
This is a portal to over 60 topical and subject encyclopedias online.

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Medical Biotechnology: Finding Books

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Finding Medical Biotechnology Books in the Library

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Richard J. Daley Library

Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago

Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria

Crawford Library of the Health Sciences-Rockford

Library of the Health Sciences-Urbana