Browse the Library shelves using the call numbers below for books associated with Biomedical Sciences. Browsing the Library shelves can be fun. Just remember, we may have many more ebooks on this topic, so be sure to search the Library Catalog.

        QM1-511 General
        QM531-549 Regional anatomy
        QM550-577.8 Human and comparative histology
        QM601-695 Human embryology

QR1-502 Microbiology

           QR1-74.5 General 
           QR75-99.5 Bacteria
           QR99.6-99.8 Cyanobacteria
           QR100-130 Microbial ecology
           QR171 Microorganisms in the animal body
           QR180-189.5 Immunology
           QR355-502 Virology

One of the trickiest parts of finding resources is formulating a question and identifying key concepts. Once you identify key concepts, you can start to build your search and select search terms. Most clinicians use a tool called PICO to help identify key concepts and formulate their questions.

What does PICO stand for?

P - Population

I - Intervention

C- Comparison

O - Outcome

For example: ‘In patients with recurrent furunculosis, do prophylactic antibiotics, compared to no treatment, reduce the recurrence rate?’ 

P - Patients with recurrent furunculosis

I - Prophylactic antibiotics

C- no treatment

O - reduction in furunculosis recurrence rate

For more search tips, check out The Basics of Searching Biomedical Databases, an excellent guide to formulating research questions using PICO and featuring practical tips to searching biomedical databases. 

Keyword Mapping Tools can be useful when exploring a new topic. Try using this for discovering new keywords or for broadening or narrowing your search.

Put phrases in quotes: "biomedical microsystems" 

For words with various endings, use a single asterisk: medic* for medic, medicine, medicines, medical, medically, medicinal, medication

Group synonyms in parentheses joined with OR: (ethics OR morals)   

AND—requires both terms to be in each item returned  biomaterials AND applications 

Select Advance Search to limit by: Location, Material Type, Language, Year 

Ebooks are available 247 on and off campus. Some ebooks may be downloaded in their entirety, others are limited to the number of pages that can be downloaded.

 Most books are available for checkout. Click here for Library loan policies.