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Eskind Library Student Training: Book Classification Conversion Chart

Eskind Biomedical Library

Book Classification Conversion Chart

National Library of Medicine

Subject                                                                   Classification

Anatomy, Human                                                       QS
Animal Poisoning                                                       WD400
Anthropology                                                              GN
Atlases (Geographic)                                                 G
Aviation and Space Medicine                                    WD700
Bacteriology and Immunology                                   QW
Biochemistry                                                               QU
Biology:  Genetics                                                      QH301
Botany                                                                        QK
Cardiovascular System                                               WG
Clinical Pathology                                                      QY
Chemistry                                                                    QD
Dictionaries (General Language)                                P
Deficiency Diseases                                                    WD100
Dentistry:  Oral Surgery                                             WU
Dermatology                                                               WR
Disease caused by physical agents                            WD600
Diseases of Allergy                                                     WD300
Economics                                                                   HB
Education                                                                    L
Endocrine System                                                       WK
Ethics:  Medical                                                          W50
Family and Marriage                                                   HQ
Forensic Medicine and Dentistry                               W
Gastrointestinal System                                              WI
Genetics                                                                      QH426-470
Genetics:  Chronic Disease                                         WT
Gynecology                                                                 WP
Hemic and Lymphatic Systems                                  WH
History of Medicine                                                    WZ
Hospitals                                                                     WX
Hygiene                                                                       QT180
Immunology                                                                QW
Infectious Diseases                                                     WC
Libraries and Library Sciences                                   Z662-1000
Mathematics                                                                QA
Medical Education                                                     W

 

 

National Library of Medicine

Subject continued                                       Classification continued

Medical Ethics                                                            W50
Medical Profession                                                     W
Medicine:  Diagnosis and Treatment                          WB
Metabolic Diseases                                                    WD200
Microbiology (general)                                               QR
Musculoskeletal System                                             WE
Nervous System                                                          WL
Nursing                                                                       WY
Obstetrics                                                                    WQ
Ophthalmology                                                           WW
Otorhinolaryngology                                                   WV
Parasitology                                                                QX
Pathology                                                                    QZ
Pediatrics                                                                    WS
Pharmacology:  Pharmacy                                         QV
Philosophy                                                                 B-BJ
Physics                                                                      QC
Physiology:  Human                                                  QT
Physiology:  Animal                                                   QP
Plant Poisoning                                                          WD500
Public Health                                                              WA
Psychiatry                                                                   WM
Psychoanalysis                                                          WM460
Psychology                                                                 BF
Radiology                                                                   WN
Religion                                                                      BL
Respiratory System                                                    WF
Social Welfare                                                            HV
Sociology                                                                   HM
Statistics:  Population and Vital Statistics                  HA
Surgery                                                                       WO
Toxicology                                                                  QV600
Urogenital Surgery                                                     WJ
Veterinary Medicine                                                   SF600-1100
Zoology                                                                      QL