Health Books

Items with a shelving location of Health Books in the UW Libraries Catalog are shelved by call number on the lower floor of the Health Sciences Library.
Health Folio Books are located in the last row of the book section. Library hours are listed separately.

Call Numbers

Most books are shelved by National Library of Medicine (NLM) or Library of Congress (LC) call numbers (e.g. WO 100 C556t). Books cataloged before 1966 have Dewey Decimal call numbers (e.g. 617.1 C46t3). For more information, see Dewey Decimal Classification System or National Library of Medicine Classification, Z697 M4 U5 1994 Health Reference Books.

Medicine and Related Subjects
Title	Number
Anesthesia	WO 200-460
Cardiovascular System	WG
Communicable Diseases	WC
Dentistry & Oral Surgery	WU
Dermatology	WR
Digestive System	WI
Endocrine System	WK
Forensic Medicine & Dentistry	W 601-925
Geriatrics	WT
Gynecology	WP
Health Professions	W
Hemic & Lymphatic Systems	WH
History of Medicine	WZ
Hospitals & Other Health Facilities	WX
Immunologic & Collagen Diseases	WD 300-375
Metabolic Diseases	WD 200-226
Musculoskeletal System	WE
Neoplasms	QZ 200-380
Nervous System	WL
Nuclear Medicine	WN 440
Nursing	WY
Nutrition Disorders	WD 100-175
Obstetrics	WQ
Ophthalmology	WW
Orthopedics	WE 168-190
Otolaryngology	WV
Pediatrics	WS
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutics	QV 701-835
Practice of Medicine	WB
Preventive Medicine	WA 108-245
Psychiatry	WM
Public Health	WA
Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging	WN
Respiratory System	WF
Sports Medicine	QT 261
Surgery	WO
Therapeutics	WB 300-962
Urogenital System	WJ

Preclinical Sciences
Title	Number
Biochemistry	QU
Clinical Pathology	QY
Embryology	QS 604-681
Genetics	QH426-470
Histology	QS 504-532.5
Human Anatomy	QS 1-132
Immunology	QW 501-949
Microbiology	QW 1-300
Nutrition	QU 145-220
Parasitology	QX
Pathology	QZ
Pharmacology	QV 1-370
Physiology	QT
Psychology	BF
Toxicology	QV 600-699