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Subject-Based Resource List
The following subject-based resources may be of interest to those responsible for health sciences collection development. The inclusion of a particular resource does not imply endorsement by the Medical Library Association (MLA) or the Collection Development Section (CDS).
Send comments, updates, questions to: Amanda Chiplock.
ALLIED HEALTH
Brandon/Hill Selected Lists: Selected List of Print Books and Journals in Allied Health
(this list is no longer updated as of 2003; suggest using the Doody Core Title List)
Fennewald J, Kasar J. Building an occupational therapy library collection. [Journal Article]
American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 55(1):97-101, 2001 Jan-Feb.
Grodzinski A. A medical book collection for physician assistants. [Journal Article]
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 89(3):277-86, 2001 Jul.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
CAM Resources Project
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Special Interest Group - MLA
http://camresources.pbwiki.com/
Guide to Complementary & Alternative (CAM)
Toronto Public Library, 2006
See list under "Health Navigators" heading:
http://vrl.tpl.toronto.on.ca/helpfile/he_c0028.html
ANESTHESIOLOGY
Core List of Anesthesia Books & Journals,
AJ Wright, Department of Anesthesiology Library, School of Medicine,
University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
BIOINFORMATICS
Hightower, C.
Guide to Selected Bioinformatics Internet Resources. [Journal Article]
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship; 2002 Winter; 33.
CARDIOLOGY
Cardiac Classics: A Collection of Classic Works on the Heart and Circulation with Biographic Accounts by the Authors
Frederick A Willius
The C.V. Mosby Company, 1941
CHIROPRACTIC
Chiropractic: A Guide to Selective Resources, MLA BibKit #8
Bethyn A. Bon
Medical Library Association, 2000
Table of contents and ordering information available at:
http://www.mlanet.org/order/store/cat/product_info.php?cPath=9_12&products_id=35
CONSUMER HEALTH
CAPHIS Collection Development [Links to consumer health bibliographies]
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Medical Library Association
Consumer Health: A Guide to Internet Information Resources, MLA BibKit #7
Cecilia Durkin
Medical Library Association, 2001
[NOTE: This publication is currently sold out, however, the MLA Books Panel is considering publishing a new edition. For more information, contact MLA Headquarters staff at 312-419-9094 or visit the MLA BibKit web page at http://www.mlanet.org/publications/bibkits/index.html
Consumer Health Bibliography for the Small Public Library
Gail Hendler, Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Medical Library Association
Consumer Health Information Service Collection Guide
Toronto Public Library
Consumer Health Information Source Book
Alan M. Rees, Greenwood Press, 2003, 7th edition
Core Collection of Recommended [Consumer Health] Titles
Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Core Lists for Consumer Health
A list of resources on the Toronto Public Library site
Pediatric Consumer Health Information
Brenda Pfannenstiel, Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Medical Library Association
Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Reference Collection
Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center
DENTISTRY
MLA Dental Section Booklist - 2002/2003
Stowers, E. Building a Dental Science Collection in a General Academic Library. [Journal Article]
Acquisitions Librarian No. 31/32:77-88, 2004.
ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
Core List for an Environmental Science Collection (includes sections for Health & Toxicology, Risk Assessment, etc.),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
Recommended library and electronic resources for occupational and environmental physicians.
ACOEM Committee report. American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. [Journal Article]
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 39(5):469-79, 1997 May.
GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY
(no resource list at the present)
HEALTH ECONOMICS
Core List of Books in Health Economics
AcademyHealth, Washington DC
Health Economics Core Library Recommendations, 2003
compiled by AcademyHealth; funded by the National Library of Medicine
HEALTH POLICY
Core Health Policy Library Recommendations, 2000
by Naomi R. Adelman, M.L.S.; for Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy; funded by National Library of Medicine
HISTORY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES
Bibliography of Secondary Works in the History of American Medicine and Related Health Fields
Special Collections, Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana School of Medicine
Cardiac Classics: A Collection of Classic Works on the Heart and Circulation with Biographic Accounts by the Authors
Frederick A. Willius, The C.V. Mosby Company, 1941
Celebrating Nursing History: What to Keep
Margaret (Peg) Allen, Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, Medical Library Association
Classic Resources in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neonatology on the Web
History of the Health Sciences, MLA BibKit #5
Stephen J. Greenber and Patricia E. Gallagher
Medical Library Association, 2002
Table of contents and ordering information
Morton's Medical Bibliography: An Annotated Check-List of Texts Illustrating the History of Medicine
Leslie T. Morton and Jeremy M. Norman, Gower, 1991, 5th edition
Thompson HS, Blanchard DL. One hundred important 20th-century ophthalmic books. [Journal Article] Archives of Ophthalmology. 119(5):761-3, 2001 May.
HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION
MEDICINE
Brandon/Hill Selected Lists: Print Books and Journals for the Small Medical Library 2003
(this list is no longer updated as of 2003)
Core Collection of Medical Books and Journals (also called The Hague List)
[An international alternative to the Brandon/Hill lists, including only English-language resources]
Howard Hague, Medical Information Working Party, 2001, 4th edition
Ordering information
A Library for Internists IX
American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine (Note on Website: The information is from 1997, and will not be updated. The College is retaining the final edition of Library for Internists on acponline.org for archival purposes.)
List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus
U.S. National Library of Medicine
List of Serials Indexed for Online Users
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Grodzinski, A. A medical book collection for physician assistants. [Journal article] The Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 89(3):277-86, July 2001.
Brandon/Hill Selected Lists: Print Nursing Books and Journals
(this list is no longer updated as of 2003)
Celebrating Nursing History: What to Keep
Margaret (Peg) Allen, Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section, Medical Library Association
Essential Nursing Resources (2009)
Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing
Journal Titles Currently Indexed in the CINAHL Database
CINAHL Information Systems
NUTRITION
Guides to the Nutrition and Food Science Literature
University of Maryland Libraries
ONCOLOGY
Core Cancer Library, 2001 update
Cancer Librarians Section, Medical Library Association
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Thompson HS, Blanchard DL. One hundred important 20th-century ophthalmic books. [Journal Article] Archives of Ophthalmology. 119(5):761-3, 2001 May.
Guidelines for Vision Science Libraries
Compiled by The Association of Vision Science Librarians
OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Osteopathic Medicine: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to the Literature, MLA BibKit #3, by Craig S. Elam
Medical Library Association, 1998
Table of contents and ordering information
PEDIATRICS
Classic Resources in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neonatology on the Web
Core List of Pediatric Titles
last updated April 2009; Pediatric Special Interest Group, Medical Library Association (see Note)
Pediatric Consumer Health Information
last updated Dec 2005; by Brenda Pfannenstiel
Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Medical Library Association
PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Basic Resources for Pharmaceutical Education, 2006 ed.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Watson, Erin. (2006) An Introductory Guide to Drug Reference Sources. Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 25 (1). 37-48.
Flannery MA. Building a retrospective collection in pharmacy: a brief history of the literature with some considerations for US health sciences library professionals. [Journal Article] Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 89(2): 212-21, 2001 Apr.
PODIATRY
Recommended Library List for Podiatric Residency Programs
Council on Podiatric Medical Education
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
APA PsycBooks
PsycBOOKS is a new full-text database of books and chapters in the American Psychological Association’s array of quality electronic databases.
PsycINFO Journal Coverage List
APA Online, American Psychological Association
Recommended Core List for Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, & Substance Abuse
Mental Health Special Interest Group, Medical Library Association
PUBLIC HEALTH
Core Public Health Journal Project
Public Health/Health Administration Section, Medical Library Association
REFERENCE
Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences
Jo Anne Boorkman, Jeffrey Huber, and Fred Roper
Medical Library Association and Scarecrow Press, 2004, 4th ed.
Table of contents and ordering information
REHABILITATION
Frey AL. Development of a journal collection in rehabilitation: the core collection and beyond. [Journal Article] National Network. 25(3): 20-5, 2001 Jan. (see Note)
RESEARCH
Research Bibliography
Library Research Section, Medical Library Association
RESPIRATORY CARE
A Guide to Information Resources in Respiratory Care, MLA BibKit #2; Pat L. Walter, Medical Library Association, 1997
Table of contents and ordering information
Note: The MLA Pediatrics Special Interest Group Pediatrics Core List is hosted on the CDS website by agreement of the leadership of the two groups. The two National Network articles in the Rehabilitation section are hosted on the CDS website with permission of the editor of National Network.