Look in the textbook for your course to see if it covers basic information about your topic. BUT the ISU Library also holds some textbooks that may explain things in a different way that works for you. Even an older textbook can sometimes explain science dogma well.
- You may use the Library Catalog to find health science textbooks owned by the ISU Library. A search will find textbooks in both print and online.
- Textbooks are usually located at the beginning of a call number range (e.g., RT 100-200) so you may go to that location in the ISU Library and just look. Textbooks are often called "Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy" or "Introduction to Nursing" or "Physical Therapy" or some other exciting title like that.
The ISU Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System to establish where to locate physical items.
GV1-1860 Recreation. Leisure
RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine
RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
RA565-600 Environmental health
RC952-954.6 Geriatrics
RC1200-1245 Sports medicine
RD99-99.35 Surgical nursing
RD792-811 Physical rehabilitation
RE88 Ophthalmic nursing
RJ52-53 Pediatrics. Therapeutics
RJ245-247 Nursing of children. Pediatric nursing
RM300-666 Drugs and their actions
RM671-671.5 Nonprescription drugs. Patent medicines
RM695-893 Physical medicine. Physical therapy. Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy
RM930-931 Rehabilitation therapy
RM950 Rehabilitation technology
RT1-120 Nursing
RT89-120 Specialties in nursing