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Dykes Library

Online Medical Reference System (OMRS)

Browsing For Drug Information Books

Materials in Dykes Library are arranged according to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classification schedules. Below is an abbreviated list of the drug information classifications. Be sure to look in both the reference and ready reference stacks on the first floor and the book stacks on the second floor. A complete list of the classification schedules is also available.


Call Number Subject
QV 1-370 General pharmacology
QV 15 General pharmacology-nomenclature
QV 39 General pharmacology-handbooks
QV 55 Drugs (general)
QV 60-370 Drugs and compounds(specific)
QV 600-667 Toxicology and poisoning
QW 630 Toxins
QV 701-835 Pharmacy and pharmaceutics
QV 736 Drug industry
QV 737 Pharmaceutical services, pharmacies
QV 752 Pharmacognosy
QV 771 Evaluation of drugs
WA 465 Industrial poisons and poisoning
WA 695-722 Food poisoning and public health
WA 788 Hazardous and industrious waste
WB 300-962 Therapeutics
WB 330 Drug therapy
WB 340 Drug administration
WC 268 Bacterial food poisoning
WD 400-430 Animal poisons
WD 500-530 Plant poisons