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KUMC Collection Management Policy


Collecting Levels


Collecting Level by LC/NLM Subdivision (con't)

Call Number Subject Collecting Level
WN Radiology
1-160 General C
200-240 Radiography C
250 Radiotherapy C
300-340 Radium C
415-650 Radioactivity C		  
WO Surgery
1-64 General B
100-149 General Surgery C
162-198 Surgical Procedure and Armamentarium C
200-460 Anesthesia B
500-517 Operative Surgery and Surgical Technics C
600-640 Plastic Surgery C
660-690 Transplantation B
700-820 Traumatic, Industrial, and Emergency
Surgery C
925-950 Surgery in Special Age Groups C		  
WP Gynecology
1-390 General B
400-480 Uterus and Cervix Uteri C
505-660 Physiology and Functional Disturbances C
800-910 Breast C		  
WQ Obstetrics
1-175 General B
200-260 Pregnancy C
300-330 Labor C
400-450 Obstetrical Surgery C
500-505 Puerperium C		  
WR Dermatology B  
WS Pediatrics
1-141 General B
200-463 Diseases of Children C		  
WT Geriatrics. Chronic Disease
1-33 General B
100-150 Geriatrics B
500 Chronic Disease C

Note: The Library's collection in geriatrics specializes in the biomedical aspects of aging: the biochemistry of aging, physical conditions in the elderly, health care delivery to the elderly, etc.		  
WU Dentistry. Oral Surgery
1-290 General D
300-360 Operative Dentistry D
400-440 Orthodontics E
480-490 Age Groups E
500-530 Prosthodontics E
600-640 Oral Surgery D		  
WV Otorhinolaryngology
1-180 General B
200-290 Ear C
300-358 Nose and Paranasal Sinuses C
400-440 Pharyngeal Region C
500-540 Larynx C		  
WW Ophthalmology
1-100 General B
101-170 Eye C
202-290 Parts of the Eye C
300-320 Refraction and Errors of Refraction C
350-358 Corrective Devices C
400-460 Neuromuscular Mechanism C
475-480 Problems Associated with Eye Diseases C
505-525 Industrial and Traumatic Ophthalmology C
600-620 Age Groups C
704-722 Optometry E		  
WX Hospital and Other Heath Facilities
1-147 General C
150-190 Hospital Administration C
200-265 Clinical Departments and Units C		  
WY Nursing
1-100.5 General B
101-145 Special Fields in Nursing C
150-164 Nursing Technics in Special Fields
of Medicine C
191-200 Other Nursing Services C
300 By Country D		  
WZ History of Medicine
1-40 General E
51-80 History, by Period, Locality, etc. E
100-150 Bibliography E
220-294 Early Printed Books E
305-350 Miscellany Relating to Medicine,
Dentistry, Psychiatry, etc. E		  
Z 116-550 Printing E
Z 551-661 Copyright, Intellectual Property E
Z 662-1000 Libraries: Library Science B*
Z 1001-1121 Bibliography, General E
Z 5056-8999 Subject and Personal Bibliography:
Other **
Z (NLM) ***

* Collecting in this area is limited to medical librarianship.

** Bibliographies representing LC subject classes are here.
These bibliographies are collected at the same level as the base
LC subject class.

*** In the NLM classification, bibliographies are handled by placing
a Z before the NLM class letters, e.g., ZWI for a bibliography in
gastroenterology. Bibliographies are collected at the same level as
the base NLM subject class.