SUBJECT AREA: R - MEDICINE
Purpose (major target group and interdisciplinary relationships): Serves students studying in psychology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, classics, sociology and anthropology. Also students preparing for further studies in medicine and dentistry, audiology and speech language pathology, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, optometry and veterinary medicine.
Existing Collection Strength: Representative.
Current Collecting Intensity: Representative with special emphasis on the medical aspects of psychology/psychiatry and history of medicine.
Geographic focus: North America and ancient Greece and Rome.
Chronological focus: Current.
Languages collected: English.
Formats collected: Paper.
Access to Journal Articles: Faculty and students have access to the table of contents service offered by Current Contents, Web of Science* [Science Citation Index, Arts and Humanities Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index] and CarlUncover. The Library is currently responsible for the annual subscription fees and faculty are responsible for the cost of the delivery of articles. Students can consult CarlUncover as an indexing service only. General Science Index, Applies Science and Technology Index and PsycInfo through the consortium with other libraries provide access to the journal literature of the medical aspects of psychology/psychiatry. Index Medicus (Medline) is available over the Internet free of charge. IDEAL Library* and Springer-Verlag Link* provides some additional full text access to medical literature. [* part of CNSLP Agreement]
Date: April 8, 1996 Revised: January 29, 1998; May 4, 1999; June 15, 2000; March 31, 20001
Selector Responsible: Brian McNally
| 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| R - general | 142 | 163 | 199 | 251 | 281 |
| RA - public aspects | 194 | 222 | 262 | 312 | 345 |
| RB - pathology | 26 | 26 | 33 | 42 | 45 |
| RC - internal medicine | 445 | 486 | 545 | 643 | 678 |
| RD - surgery | 10 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
| RE - ophthalmology | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| RF - otorhinolaryngology | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| RG - gynaecology | 27 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 62 |
| RJ - pediatrics | 98 | 105 | 111 | 122 | 128 |
| RK - dentistry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| RL - dermatology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| RM - pharmacology | 40 | 45 | 56 | 59 | 61 |
| RS - pharmacy | 16 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 29 |
| RT - nursing | 13 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 24 |
| RV - botanic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RX - homeopathy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RZ - other | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 1023 | 1141 | 1327 | 1571 | 1695 |
| Increase | 11.5% | 16.3% | 18.4% | 7.9% |