Medical collection development policy

Library Subject Area selector: Shelia Afnan-Manns
Collection development goal: Support the curriculum.

Campus distribution guidelines:
Dental - Sylvania
Emergency Medical Technician - Cascade
Health - All
Health Information Management - Cascade
Medical Assisting - Cascade
Medical Lab Technology - Cascade
Nursing - Sylvania
Ophthalmic Medical Technology - Cascade
Radiography - Sylvania

Call Numbers: 362.18; 344.73041; 610 – 612.299; 612.4 – 613.699; 613.9 – 616.859; 616.87 – 616.889; 616.9 – 619.999

Types of materials collected: Books, online books, periodicals, databases, videos, CD-ROMs. Professional programs rely heavily on periodicals (print and online), but books are also needed to meet accreditation requirements.

Types of material excluded: Workbooks. Lab manuals.

Chronological periods: Emphasis is on current material (last 7 years). Some older materials will be retained. Historical nursing books will be marked with a spine sticker.

Geographical areas: Primarily United States

Languages: English

Subjects and Collecting Levels: Two-year professional level. Undergraduate level for Health. For subjects, see links to course descriptions. Some consumer health materials are purchased for the Health classes but most items are aimed at nursing and allied health professions. Some alternative/complementary medicine titles will be purchased.

Dental [617.6 – 617.699]
dental assisting
dental hygiene
dental lab technology

Selection resources for dental:

MLA Dental Section Basic List of Books and Journals - http://www.db.uth.tmc.edu/mla/reading.htm

Book reviews in Journal of Dental Hygiene.

Brandon/Hill Selected List of Allied Health Books and Journals (no longer being updated)

Emergency Medical Technician [362.18; 616.025]
first responder, EMT, paramedic

Health
nutrition, stress, ergonomics, first aid, common diseases (consumer health level), fitness, men’s, women’s and children’s health, health and aging, environmental health

Health Information Management
Entire program is online so online resources are favored.

Medical Assisting
anatomy and physiology, disease processes, medical office practice, legal and ethical aspects of health care, medications

Medical Lab Technology

Nursing – emphasis on:
community nursing
medical surgical
OB/gyn
pediatric
psychiatric

Selection resources for nursing:

AJN Book of the Year Awards. Annually in January issue of American Journal of Nursing. Annotated list of the most valuable nursing books of the year. Additional book lists are published in current issues of AJN, Nursing Resources section.

Brandon/Hill Selected List of Print Nursing Books and Journals (no longer being updated)

Essential Nursing References (NLN) http://www.nln.org/nlnjournal/nursingreferences.htm

Ophthalmic Medical Tech [617.7 - 617.79]

Selection resources:
Joint Commission of Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology http://www.jcahpo.org/
Slack, Inc. http://www.slackbooks.com/

Radiological Technology

Periodicals Retention Schedule: 5-10 years. The emphasis in these departments is on current information. We will rely on research libraries for occasional requests for older materials.

Non print material retention schedule: 10 years. Review before discarding.
Only formats using current technology will be retained.

Contact Sheila Afnan-Manns (sheila.afnanmanns15@pcc.edu) with questions.
Updated July 12, 2006