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The following subjects and definitions indicate the desirable level of collecting to meet the current curricular needs of NEOUCOM students and faculty. OORMIC will seriously consider for purchase any recommendations made by NEOUCOM faculty, staff and students; the actual level at which materials may be purchased must take into account the budgetary constraints placed on OORMIC during any fiscal year.

ANATOMY

Basic texts, determined by review, recommendations and choice of core lists.
Publisher and level important; old editions as gifts acceptable.

Gross Anatomy
Surface, regional to support undergraduate and graduate teaching especially head and neck.
Core list surgical anatomy only.
Comparative anatomy - core, key works only.
Anatomy research animals important.

Embryology
Atlases and AV especially important, medical and graduate level.
Textbooks as core, recommendations important.
Histology Atlases and AV especially important in support of curriculum.
General research support with depth to support specific interests of department.

Neuroanatomy
Atlases and AV especially important, in support both curriculum and research, strong support graduate education.
Research collection in depth, especially techniques, methods important.
General works, reviews.
Recommendations important.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY/BIOCHEMISTRY

Basic texts in support of curriculum, strong research and graduate education support with attention to methods and techniques.
Reference support.
All research areas in major works, inclusive in specific areas of research at NEOUCOM.
Not foreign language, reprints, introductory college level.

PHYSIOLOGY

Basic texts, determined by review, recommendations and choice on core lists.
Medical student on research level only.
No college undergraduate or nursing/allied health.
Course support would permit multiple copies.
Older works accepted on donation only if they are classics in the field.
Reference materials important.
Research level for areas of research conducted at NEOUCOM.

Biophysics
Basic graduate student level texts, reviews.
Recommendations from faculty.

Biomedical Engineering
Basic graduate student level texts, reviews or faculty recommendations.
Rely on University of Akron’s Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Research (IBER) to cover and request for their library.

Environmental Physiology
Major core works in the field, research level.

School Hygiene, Sex Education
Collect only if specifically requested
Sports Medicine and Physiology
Core list materials.
Research level on physiology of exercise.

PHARMACOLOGY

Reference materials important, including foreign drugs.
Basic texts, strong curriculum support Research level only for areas of interest to faculty.
Some material for general public.
Use of drugs in medical practice.

Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Development
Faculty request and core list only.

Pharmacy
Core list for reference support.
Some material on pharmacy as profession.

Toxicology & Poisoning
Reference materials important.
Basic core texts and research support as correlated with faculty interests and recommendations.

MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Basic texts in support of curriculum, strong research and graduate education support with attention to methods and techniques.
Reference support.
All research areas in major works, inclusive in specific areas of faculty research.
Not foreign language, reprints, introductory college level.
Not commercial microbiology, food preservation, water and sewage problems, etc.
Not material on commercial production of vaccines, antitoxins.

Allergy
Core texts on allergies in medical practice.
Research works if requested.

PARASITOLOGY

Core texts.
Reference support for materials on harmful insects, arthropods, helminths, etc.
Particular problems of regions or population groups of specific interest to faculty.

PATHOLOGY

Basic texts in support of curriculum.
Atlases very important.
Research on specific disease or anatomical region by request of faculty only.

Laboratory Medicine
Basic reference works, currency important.
Some materials for general public on diagnostic tests.

MEDICAL PROFESSION

All materials produced for the profession.
Reference as complete as possible.
Include materials for general public on becoming a physician, explanation of medicine.
Literary and fictional works on medicine acceptable, recommendations and gifts important.
Allied Health for education, reference and recruitment support.

Medical Educator
Complete at all levels, including history.
Reference works research level important.
Medical Jurisprudence, Malpractice General, core texts.
Licensure Complete reference collection.

Medical Ethics, Philosophy
Basic works, core lists.
Reviews and recommendations important.
Emphasize American viewpoint.

Physician Relations, Patient Attitude & Compliance
General works, reviews important.

Medical Economics: Practice Management
Basic core texts, reviews, recommendations very important.

Health Services, Health Manpower, Quality of Care
Reference materials extensive, especially statistics on American medicine; some major foreign works.
Government documents and special reports, conferences important.

Forensic Medicine, Psychiatry
Basic core texts, curriculum support.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Major works, support of curriculum, particular research interests of faculty.
American statistics, setting most important, some major works on other countries acceptable.
Information on Ohio, northeastern Ohio, area occupational and ethnic groups important.
Statistical works, surveys, government reports and documents important.

First Aid, Accident and Injury
Minimal collection, basic works on first aid and CPR, curriculum support important.

Sanitation, Environmental Health
Limited, basic works, curriculum support important.
Safety materials in support of programs at Rootstown.

PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

General works, well reviewed, requests important.
Very well reviewed, major works for general public.

Family Medicine
Major works on family practice theory and medicine.

Diagnosis
Complete works on physical diagnosis.
Curriculum support, reference important.

Sports Medicine
General works, core texts.
Research, physiology if supports specific curricular need.

Alternative Medicine, Therapies
General reviews on reference works (directories).
Curriculum support, recommendations very important.

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

General texts, research materials to support specific faculty interests; curriculum support.

Tropical Medicine
Major core texts only, coverage on specific parasites, etc., only upon request.

Zoonoses
Major government statistical reports and series.

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

General texts on orthopedics.
Not works on specific regions or joints unless needed for curriculum support.
Research or surgical works only on request.

Arthritis
General clinical works, undergraduate and professional level.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

General works, physiology and anatomy important.
Curriculum support, research material to support programs of college.
No materials for allied health in inhalation therapy, etc.
General works on tuberculosis, including older materials.

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

General works, anatomy and physiology of heart and circulatory system.
Research support of particular programs of Rootstown faculty.
Curriculum support, core list materials.
Electrocardiography, diagnosis by recommendation review, curriculum.
Core list surgery only.

PSYCHIATRY

General texts, major works from core lists.
Emphasis on biological foundations.
Only general discussions on various therapies.
Specific problems in psychiatry as supported by popular interest.
Reviews and recommendations important.

Psychology
Works to support curriculum especially important.
Core lists.
Reference support in indexes, directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias.

DERMATOLOGY

Curriculum support, general texts and core works.
Atlases or extensive pictures desirable.
Dermatology as it relates to general physical diagnosis important.

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