Books - Medical Assisting - Fort Wayne - Ivy Tech Libraries at Ivy Tech Community College

The Ivy Tech Fort Wayne Library organizes books by their Library of Congress Call Number. This number groups books by subject so that they are easy to access.

For more information:

Call Numbers (Guide)
Interpret the numbers that will tell you where each book is shelved.

Students and Faculty in the Medical Assisting Program will find the following call number ranges most useful. For more detailed information about each class, use the tabs above.

Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
Class P: Language and Literature
Class Q: Science
Class R: Medicine

B: Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion

BF: Psychology
BJ: Ethics

Sample Books from Our Collection

The Fear Cure by Lissa Rankin
Call Number: BF575.F2 R36 2015
ISBN: 9781401944261
Not many people in the medical world are talking about how being afraid can make us sick--but the truth is that fear, left untreated, becomes a serious risk factor for conditions from heart disease to diabetes to cancer.
The Here-and-Now Habit by Hugh G. Byrne; Tara Brach
Call Number: BF637.S4 B967 2016
ISBN: 9781626252370
Bad habits can take a hefty toll on your health and happiness. InThe Here-and-Now Habit, mindfulness expert Hugh Byrne provides powerful practices based in mindfulness and neuroscience to help you rewire your brain and finally break the habits that are holding you back from a meaningful life.
Death 101 by Sandra Helene Straub
Call Number: BF789.D4 S76 2015
ISBN: 9780895038869
Human beings experience many losses in a lifetime, but the death of a loved one is among the most traumatic. While grieving is a natural part of life, it still challenges our daily existence. The purpose of Death 101: A Workbook for Educating and Healing, 2nd edition is to provide an understanding of dying, death, and bereavement that will assist individuals to cope better with and understand their own death and the death of others.

Class P: Language and Literature

P: Philology, Linguistics
PA: Greek and Latin Language and Literature

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Class Q: Science

Q: General Science
QA: Mathematics
QH: Natural History - Biology
QM: Human Anatomy
QP: Physiology
QR: Microbiology

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Class R: Medicine

R: General Medicine
RA: Public Aspects of Medicine
RB: Pathology
RC: Internal Medicine
RD: Surgery
RE: Ophthalmology
RF: Otorhinolaryngology
RG: Gynecology and Obstetrics
RJ: Pediatrics
RL: Dermatology
RM: Therapeutics and Pharmacology
RS: Pharmacy and Materia Medica
RT: Nursing
RX: Homeopathy
RZ: Other systems of Medicine

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Searching for Books

To find books about specific topics, you will need to use IvyCat.

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IvyCat allows you to search the statewide Ivy Tech Collection using keywords relevant to your topic. You can use the drop-down menus to narrow your search results by item type or location.

For more help using IvyCat or organizing your search, please visit the following pages:

IvyCat (Guide)
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