Pharmacy: finding your way
This guide outlines the location numbers for books on pharmacy and basic information on finding information in this subject.
- To find books on a specific topic search the Unicorn catalogue
- To find journal articles search Databases for pharmacy
Where are the pharmacy books?
- Most of the pharmacy books are on the 2nd Floor of the Library, although some related material is on the 4th Floor.
- Larger sized (Folio) books are shelved separately from normal sized books for practical reasons. You will find your key sections in both large (Folio) and normal sized sections.
- Pick up a floor plan from the Information Desk to help you find your way around. View the 2nd Floor plan (PDF)
Key sections for pharmacy
| 540 | Chemistry |
| 543 | Analytical chemistry |
| 547 | Organic chemistry |
| 547.2 | Organic synthesis |
| 547.3 | Organic analysis |
| 570 | Biological and life sciences |
| 571 | Physiology |
| 571.6 | Cell biology |
| 572 | Biochemistry |
| 579 | Microbiology |
| 580 | Botanical sciences |
| 581.634 | Medicinal plants |
| 610 | Medicinal sciences |
| 610.73 | Nursing |
| 612 | Human physiology |
| 612.4 | Endocrinology |
| 615 | Therapeutics and pharmacology |
| 615.1 | Drugs |
| 615.19 | Pharmceutical chemistry |
| 615.5 | Therapeutics |
| 615.9 | Toxicology and poisons |
| 616 | Diseases |
| 616.01 | Medical microbiology |
Call Numbers for selected topics
Amino acids 547.75
Analytical chemistry 543
Antibiotics 615.329
Bacteriology 579.3
Biochemistry 572
Cancer 616.994
Cell biology 571.6
Clinical trials 615.50724
Clinical drug trials 615.580724
Diseases 616
Disease control 614.4
Drug development 615.19
Drugs 615.1
Drugs, adulteration control 614.35
Endocrinology 572.7
Food analysis 664.07
Food poisons 615.954
Genetics 575.1
Genetics, Human 599.935
Herbals 615.321
Industrial toxicology 615.902
Law, Medical 347.1195
Medicinal plants 581.634
Metabolism 591.13
Microbiology 579
Microbiology, medicinal 616.01
Mycotoxins 615.95295
Narcotics and stimulants 613.8
Natural products 547.7
Nervous system, drugs effecting 615.78
Nucleic acids chemistry 547.596
Nursing 610.73
Nursing ethics 610.694
Nutrition 612.3
Organic chemistry 547
Pharmaceutical chemistry 615.19
Pharmacokinetics 615.7
Pharmacy in practice 615
Plants, Drugs from 615.321
Plants, medicinal 581.634
Proteins 547.75
Statistics in biology 570.15195
Statistics in therapeutics 615.5072
Therapeutics research 615.5072
Therapeutic systems 615.53
Toxicology 615.9
Virology 579.2
Vitamins and health 612.399