Core Resource Collection
The Library’s Core Resource Collection is an ”open shelf reserve” collection. Established in 1993 in support of the College’s problem-based curriculum, it continues to enhance the present innovative professional curriculum by making multiple copies of heavily used veterinary medical and related textbooks readily accessible to students for finding answers to learning issues or quickly locating current relevant clinical information.
Questions and Assistance
If you need help finding materials, don’t hesitate to ask at the Circulation Desk in the front of the library.
The information on this page is also available in the Core Resource Collection brochure.
Comments and Suggestions
We welcome your suggestions for adding additional copies and/or titles at any time. Contact Reference Services at vetref@cornell.edu or 607-253-3510.
Contents
The Core Resource Collection currently contains over 300 titles, or nearly 1,000 volumes. This averages about 3-4 copies per title and some have more than 10 copies. The Core Collection contains the latest editions. Earlier editions are shelved in the stacks and may be borrowed for extended periods.
Guidelines for Use
- Please be considerate of others.
- Don’t take more volumes than you can read at one time, i.e. don’t “hog the books” or “squirrel them away.”
- Reshelve the volumes properly in the right call number order or, at least, leave them on the tables in the reading room when you are finished.
Location
This collection is located on shelves under the windows in the reading room.
One copy of each title is also held on reserve behind the Circulation Desk for 3-hour use both in and outside the Library.
Finding Titles
- Search the CU Library Catalog for titles, authors or subjects
- Look for the “Core Resource” location.
- Browse the shelves in the particular subject area found in the table below. (Note: Some subjects are split. For example, physiology books are found in three locations, QP31-34, RB113, and SF768.)
Shelf Arrangement
The books are generally arranged by subject according to call numbers of the Library of Congress classification system.
QH-QR |
Basic Life Sciences (physiology, immunology, microbiology, etc.) |
R |
Human Medicine |
SF |
Veterinary Medicine |
Call Number Arrangement for Selected Subjects
| Basic Life Sciences Q-QR | Behavior problems SF 756 |
| Bacterial pathogens QR 175 | Cattle diseases SF 964 |
| Behavior (animal) QL 751 -951 | Chicken production SF 487 |
| Cardiovascular physiology QP 102 | Dermatology SF 901 |
| Developmental biology QH 491 | Dictionary (veterinary) SF 607 |
| Embryology (human) QM 601 | Epidemiology SF 780.9 |
| Endocrinology QP 187 | Equine med. & surgery SF 951 |
| Genes & Genetics QH 366-430 | Ethics SF 756 |
| Histology QM 551 | Gastroenterology SF 811 |
| Hormones QP 571 | Genetics SF 427, 442 |
| Immunology QR 181-185 | Hematology SF 757.3, 769.5 |
| Microbiology QR 41-175 | Histology SF 757.3, 761 |
| Microbial disease QR 201 | Immunology SF 757.2 |
| Molecular cell biology QH 506-581 | Infectious diseases SF 781, 991 |
| Neuroscience QP 355 | Laboratory medicine SF 769 |
| Physiology (animal) QP 31 | |
| Physiology (medical) QP 34 | SF 772-774 |
| Poisonous plants QK 100 | Lameness (equine) SF 907 |
| Renal physiology QP 211 | Law & legal aspects KF |
| Respiratory physiology QP 121 | Medicine LA & general SF 745 |
| Reproduction QP 251 | Microbiology SF 780-781 |
| Virology QR 360 | Neuropathology SF 895 |
| Nutrition SF 427 | |
| Human Medicine R-RD | Oncology, cancer med. SF 910 |
| Anesthesiology RD 78-81 | Ophthalmology SF 891 |
| Biostatistics RA 407 | Orthopedics SF 910.5 |
| Cancer, oncogenes RC 261 | Parasitology SF 810 |
| Cardiovascular disease RC 681 | Pathology SF 769, 772.6 |
| Dictionary (medical) R 121 | Pharmacology, vet. drugs SF 917 |
| Endocrinology RC 648 | Physiology (veterinary) SF 768 |
| Epidemiology RA 407 | Practice Management SF 756.4 |
| Genetics (medical) RB 155 | Poultry medicine SF 995 |
| Pain RB 127 | Radiographic diagnosis SF 757.8 |
| Pharmacology (medical) RM 101-300 | Reproduction (equine) SF 768.2 |
| Pathology RB 36, 114 | Reptile medicine SF 997 |
| Physiology (human) RB 113 | Small animal med & surgery SF 981-SF 992 |
| Renal disease RB 630 | Swine medicine SF 971, SF 991 |
| Tropical Medicine RC 961 | Theriogenology SF 871, 427.2 |
| Zoonoses RC 111 | Veterinary med. (general) S F 745 |
| Surgery (small animal) SF 911 | |
| Veterinary Medicine SF | Zoo animal medicine SF 996 |
| Anatomy (animals) SF 761 | |
| Avian diseases SF 994 | Fisheries SH |
| Anesthesiology SF 914 | Fish diseases SH 171 |
