Conventional Medicine

Books - Browsing the Shelves

Beginning with the history of medicine and nursing, books and videos on conventional medicine and healing can be found between Dewey numbers 610 and the 618's. This is followed by sections on men's and women's sexual health, diet, exercise, pharmaceuticals, the various organs of the body and their diseases, mental health, pregnancy and paediatrics.

Check with Information Services staff for medical books housed in the Reference Collection and at the Help Desk.

Magazines

• Healthy Options
• New Zealand Fitness

Searching the Catalogue

To help you find books on the Conventional Medicine topic you want, use the Search Tips to search our online catalogue by typing in keyword(s) such as:

• Arthritis
• Cancer
• Cholesterol
• Crohn's Disease
• Diabetes

Online Resources

The Health and Wellness Resource Centre is part of the Epic group of databases and is available through the online catalogue. This resource centre lists diseases, conditions and treatments, with full-text articles and overviews from medical reference material.

The Health and Wellness Resource Centre can be found here.