SFU Library Health Sciences Collections Policy

The Faculty of Health Sciences was established in September 2004. This is a multi-disciplinary faculty with broad areas of research. Much of the focus is on public health and epidemiology.

The Faculty of Health Sciences offers two graduate degrees: a Masters of Science (MSc) in Population and Public Health, and a Masters of Arts in Global Health, These programs prepare both established professionals and recent graduates for positions of leadership in health research and in the health professions, meeting a rapidly growing need in health care across Canada. The Faculty also offers and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences is currently being developed.

The SFU Library collects materials in the health sciences to support the courses, research, and goals of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Collection development is the responsibility of the Health Sciences Librarian. Liaison with the Faculty of Health Sciences is maintained through the Departmental Representative as well as with other faculty members when required. Regular contact with other liaison librarians and teaching departments is nurtured through the sharing of relevant review material.

SFU Resources

The W.A.C. Bennett Library is the major location for the University's Health Sciences collection. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the field, there is a wide overlap with other SFU Library collections such as statistics, kinesiology, psychology, and many other social sciences.

Regional Resources

The University of British Columbia also has a large Health Sciences collection representing many branches of the discipline.

Consortia and Document Delivery

SFU belongs to three consortia (Electronic Library Network; Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries; and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries). Document delivery agreements exist with all three of these consortia which allow delivery of journal articles and books from these libraries in a timely manner. Holdings and direct requesting from over 40 libraries are accessible through the Interlibrary Loan Web page and from many databases.

General Collection Guidelines

Subjects and Levels of Collecting

The following table lists the main subjects collected by the SFU Library in support of the Health Sciences teaching areas and research interests. Subjects listed are collected to varying depths. The method in which the library selects books on each subject is listed in the second column of the table. A designation of “Books” in this column means that items which fit the General Guidelines (above) for the subject in question are sent on an approval basis to the library. In such cases, a significant portion of the books on that topic will be acquired for the collection. A designation of “Forms,” on the other hand, means that only brief descriptions of the books on the subject in question are sent to the library. The liaison librarian, often with the assistance of the department or faculty representative or other faculty members, then selects the relevant items for acquisition by the library.

1. Law division
a. Social legislation (law) division
i. Mental health laws	Forms
b. Health laws division
i. Health laws - general	Forms
ii. Public health	Forms
iii. Burial laws	Forms
iv. Food-drugs-cosmetics laws	Forms
v. Narcotic laws	Forms
3. Medicine division
a. Medicine - general	Forms
b. Early medicine	Forms
c. Allied medical fields division
i. Allied medical fields - general	Forms
ii. Medicine related to history	Forms
iii. Medical philosophy	Forms
iv. Practice of medicine division	Forms
(1) Practice of medicine - general	Forms
(2) Biomedical ethics	Forms
(3) Medical malpractice	Forms
(4) Medical specialties	Forms
(5) Doctor and patient	Forms
(6) Patient advocacy	Forms
(7) Euthanasia	Forms
(8) Medical records	Forms
v. Health care systems division	Forms
(1) Health care systems - general	Forms
(2) Health care administration	Forms
(3) Comparative health care systems	Forms
(4) Private health care	Forms
(5) National/state health care	Forms
(6) Managed care	Forms
(7) Other health care systems	Forms
vi. Preventive medicine division
(1) Mental & emotional well-being	Forms
(2) Other preventive medicine	Forms
vii. Economics of medicine	Forms
viii. Sociology of medicine	Forms
ix. Psychology of medicine	Forms
x. Medical education	Forms
xi. Biomedical research	Forms
xii. Medical statistics	Forms
xiii. Medical physics
xiv. Biomedicine division
(1) Biomedicine - general	Forms
(2) Biomedical materials	Forms
xv. Individual and health division
(1) Mental health	Forms
xvi. Hospitals division
(1) Hospitals - general	Forms
(2) Hospital personnel	Forms
xvii. Patients and patient care division
(1) Patients and patient care - general	Forms
(2) Intensive care	Forms
(3) Convalescent care	Forms
(4) Terminal care	Forms
(5) Out-patient care	Forms
(6) Other special patient care	Forms
xviii. Emergency medicine	Forms
xix. Hospital sanitation, etc.	Forms
xx. Specific types of hospitals
(1) Psychiatric hospitals	Forms
(2) Medical clinics	Forms
(3) Other types of hospitals	Forms
xxi. Ambulance services	Forms
xxii. Public health division
(1) Public health - general	Books
(2) School hygiene	Forms
(3) Medical care provision	Forms
(4) Public sanitation	Forms
(5) Health regulations	Forms
(6) Immunity & Immunization	Forms
(7) Transmission of disease	Forms
(8) Epidemics & Epidemiology division	Books
(a) Epidemics & Epidemiology - general	Books
(b) Epidemics	Books
(c) Epidemiology	Books
(d) Quarantine	Books
(e) Disinfection	Books
(f) Medical geography	Books
(g) Medical climatology	Books
xxiii. General medicine division
(1) General medicine - general	Forms
(2) Pathology division	Forms
(a) Pathology - general	Forms
(b) Clinical pathology	Forms
(c) Pathological anatomy & histology	Forms
(d) Manifestations of disease	Forms
(e) Theories of disease	Forms
(3) Diagnosis & examination division	Forms
(a) Diagnosis & examination - general	Forms
(b) Medical radiography	Forms
(c) Surgical diagnosis & examination	Forms
(4) Medical toxicology	Forms
(5) Comparative medicine	Forms
(6) Environmental health	Forms
(7) Nuclear medicine	Forms
(8) Tropical medicine	Forms
(9) Arctic medicine	Forms
xxiv. Internal medicine division
(1) Internal medicine - general	Forms
(2) Infectious diseases division
(a) Infectious diseases - general	Forms
(b) Virus diseases	Forms
(c) Bacterial diseases	Forms
(d) Mycotic diseases	Forms
(e) Spirochetal diseases	Forms
(f) Parasitic diseases	Forms
(g) Venereal diseases	Forms
(h) Neoplastic diseases	Forms
(i) Tuberculosis	Forms
(j) Other infectious diseases	Forms
(3) Allergic diseases division
(a) Allergic diseases - general	Forms
(b) Asthma	Forms
(c) Hay fever	Forms
(d) Dermoallergy	Forms
(e) Food allergies	Forms
(f) Autoimmune diseases	Forms
(4) Medical immunology	Forms
(5) Metabolic diseases	Forms
(6) Endocrinology division
(a) Endocrinology - general	Forms
(b) Diseases of the thyroid	Forms
(c) Diseases of the pituitary	Forms
(d) Diabetes	Forms
(e) Other endocrine diseases	Forms
(7) Cardiography	Forms
(8) Cardiology division
(a) Diseases of blood vessels	Forms
(b) Cerebrovascular diseases	Forms
(9) Medical hematology	Forms
(10) Diseases of body fluids	Forms
(11) Pulmonary medicine division
(a) Pulmonary medicine -- general	Forms
(b) Diseases of lungs	Forms
(c) Diseases of bronchia	Forms
(d) Diseases of the larynx	Forms
(12) Gastroenterology division
(a) Gastroenterology - general	Forms
(b) Diseases of oral cavity	Forms
(c) Diseases of salivary glands	Forms
(d) Diseases of esophagus	Forms
(e) Diseases of stomach	Forms
(f) Diseases of duodenum	Forms
(g) Diseases of appendix	Forms
(h) Diseases of liver	Forms
(i) Diseases of gall bladder	Forms
(j) Diseases of pancreas	Forms
(k) Diseases of intestine	Forms
(l) Proctology	Forms
(13) Genitourinary diseases division
(a) Genitourinary diseases - general	Forms
(b) Urology	Forms
(c) Andrology	Forms
(d) Female urinary diseases	Forms
(e) Nephrology	Forms
(f) Diseases of the bladder	Forms
(14) Rheumatology	Forms
(15) Musculoskeletal diseases division
(a) Diseases of bone	Forms
(b) Diseases of the spine	Forms
(c) Diseases of joints	Forms
(d) Diseases of muscles	Forms
(e) Diseases of tissue	Forms
(f) Arthritic conditions	Forms
(15) Internal medicine by region
(a) Diseases of head and neck	Forms
(b) Diseases of chest	Forms
(c) Diseases of abdomen	Forms
(d) Diseases of pelvis	Forms
(e) Diseases of extremities	Forms
xxv. Molecular medicine
(1) Gene therapy	Forms
(2) Oncogenes	Forms
xxvi. Neurology division
(1) Diseases of central nervous system	Forms
(2) Diseases of brain division
(a) Diseases of brain - general	Forms
(3) Brain damage	Forms
(4) Cerebrovascular diseases	Forms
(5) Diseases of the spinal cord	Forms
(6) Diseases of nerves	Forms
(7) Pain	Forms
xxvii. Psychiatry division
(1) Psychiatry - general	Forms
(2) Consultation liaison	Forms
(3) Psychoanalysis	Forms
(4) Psychoanalysis	Forms
xxviii. Dermatology	Forms
xxix. Anesthesiology division
(1) Anesthesiology - general	Forms
(2) Anesthetic agents	Forms
(3) Anesthetic complications	Forms
xxx. Surgery division
(1) Surgery - general	Forms
(2) General surgery	Forms
(a) Surgical anatomy	Forms
(b) Surgical physiology	Forms
(c) Surgical immunology	Forms
(d) Surgical complications	Forms
(3) Techniques of surgery division
(a) Techniques of surgery - general	Forms
(b) Preoperative care	Forms
(c) Postoperative care	Forms
xxxi. Gynecology division
(1) Gynecology - general	Forms
(2) Female systemic disorders	Forms
(3) Female genital diseases	Forms
(4) Gynecologic surgery	Forms
(5) Diseases of the breast	Forms
xxxii. Obstetrics division
(1) Obstetrics - general	Forms
(2) Pregnancy	Forms
(3) Conception (Human)	Forms
(4) Contraception	Forms
(5) Human embryology	Forms
(6) Embryo & fetus	Forms
(7) Diseases of pregnancy	Forms
(8) Labor & child delivery	Forms
(a) Multiple birth	Forms
(9) Medical abortion	Forms
(10) Postnatal care of mother	Forms
(11) Perinatal medicine	Forms
(12) Obstetric surgery	Forms
xxxiii. Family practice	Forms
xxxiv. Pediatrics division	Forms
(1) Pediatrics - general	Forms
(2) Newborn infants	Forms
(3) Diseases of children division	Forms
(a) Diseases of children - general	Forms
(b) Diseases of infants	Forms
(c) Diseases of adolescents	Forms
(4) Congenital diseases / malformations	Forms
(5) Pediatric hygiene	Forms
(6) Child anesthesiology	Forms
(7) Child surgery	Forms
(8) Child anatomy / physiology	Forms
xxxv. Other fields of medicine
(1) Medical physiology	Forms
(2) Medical biochemistry	Forms
(3) Medical anatomy division
(a) Medical anatomy - general	Forms
(4) Medical cytology	Forms
(5) Medical bacteriology	Forms
(6) Medical virology	Forms
(7) Medical radiology	Forms
(8) Medical genetics	Forms
xxxvi. Other forms of medicine division
(1) Other forms of medicine - general	Forms
(2) Holistic medicine	Forms
(3) Homeopathy	Forms
(4) Botanic medicine	Forms
(5) Folk medicine	Forms
(6) Mental healing	Forms
(7) Osteopathy	Forms
(8) Chiropractic	Forms
(9) Indian medicine	Forms
(10) Chinese medicine	Forms
(11) Acupuncture	Forms
xxxvii. Therapeutics division
(1) Therapeutics - general	Forms
(2) Administration of drugs	Forms
(3) Clinical pharmacology	Forms
(a) Drugs side effects	Forms
(3) Chemotherapy division
(a) Chemotherapy - general	Forms
xxxviii. Physical medicine & therapy division
(1) Massage & manipulation therapy	Forms
(2) Hydrotherapy	Forms
(3) Radiotherapy	Forms
(4) Ultrasonic therapy	Forms
(5) Thermotherapy	Forms
(6) Inhalation therapy	Forms
(7) Electrotherapy	Forms
(8) Art therapy	Forms
(9) Music therapy	Forms
(10) Occupational therapy	Forms
(11) Other specific physical therapy	Forms
4. Pharmacy division
a. Pharmacy - general	Forms
i. Pharmacy, materia medica division
(1) Pharmacy, materia medica - general	Forms
(2) Pharmacopoeias	Forms
(3) Pharmacognosy	Forms
(4) Radiopharmaceuticals	Forms
ii. Non-prescription drugs	Forms
5. Nursing & allied health division
a. Nursing & allied health - general	Forms
b. Nursing research	Forms
c. Health practitioners	Forms
d. Related nursing fields	Forms
i. Rehabilitation nursing	Forms
ii. Physiotherapy nursing	Forms
iii. Medical records	Forms
e. Allied health fields division
i. Allied health fields - general	Forms
ii. Midwifery	Forms
iii. Health visitors	Forms
iv. Practical nursing	Forms
f. Nurse & patient	Forms
6. Special subjects division
a. Brandon-Hill lists	Forms
i. Brandon-Hill Small medical	Forms
(1) Brandon-Hill Medical initial purchase	Forms
(2) Brandon-Hill Medical core list	Forms
ii. Brandon-Hill Nursing	Forms
(1) Brandon-Hill nursing initial purchase	Forms
iii. Brandon-Hill Allied Health	Forms
(1) Brandon-Hill allied health initial purchase	Forms