A Short Classification of Medical Literature (Intended for Use in Libraries of Smaller Hospitals and Psychiatric Institutions)

摘要

TI tHE FOLLOWING Classification was compiled by the author and has been successfully used in the medical library of a large psychiatric hospital. It should be useful in classifying medical collections of 1,000 to 5,000 volumes; The author developed the present Classification because existing Classifications were found to be too detailed and cumbersome. The chief features offered by the present Classification are: (a) reducing the main headings and subheadings to a minimum, and (b) classifying medical books according to the manner in which they are ordinarily written and titled.