Finding books The BCIT Library has a selection of print and ebooks relating to your discipline. First Search is the BCIT Library search engine and a good place to start. It simultaneously searches the Library's book collection, many full text journal articles, reports, DVDs, and electronic resources. The asterisk is the wild card character e.g. regulat* will find regulation, regulatory, regulate... Or Search the Classic Catalog. **If you're searching for articles on a topic, you'll want to search a database which is more focused on health sciences than First Search is. Here is a list of some full text databases.** |
Most books related to Public Health are located in the RA call number section on the 3rd floor. Additional material is found in other call number ranges. Here are some call numbers (a unique group of letters and numbers given to each item in the library according to its subject area)::
Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine |
RA421-790.95 |
Environmental Health | RA565-600 |
Disease (Communicable & noninfectious) and public health | RA643-645 |
Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection | RA648.5-767 |
Mental health. Mental illness prevention | RA790-790.5 |
Below are some basic subject headings that can be used in the catalogue to find environmental public health related books at BCIT:
Environmental Health/Public Health ebooks at BCIT.
Dissertations/theses
Use the BCIT ILL Service to request for materials not owned by the Library. interlib@bcit.ca