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Health Sciences & Physical Education Research Guide

Essential library research sources for study in health and wellness, physical education, and exercise science courses. #hpera

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For the most part, books about topics in health, wellness, physical education, or exercise science will be in either the GVs or scattered within the Qs and Rs.

Call numbers starting with GV are on the 1st Floor of the library. Call numbers starting with Q or R are on the 4th Floor of the library.

Call numbers starting with REF GV, REF Q_ and REF R_ are on the 1st Floor.

  • Recreation. Leisure (GV1 - 1860)
    • Recreation leadership. Administration of recreation services (GV181.35 - 181.6)
    • Recreational areas and facilities. Recreation centers (GV182 - 182.5)
    • Outdoor life. Outdoor recreation (GV191.2 - 200.66)
    • Physical education and training (GV201 - 555)
    • Sports (GV557 - 1198.995)
    • Games and amusements (GV1199 - 1570)
    • Dancing (GV1580 - 1799.4)
    • Circuses, spectacles, etc. (GV1800 - 1860)
  • Human anatomy (QM1 - 695)
  • Physiology (QP1 - 981)
  • Public aspects of medicine (RA1 - 1270)
    • Health status indicators. Medical statistics and surveys (RA407 - 409.5)
    • Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection (RA648.5 - 767)
    • Personal health and hygiene (including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene) (RA773 - 788)
  • Internal medicine (RC31 - 1245)
    • Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases (RC620 - 627)
    • Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system (RC666 - 701)
    • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (RC925 - 935)
    • Sports medicine (RC1200 - 1245)
  • Orthopedic surgery (RD701 - 811)
    • Physical rehabilitation (RD792 - 811)
  • Therapeutics. Pharmacology (RM1 - 950)
    • Physical medicine. Physical therapy (RM695 - 893)
    • Rehabilitation therapy (RM930 - 931)
    • Rehabilitation technology (RM950)