Use textbooks and reference books to answer background questions. These types of questions are broad and when answered provide basic foundational knowledge. Background questions often begin with "what" or "when".
Examples:
The NSCC Libraries use the Library of Congress Classification System for call numbers. The system uses a combination of letters and numbers to arrange materials by subject on the shelves.
Physical Therapy titles will be located at RM 700. Other subject areas that may also be useful in physical therapy research include:
Subject: |
Call Number Starts With: |
Human Anatomy |
QM |
Physiology |
QP |
Microbiology |
QR |
Medicine |
R |
Public Aspects of Medicine |
RA |
Pathology |
RB |
Internal Medicine |
RC |
Pediatrics |
RJ |
Therapeutics, Pharmacology |
RM |
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