PHSL's Collections are searchable through its internet accessible online catalog.
The Audiovisual Collection includes any media other than print media. Items in this collection are subdivided by media type. Within the media type, they are arranged on the shelves by their LC classification numbers. There are audiotape programs, videotape programs, slide programs, biological models and specimens.
Audiovisual items are assigned a collection code of Non-Circulating AV (NAV) or Circulating AV (AV). These codes appear in the call number field of the Bibliographic Detail display when doing a search in the local system. Circulating AV items may be checked out of the library or checked out to another library through the Interlibrary Loan service.
Palmer Health Sciences Library's Circulating Collection is continually developed primarily for its students, faculty and staff. The collection is the most comprehensive on-campus chiropractic and health sciences collection in the chiropractic profession. The collection focuses upon all aspects of chiropractic. There is a strong collection in anatomy, osteology, neurology, physiology and other basic sciences disciplines. There also is a good practical collection within the disciplines of the clinical sciences.
Palmer Health Sciences Library maintains more than 650 active chiropractic and biomedical serial title subscriptions with about 15,000 bound volumes. The Library's journals holdings is one of the most comprehensive collections of chiropractic journals in the world with titles dating back to 1890s. Like the book collection, the journals collection focuses upon all aspects of chiropractic. There is a strong fundamental collection of journals in anatomy, osteology, neurology, physiology and other basic sciences disciplines. There also is a wide ranging practical collection of titles within the clinical sciences. The library also provides access to several full-text electronic journals .
PHSL's McNaughton Recreational Reading Collection is essentially a "public library" collection of current popular works. This service is exclusively for PCC staff, faculty and students. New and up-to-date book releases may be checked out for two week loan periods. These titles include fiction such as bestsellers, romances, mysteries and science fiction. The initial collection contains about 400 volumes, with up to 20 new titles to be added each month.
Palmer Health Sciences Library has purchased access to a Shared Collection of 4,373 electronic book titles, plus access to additional thousands of free electronic book titles, housed on the netLibrary server. This Shared Collection purchase is made possible through PHSL's regional cooperative library services vendor, the Bibliographic Center for Research of Denver, Colorado.
The Library maintains a separate Reference Collection of books that are to be used in-house and do not circulate outside the Library. These are books that librarians and library patrons frequently consult to answer a wide range of questions. Examples of these types of Reference books include: atlases, bibliographies, dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, indexes and many of the clinical sciences classic textbooks. The Library also places most of the curriculum's required textbooks in the Reference collection for ready access.
The Chiropractic Education Required Textbook List Spring 2002 is a compilation of required textbook information for North American Chiropractic Colleges. A request for information was sent to all North American Chiropractic College and 13 of the 17 Chiropractic Colleges responded. There are three types of lists printed, these lists include:
If you wish to obtain the original Excel file of the Required Textbook List please email Dennis Peterson at peterson_d@palmer.edu
The Reserves Collection in the Library houses materials requested by either the faculty for specific curriculum work or materials Palmer student clubs with faculty advisers have placed. The Library Reserve Collection also includes materials selected by the Library faculty because of high internal use. Faculty interested in placing items on Reserve, can access that information on our Reserves Page.
The Palmer's Davenport Campus Library Special Services is comprised of two units, the Special Collections and Palmer's College Archives. The Special Collections, with more than 10,000 books and 2,500 journal volumes, is considered the most comprehensive chiropractic historical resource in the world. Chiropractic, osteopathy, homeopathy, and other non-drug and non-surgical health sciences materials are collected and are available for in-house use.