Palmer College of Chiropractic, Library, Collections

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.

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic Theses

A collection of 1998-1999 theses required as part of Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum at Anglo-European College of Chiropractic is now available at the Palmer Health Sciences Library. Until the collection can be permanently cataloged, the library has created an author list and a title list of the theses. The theses are located at the end of the Reference section on the third floor of the library and filed by their acquisition number. The theses will be available for check out for the regular circulation period. The theses cover a wide range of topics such as HIV, patient relations, business management, sports injuries and chiropractic treatment of a range of health problems. As additional years of the theses become available, we will continue to add titles to this database until they are cataloged and permanently added to the collection.

Theses Alphabetical By Title

Theses Alphabetical By Author

Circulating Collection

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.

Journal Collection

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.

McNaughton Leisure Reading Collection

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.

netLibrary eBook Shared Collection

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.

Reference Collection

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.

Required Textbook List

The Chiropractic Education Required Textbook List Spring 2005 is a compilation of required textbook information for North American Chiropractic Colleges. A request for information was sent to 35 chiropractic colleges around the world and 13 of them responded.

Chiropractic Education Required Textbook List Spring 2005

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

Reserves Collection

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, click here

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