 Special Collections at the Public Health Library
 Axelrod
Medical Care Collection
Dissertations
and Theses
Journal
Collection
Legal
Materials
Indexes
New
Books
U.S.
Government Publications
The
DHHS Collection
EPA
Collection
SUDOCS
S.J. Axelrod Medical Care Collection
This special collection has over 25 file cabinets of articles,
reports and pamphlets on the socio-economic factors of health care
in the United States from ~1950 to 1994. This collection is now
closed and items that would have been added to it are now added
to the general collection. Items in it are not cataloged in MIRLYN,
but this special collection has its own card catalog. Inquiries
regarding the Axelrod Collection should be directed to the Reference
Team at phli@umich.edu.
Dissertations and Theses
The Public Health Library collects the dissertations and theses of UM School of Public
Health degree recipients. These are cataloged in MCAT on MIRLYN
and are stored in the University's Buhr
Remote Shelving Facility. They may be ordered from Buhr and
usually arrive in the Library within two working days. See Buhr
Requests for more information on ordering dissertations and
other items from Buhr.
Journal Collection
The Public Health Library currently subscribes to over 430 journals and also has volumes
of some journals which have ceased publication, or to which it no
longer subscribes in its collection. All bound journals are shelved
separately from the book collection, in the Journal Collection at
the east end of the Library in call number order. Unbound journals
are kept on the Current Journal shelves near the entrance of the
library. Ask Library Staff for assistance locating journals.
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Legal Materials
The Public Health Library maintains a collection of federal and Michigan legislative
and regulatory publications. These include the United States Code
Service, Lawyers Edition, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
the Federal Register (FR), selected federal Legislative Hearings
on health-related topics, Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated, the
Michigan Register and the Modern Health Care Law Digest. Most of
these materials are not cataloged. They are shelved on the last
range at the extreme west end of the library. Ask the Reference
Team for assistance finding these materials at phli@umich.edu.
Indexes
A collection of printed subject indexes is located near the west
end of the library. It includes such items as the Index Medicus,
EPA Publications Bibliography, and Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews.
The Index to Health Information (IHI) is located on top of the reference
shelves. Ask the Reference Team for assistance finding and using these materials at phli@umich.edu.
New Books
Books received by the Public Health Library are placed on the New Book Shelf, located
near the entrance to the library, next to the Current Journal Shelves
and the copy machines. Books are removed from the New Book Shelf
and added to the Collection once a week. Books on the New Book Shelf
may not be checked out but holds may be placed on them. Ask Circulation
Staff to put a hold on a New Book for you at phli@umich.edu. The Public Health Library publishes a
list of its new acquisitions in its New Book List 11 times a year.
U.S. Government Documents and Publications
The Public Health Library receives a large number of health-related U.S. government
documents. They may be found in the locations given below. These
publications may NOT be listed individually in the online catalog
(MCAT) on MIRLYN. If you have trouble finding an item, please ask the Reference Team for assistance at phli@umich.edu.
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The DHHS Collection
The Public Health Library receives most of the publications of the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS). They are arranged by publishing agency:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA),
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Public Health Service (PHS),
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) etc.
Most of them are shelved in the Book Collection, in the call number
range RA 11 .B15 A25116 to RA 11.B15 A251287; HCFA publications
are found under the call number RA 11 .B15 A18512.
EPA Collection
The Public Health Library collects a number of materials from the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). Most of these are cataloged and can be found in MIRLYN.
However a few older EPA documents have not been cataloged and are
shelved together on the last book range at the extreme west end
of the Library. School of Public Health faculty, students and staff
who require EPA documents not owned by the University may request
that the Public Health Library purchase them. Make requests to the Reference
Team at for assistance at phli@umich.edu.
SUDOCS Collection
Miscellaneous U.S. government publications not shelved in the DHHS
Collection are shelved in the SuDocs (Superintendent of Documents)
Collection. This collection includes General Accounting Office (GAO)
Reports, and newsletters such as NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation
Reports, Medical Devices Bulletin and Radiological Health Bulletin.
This collection is arranged in SuDoc number order and is located
on the last book range at the extreme west end of the Library. Most
items in it are uncataloged. A Title Index of the GAO Reports in
the Library is located on the nearby Reference Shelves. Ask for
Reference Team at for assistance to find items in this collection at phli@umich.edu.
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