To find public health books on the library shelves, it is best to search for your subject (for example, "preventive health services") in the library catalog (linked below). However, you can also browse the following call number area (call numbers tell you a book's location on the shelves). These will be found on the first floor of the library:
Call numbers that begin with RA 1 through RA 1270
Online catalog of the University of Michigan-Flint Thompson Library. Most libraries at UM-Ann Arbor can also be searched via the catalog.
We have two options for getting a book you need that we don't have in our collection: Get This and Interlibrary Loan.
First: you can check to see if the book is available on the Ann Arbor campus by changing the "Search in" box in the Library Catalog (linked above) to "UM-Ann Arbor Libraries." If it is available there, you can request that it be sent here for you to check out using Get This (find more information on Get This through the link below).
If it's not available in Ann Arbor you can place an Interlibrary Loan request. This means that the book will come from a participating library elsewhere in the United States.
Follow the link below for information and instructions on how to use the Interlibrary Loan service.
University of Michigan-Flint