Required Textbooks:

• Pulmonary Physiology and Pathophysiology: an Integrated, Case-Based Approach, 2nd ed., 2007 by John B. West [Print copies available in KL 102, Medical Library Study Room. Call no: RC 711 .W47 2007]
• Respiratory Physiology: the Essentials, 9th ed., 2012 by Johy B. West  [Print copies available in KL 102,  Medical Library Study Room. Call no:QP 121 .W43 2012]

Recommended Textbook:

• Murray and Nadel's Textbook or Respiratory Medicine, 5th edition, 2010, edited by Robert J. Mason, V. Courtney Broaddus, Thomas R. Martin, Talmadge E. King, Dean E. Schraufnagel, John F. Murray and Jay A. Nadel.

Supplemental Print Books

• Oxford Case Histories in Respiratory Medicine, 2010, by John Stradling et al. [Print copies available in KL 102, Medical Library Study Room. Call no: RC 371 .O94 2010]
• Pulmonary Pathophysiology: the Essentials. 8th ed., 2013, by John B. West. [Print copies available in KL 102, Medical Library Study Room. Call no: RC 711 W.469 2013]

AccessMedicine
This is a collection of 60 full-text medical and basic sciences books from McGraw-Hill, including Harrison's Textbook of Medicine. AccessMedicine also includes images, videos, diagnostic tools, patient education handouts, and drug information. The following respiratory medicine ebooks are availalbe in AccessMedicine:

• Pulmonary Physiology, 7th edition, 2007, by Michael Levitzky
• Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Pulmonary Medicine, 2003,  edited by Michael E. Hanley and Carolyn H. Welsh

OvidSP
Collection of hundreds of full-text ebooks and journals from Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Includes medicine, health sciences and nursing. Also provides access to MEDLINE.
The following respiratory medicine ebooks are available in OvidSP.

• Baum's Textbook of Pulmonary Disease, 7th edition, 2004, edited by James D. Crapo, Jeffrey Glassroth, Joel B. Karlinsky and Talmadge E. King.  
• The ICU Book, 3rd edition, 2006, by Paul L. Manning.
• Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests: A Practical Guide, 3rd edition, 2009, by Robert E. Hyatt, Paul D. Scanlon, and Masao Nakamura.

MDConsult
A collection of online resources from Elsevier, including full-text books, journals, patient education handouts, drug information, and images. The following respiratory medicine ebooks are available in MDConsult:

• Clinical Respiratory Medicine, 3rd edition, 2008, edited by Richard K. Albert, Stephen G. Spiro and James R. Jett
  
• Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management, 2nd edition, 2008, edited by Peter J. Barnes, Neil C. Thomson, Jeffrey M. Drazen and Stephen R Rennard
• Principles of Pulmonary Medicine, 5th edition, 2008 by Steven E. Weinberger, Barbara A. Cockrill and Jess Mandel

• ACLAND's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
• e-Anatomy: Human Anatomy, Medical Imaging and Illustrations (IMAIOS)
• Netter Reference - including Atlas of Human Anatomy and Concise Radiologic Anatomy

OUWB Medical Library

Beaumont Hospital Medical Library (Portal Page)

Ask-a-Medical-Librarian

• by phone at 248-370-3772
• via email at medref@oakland.edu
• fill out our online request form
• in person in the Medical Library Office (7:30am-6:00pm)

Research Consultation

Request a one-on-one meeting with a medical librarian to discuss in-depth information needs such as the literature search for your Capstone project.

• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Lung Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Check out these free web sites

• Pulmonary Examination - Developed by the University of Washington
• The Lung Exam - part ot "A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine" from the University of California, San Diego
• McGill University Virtual Stethoscope

MedlinePlus - Lungs & Breathing