UQ ERA rating in 2012: 5

UQ ERA rating in 2010: 4

Preamble

The University of Queensland (UQ) Library is committed to supporting the University's research, and teaching and learning agenda. UQ librarians maintain subject assessments based on the Commonwealth Government Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative's Field of Research codes. The assessments reflect current trends at UQ, and respond to changes in direction through regular updating.

Purpose of the collection

UQ Library's collection in this area supports the teaching and research activities of staff and students in the Schools of Medicine, Health & Rehabilitation Sciences and Population Health. Also, the Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, the UQ Diamantina Institute, the UQ Centre for Clinical Research, the Queensland Brain Institute and the Institute of Molecular Biomedicine. It underpins teaching activities in most Schools in the Faculty of Health Sciences. All Schools are part of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in the area. Experienced librarians develop the collection, and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections can be found within the collections of the relevant specialties : Medical (R) or Scientific (Q).

The following specialist book collections are available:

• AccessMedicine
• Books@Ovid
• Current protocols in … (Wiley Interscience)
• eTG (Therapeutic guidelines)
• MD Consult
• Oxford medical handbooks
• Psychiatry online
• Springer Protocols
• UpToDate

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 83% of 1218 titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• Journal of Investigative Dermatology
• British Journal of Psychiatry
• Circulation
• Oncogene
• Diabetes Care
• Endocrinology
• Nature Genetics
• American Journal of Human Genetics
• Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
• Arthritis and Rheumatism
• Blood
• Stroke
• Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
• Hepatology
• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Gut
• Journal of Pathology
• Hypertension
• Thorax
• Archives of General Psychiatry

Other titles:

• The Lancet
• The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• Medical Journal of Australia
• Twin Research and Human Genetics
• Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
• International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:

• CINAHL
• The Cochrane Library
• EMBASE.com
• PubMed and Medline via Ovid
• PsycINFO
• PEDro
• Scopus
• Web of Science

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Primarily English language material is collected.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

Australian material is collected. No geographical area is excluded.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological periods are specifically excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Material is collected in both print and electronic formats.

5. Publication dates

Latest 2 years' material is collected. Older material is purchased when academic staff make specific requests. Archival e-journal collections purchased when available.

6. Special considerations

The 1103 collection is supported by hospital funding of the UQ/Mater McAuley, Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ and Herston Health Sciences libraries.

Updated: January 2013