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 and Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences and the UQCCR, the UQ Diamantina Institute, QBI and the IMB. All Schools are part of the Faculties of Science or 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 are grouped under these classification numbers: QR180 - QR189.5.

The following specialist book collections are available:

• Access Medicine
• MD consult
• Springer ebook collection
• Wiley online library
• ScienceDirect: Immunology and Microbiology Subject collection
• ScienceDirect: Complete Health Sciences collection
• EBook Library collection

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 81.4% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• Immunity
• Immunological Reviews
• Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• Journal of Immunology
• Nature Immunology
• Nature Reviews Immunology
• Annual Review of Immunology
• Allergy
• Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
• Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
• Current Opinion in Immunology
• European Journal of Immunology
• Genes and Immunity
• Immunology
• Immunology and Cell Biology
• International Immunology
• Journal of Autoimmunity
• Journal of Immunotherapy
• Seminars in Immunology
• Journal of Immunological Methods

Other titles:

• BMJ: British Medical Journal
• JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
• Lancet
• Nature Medicine
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Plos Medicine
• UQ Library offers online databases in this subject area. These include:
• Ovid Medline
• EMBASE.com
• Web of Science
• Scopus

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

English language material is collected.

2. Geographical areas collected or excluded

No geographical areas are excluded. Items published in or about Queensland should be retained.

3. Chronological periods collected or excluded

No chronological periods are specifically excluded.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

Material is collected in all forms, both physical and electronic. The collection includes conference proceedings, symposium proceedings.

5. Publication dates

Latest 5 years material is collected. Older material is purchased when academic staff make specific requests or to support new research areas.

6. Special considerations

The 1107 collection is supported by hospital funding of the UQ/Mater McAuley, Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ and Herston Health Sciences Libraries.

Updated: June 2013