UQ ERA rating in 2012: 5

UQ ERA rating in 2010: 5

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 Biomedical Sciences, Psychology and Medicine and the Queensland Brain Institute and the UQ Centre for Clinical Research. All Schools are part of the Faculties of Science, Health Sciences and Social and Behavioural 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 QP, RC.

The following specialist book collections are available:

• Springer Protocols
• Springer eBook Collection
• Current protocols

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 90% of all titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• Annual Review of Neuroscience
• Cerebral Cortex
• Current Opinion in Neurobiology
• Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
• Journal of Neuroscience
• Nature Neuroscience
• Nature Reviews Neuroscience
• Neuron
• Trends in Neurosciences

Other titles:

• Journal of Visualised Experiments
• Journal of Comparative Neurology
• Nature
• Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
• Brain
• Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
• Annals of Neurology
• Neuropsychopharmacology

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

• Pubmed
• Web of Science
• Embase

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected or excluded

Primarily English 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

Material from the last two years is collected. Older material is purchased when academic staff make specific requests.

6. Special considerations

Nil.

Updated: February 2013