UQ ERA rating in 2012: 4

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 Pharmacy, Biomedical Sciences and Medicine. Also, UQ Diamantina Institute, UQ Therapeutics Research Centre, ENTOX and the IMB. The Schools are part of the Faculties of Health Sciences or Science.

Description of the collection

The Library's collection may be searched via the Web at http://www.library.uq.edu.au/.

The Library holds print and electronic book titles in this area. Experienced librarians develop the collection and welcome input from academic staff. Relevant print collections are grouped under these classification number/s: RM1-950; RS1-441.

The following specialist book collections are available:

• Access Pharmacy
• MD consult
• Springer ebook collection
• Wiley online library
• ScienceDirect: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics backfiles
• ScienceDirect: Complete Health Sciences collection
• EBook Library collection
• MedicinesComplete
• StatRef

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 67% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
• Clinical Pharmacokinetics
• Drug Metabolism Reviews
• European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
• European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
• International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
• Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Toxicology
• Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
• Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
• British Journal of Pharmacology
• Critical Reviews in Toxicology
• Pharmacological Reviews
• Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Current Drug Metabolism
• Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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

Material published more than ten years ago generally to be discarded unless other retention criteria apply.

6. Special considerations

It is desirable to periodically retain standard pharmacy reference books, ie pharmacopoeias, drug indexes, encyclopaedias. The Library will not retain every edition, however a periodic history of these is worth keeping.
Special consideration is given to material "Reserved for Course Readings" within last 10 years.

Currently areas such as Health Policy and Planning, Burden of Disease, Nutritional Development and Complementary Therapies are of great interest at UQ.

The 1115 collection is supported by hospital funding of the UQ/Mater McAuley, Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ and Herston Health Sciences Libraries.

Updated: January 2013