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 School of Population Health and School of Medicine. Both 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 are grouped under these classification number/s: RA1 - RA954.

The following specialist book collections are available:

• Encyclopaedia of Environmental Health
• World Bank eLibrary
• WHO publications online

The Library subscribes to journals in the area. Many are available in electronic format. 84% of titles in the ERA journal list are held by UQ Library.

Key titles accessible at UQ are:

• Accident analysis and prevention
• American journal of epidemiology
• American Journal of infection control
• American Journal of Public Health
• Annual review of public health
• Annals of epidemiology
• Epidemiology
• Environmental health perspectives
• Fertility and sterility
• Health education and behavior
• Health services research
• Indoor air: international journal of indoor air quality and climate
• Injury prevention
• International journal of epidemiology
• Journal of clinical epidemiology
• Journal of epidemiology and community health
• Journal of health and social behavior
• Journal of studies on alcohol and drug
• Journal of substance abuse treatment
• WHO technical report series

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

• AIDSinfo
• Alcohol and alcohol problems science database
• APAIS-Health
• ATSIHealth
• Environmental Abstracts (EVA)
• Environmental sciences and pollution management collection
• HIV/AIDs database (HIVA)
• Medline
• NCBI databases: PubMed, Toxnet
• Rural and remote health database (RURAL)
• TOXLINE
• Web of Knowledge
• WHO Reproductive Health Library
• WHO Regional Databases
• World Bank Data

Scope of current collecting

1. Languages collected include

English.

2. Geographical areas collected

Australia and Australian States, South East Asia and the Western Pacific region.

3. Chronological periods collected

Current.

4. Types (formats) of material collected

All formats.

5. Publication dates

Current.

6. Special considerations: large cohorts of international and remote students with corresponding online delivery component to the programmes.

The 1117 collection is supported by hospital funding of the UQ/Mater McAuley, Princess Alexandra Hospital/UQ and Herston Health Sciences Libraries.

Updated: June 2013