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1. Purpose of the collection
The Biological Sciences Library's anatomical science collection is intended to support the teaching and research activities of the Department of Anatomical Sciences and its specialised Centre for Research in Vascular Biology.
2. Primary user groups served
The Department delivers undergraduate programs to students in:
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Psychology
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Speech Pathology
- Pharmacy
- Human Movement Studies
- Science
In particular the department is involved in problem-based learning for students enrolled in the Graduate Medical Course (GMC).
The research interests of the Department of Anatomical Sciences include:
Comparative Anatomy and Biology of Marine and Native Animals
Developmental Biology
Forensic Anatomy
Endocrinology and Pathology of Stress
Musculoskeletal Function
Neuroscience
Reproductive Biology
Vascular Biology and Disease
Special sensory systems
Biomedical science
3. Description of the collection
Most resources to support the Department of Anatomical Sciences are held at the Biological Sciences Library but the collection is also supported by journal and monograph holdings at the Herston Health Sciences Library, the Princess Alexandra Hospital Library, the UQ/Mater McAuley Hospital Library and the Dentistry Library. Some of the particularly strong areas at the Biological Sciences Library are anatomical atlases, comparative anatomy, comparative histology, cardiovascular system anatomy and physiology, dissection, embryology, eye anatomy and histology, muscles, neurobiology and veterinary anatomy.
The Library holds the major bibliographic databases of relevance to the Department of Anatomical Sciences, including:
- AusportMed
- AustHealth
- Australasian Medical Index (AMI)
- Biological Abstracts
- Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
- Embase: Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
- Medline
- Sports Discus
- Web of Science
- Zoological Record
The Library also has electronic access to collections of full text journals. These include:
Academic Press online library (IDEAL)
Cambridge University Press journals
InfoTrac
LINK (Springer publications)
ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Blackwell Science journals
The Library is also involved in the ongoing collection of a wide range of electronic resources relevant to the needs of the School and produces resource guides to link library users with this information.
4. Interdisciplinary relationships
The Department of Anatomical Sciences shares common areas of interest with other departments within the Faculty (i.e. Physiology and Pharmacology, Zoology and Entomology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Chemistry and Biochemistry) as well as with other departments and centres within the Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science.
Relevant resources for the Department of Anatomical Sciences are held at the Biological Sciences Library and these are supplemented by material held at the Health Sciences libraries.
5. Scope of current collecting
1. Languages collected
This collection contains principally English language material.
2. Types (formats) of material collected
Material for Anatomical Sciences is collected in all forms.
3. Publication dates
The library collects mainly current material in the field of Anatomical Science. Monographs and serials are purchased retrospectively, if appropriate.
4. Conspectus
The Anatomical Science collection was rated at 4 (Research level) at the most recent Conspectus.
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