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1. Purpose of the collection
The Library's collection in physiotherapy is intended to support the teaching and research activities of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
2. Primary user groups served
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences offers the following courses: Bachelor of Physiotherapy; Graduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (Clinical); Graduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (Geriatrics); Graduate Certificate in Physiotherapy (Paediatrics); Master of Physiotherapy; Master of Physiotherapy (Qual); Master of Physiotherapy Studies (Manipulative); Master of Physiotherapy Studies (Neurological); Master of Physiotherapy Studies (Paediatric); Master of Physiotherapy Studies (Sports).
The major research areas include: Musculoskeletal physiotherapy; Neurological physiotherapy; Paediatrics; Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy; Women's health; Pain management; Psychological aspects of physiotherapy and education; Physiotherapy clinical education.
3. Description of existing collection
Undergraduate Degrees in physiotherapy have been offered at the University of Queensland for 45 years and the University of Queensland Library has been collecting in this area since then. The Library has the complete holdings of the major physiotherapy journals.
In recent years there has been an increased demand for places in the undergraduate courses and the Library has supported this demand with the purchase of multiple copies of relevant material. The School has also increased the number of postgraduate courses and the Library has been building up its collection to support these areas.
Physiotherapy undergraduate courses and postgraduate study and research rely heavily on related research areas such as anatomy, physiology, paediatrics and geriatrics. The Biological Sciences Library and hospital libraries have particularly strong collections in these areas.
The Library has many electronic databases that are accessible in all branch libraries and from home or office including: Embase: Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine; CINAHL ; Medline; Physiotherapy Index; Sport Discus.
The library also has electronic access to collections of full text journals including:Cambridge University Press journals; Academic Press online library (IDEAL); Blackwell Sciece journals; InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP; LINK (Springer publications).
4. Interdisciplinary relationships
The Biological Sciences Library holds the majority of physiotherapy material held at the University of Queensland. However, some material is held in the hospital libraries to support clinical physiotherapists, and undergraduate and postgraduate students when they undertake clinical practice at the hospitals.
There is some overlap between sports physiotherapy and human movement studies, with relevant material held in both the Biological Sciences Library and Social Sciences and Humanities Library. There are a number of common areas of study in physiotherapy and occupational therapy. For example, staff in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences are working jointly on pain management and the Library has built up a strong collection to support this area.
There is some overlap in material used by staff and students in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
5. Scope of current collecting
1. Languages collected
No language is excluded but the material in the collection is almost exclusively in English.
2.Geographical areas collected
While no geographical area is specifically excluded, material comes primarily from Britain, United States and Australia.
3. Chronological periods collected
Although the emphasis is on current material, older monograph material is still relevant and is purchased when recommended by academic staff.
4. Types of material collected
No types of material are excluded but very little audiovisual material has been collected.
5. Conspectus
The collection was rated at 4E (research level) at the most recent Conspectus.
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