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1. Purpose of the collection
The Library's collection in dentistry is intended to support the teaching and research activities of the School of Dentistry, which is part of the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Library is located in the School of Dentistry at Turbot Streeet.
2. Primary user groups served
The School of Dentistry offers the following courses:
- Bachelor of Dental Science
- Bachelor of Dental Studies
- Bachelor of Applied Health Science (Oral Health)
- Graduate Certificate in Clinical Dentistry
- Master of Dental Science (Coursework or Research)
- Doctor of Dental Science
The major research areas in the School of Dentistry are:
- Oral biology
- Dental education
- Orofacial development
- Dental ethics
- Dental materials
- Immunopathology, infection and immunity
- Oral microbiology
- Molecular genetics
- Molecular immunology
- Oral pathology
- Periodontics
- Prosthodontics
- Community dentistry
- Endodontics
- Pedodontics
- Orthodontics
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
3. Description of the collection
The collection supports both the undergraduate and postgraduate courses and supports all research areas. The Dentistry Library holds most material to support the Dental Science and Dental Studies Course while the material held in the Biological Sciences Library supports the Oral Health Course.
The Library has many electronic databases that are accessible in all branch libraries and from home or office. These include: AustHealth, Biological Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, CINAHL, Dissertation Abstracts, Embase: Drugs and Pharmacology, Medline, Web of Science
The library also has electronic access to collections of full text journals including: Cambridge University Press journals, Academic Press online library (IDEAL), InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP, LINK (Springer publications), Blackwell Science journals, ScienceDirect (Elsevier).
4. Interdisciplinary relationships
The School shares common interests and has collaborative projects with the School of Population Health, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Biomedical Sciences, the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, the School of Engineering, and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology.
The resources for the School of Dentistry are shared between the Dentistry Library and the Biological Sciences Library. However, the main collection is located in the Dentistry Library. These are supplemented by material held at the Herston Health Sciences Library and the Dorothy Hill Physical Science and Engineering Library.
5. Scope of current collecting
1. Languages collected
The dentistry collection includes English language material only.
2. Types (forms) of materials collected
Dentistry material is collected in all forms, both physical and electronic. The Dentistry Library identifies Internet sites for which links are established to the University of Queensland Library's Website.
3. Chronological periods collected
The library collects material published in the last 10 years. Material is purchased retrospectively, when academic staff specifically requests it.
No forms of material are excluded.
5. Publication dates
The emphasis is on collecting recent publications.
6. Special considerations
The School of Dentistry is in the process of developing a new problem-based learning course in undergraduate dental science to replace the current undergraduate course. The new course is being designed to develop life long learning skills and better prepare students for the profession at large. According to the published literature on problem-based learning, the new course will have a significant impact on the Dentistry Library's resources. A heavy demand on particular resources, together with a need for a wider range of resources is expected.
7. Conspectus
The collection was rated at 3B at the last Conspectus.
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