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Autumn 2011 |
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Welcome from Professor Cleghorn
I would like to welcome everyone to this, the first edition of the UQ Library (Life Sciences) Newsletter. This newsletter has largely come about following a discussion between myself and library staff where we discussed ways of highlighting the wide range of outstanding services provided to all UQ staff and "friends" that previously have not been widely known. Therefore, I am delighted be associated with this, the first edition of the newsletter, that I hope will become an invaluable resource to all of its readers. Initially known as the Central Medical Library, the Herston Health Sciences Library (one of the 15 UQ Libraries) has been an integral component of The University of Queensland for over 27 years. During this time period there have been mind-boggling advances in the way information is both stored and transmitted, and to stay relevant the library has enthusiastically embraced these developments many of which will be of immediate interest to a broad cross section of readers of this newsletter. Who could have anticipated the impact that the World Wide Web, email, book readers and the "cloud" would have on our daily life and without its acknowledgment of these advancements, the library may well have gone down the same slippery downhill path as several high profile publishing houses and bookstores. I look forward to watching this publication evolve and flourish in exactly the same manner as its activities have done over the past 27 years. Geoff Cleghorn
Deputy Head (Clinical Schools)
The School of Medicine
What can the UQ Library offer you?
As a student or staff member at UQ, you have access to one of the world's most extensive University collections, that can be sourced from the Library's website. We recommend, if you need quality information, to make the most of the UQ Library. The UQ Library stands out because it:
If you wish to contact a UQ Librarian, you'll find their details available from: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about/librarians.html Lisa Kruesi
l.kruesi@library.uq.edu.au
Associate Director, Research Information Service (Life Sciences & Clinical Outreach)
Expert reviews now available Expert reviews from the Future Science Group will save you time by presenting commentary and analysis of important scientific breakthroughs in an easy-to-read format. Each review has an executive summary and an annotated list of references that highlights the most important references. Each journal has its own expert advisory panel to identify leading authors and the most relevant topics in rapidly moving subject areas. All published articles are subject to peer-review by independent experts in the field with the aim of publishing thought-provoking, authoritative and significant reviews of current thinking. Future Medicine reflects advances in post-genomic medicine to guide best practice in modern medicine. It is fast becoming a leading discussion forum, for example, Nanomedicine, which commenced in 2006, is already ranked in the first quartile in both of its Journal Citation Report categories. Future Science coverage reflects those areas that impact our daily lives, the infrastructure for sustainable development and the associated technologies. Titles include Bioanalysis and Therapeutic Delivery. Expert Reviews journals provide healthcare practitioners and research professionals with information on emerging trends in healthcare, clinical practice and advances in the major therapeutic areas. Coverage includes anticancer therapy, haematology and proteomics. On trial to UQ staff and students from now until the 31st of December 2011 they are available along with many other new and exciting resources from our new databases website www.library.uq.edu.au/ias/databases/dbnew.html. Lucy Cartmel, Manager, Mater Mc Auley Library Logging on to UQ Library resources
The UQ Library provides access to thousands of online resources to help meet the teaching, learning and research information needs of staff and students of the University of Queensland. These can be journals, databases, books, newspapers or videos. In order to make sure only authorised users can access these resources the library is required to have people log in to access them. How do I login? UQ staff must use their UQ username and password when accessing online Library resources. This is the same username and password you use to log onto computers and to access your UQ staff email. When do I need to login? When you are not on the UQ network, for instance if you are working from home or from a computer attached to another organisations network, such as on a QHealth or QIMR computer. When accessing resources from a computer on the UQ network, for instance in your office or the library, you will have logged in once so should not need to login again to acess to the machine or to access UQ Library resources. What to do if you can't authenticate? Problems can occur in any system and the following tips should help cover most them. Forgotten or don't know your UQ username and/or password. Call or email UQ ITS on 336 56000 or help@its.uq.edu.au or visit their web page. http://www.its.uq.edu.au/. A specific resource refuses to provide access after you put in your UQ username and password. Call or email your local library and we will investigate the problem. Contact details for all of the UQ Libraries can be found on the following page http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about/branches.html Refer to the following page for more detailed information on authentication problems. https://www.library.uq.edu.au/uqlais/help/student/ Justin Clark, Librarian, Herston Health Sciences Library To support teaching, learning and clinical practice UQ Library has recently subscribed to online resources Procedures CONSULT and UpToDate. The resources are linked from the Library's Medical Information Resources website http://www.library.uq.edu.au/mbbs/ or find via a Title search in the catalogue http://www.library.uq.edu.au/ Procedures CONSULT from Elsevier is a valuable 'how-to' for medical procedures. Its features:
Benefits of Procedures CONSULT for teaching and learning from medical school to postgraduate training:
Facilitates skills development for students and staff in rural areas - without travelling You would be hard pressed to find a year 3 or 4 medical student who doesn't know about UpToDate. Students have come to know it on Queensland Health placements and now UQ Library has a subscription. It allows on campus access for staff and students and off campus access for students, with unlimited simultaneous users. This highly popular ebook is designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice at the point of care.
UpToDate has recently developed a hospital medicine section. This new section includes its own table of contents and a separate "What's New" category for updates of particular interest to hospital-based clinicans. New topics will be developed in this section such as transitions of care and patient safety. Feedback on resources is always welcome as the UQ Library endeavours to maintain a relevant, client focussed collection. Please email: Kaye Lasserre, k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au Rural Clinical School Library
MyLibrary - customized library page
Do you know what one of the truly great things about having your own car is? Everything is where you choose for it to be. The mirrors, the steering wheel and seat are exactly where you choose they should be and you don't have to worry about where they were so you can put them back when you get out. Now you have the opportunity to do the same thing to your library interface with MyLibrary. Each part of the library home page becomes a building block for you, a part of your own "flat pack" library page, except that you don't have to worry if you have bits left over, Ingvar Kamprad would be proud. Currently held library items, holds and room bookings can be displayed prominently in the My activities tab. Help and Quick Links prominently display links that have been (and continue to be) available from the Toolkit and Help dropdown menus on the menu bar. The Ask A Librarian tab remains largely unchanged giving access to both Chat, when available, and email services. Within the Home Library tab opening hours and computer availability are displayed from your home library or any UQ library that you choose. Meanwhile you can keep up to date with the Library news and spotlight tabs. The My Favourites tab enables you to transport you favourites list anywhere with you just like del.ici.us or MyBookmarks. Along the same lines you can bookmark your favourite library sites in quicklinks, these are populated by default but are totally in your control. As well as choosing which tabs you would like displayed you have a choice of default library search. You can choose to stick with Summon or select Catalogue Keyword, Catalogue Title or even SciVerse or Web of Science. All changes you make are easily unmade so trial and error would seem to be a viable strategy to discover what works best for you. Marcos Riba, UQ Ipswich Library Summon - what's it all about for the life sciences?
Summon is the default search on UQ's Library homepage www.library.uq.edu.au. It is a 'Google-like' search that covers the UQ Library Catalogue and Databases enabling you to find books, ebooks, journal articles and dvds with one search. When your results appear you are then presented with options to refine your search including peer reviewed, full text, content type, subject and date. There are a number of advantages to using Summon. Firstly is the fact that you only need to do one search to access most of the libraries resources. Most large science and health databases are covered by Summon including: Medline, Embase, HealthSource, OvidSP, Springerlink, World of Knowledge/Science, ScienceDirect and BMJ. Summon also possess good refining tools to allow you to find exactly what you need. There are some shortcomings to Summon. The major one is that not all databases are indexed by it. Some specialist databases such as Cochrane Reviews and Pubmed are not available through Summon and need to be searched separately. There is also sometimes a duplication of results. Lastly the advanced search interface in Summon is not as detailed as that of a database so you won't be able to get as specific a search and database thesauri like MeSH and EMTREE cannot be used. So when is Summon useful? Use it for a general search or when you need a few references. It is a great tool for undergraduates who are not confident in searching databases. It will also search databases that you might not regularly use thereby providing extra results that you wouldn't have otherwise found. However if you have complex searches or wish to do an exhaustive search you will still need to search individual databases. Tina Lavelle, Teaching & Learning Service, St. Lucia Upcoming information skills training
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