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The Rural Clinical Division South West Queensland (Toowoomba) Library provides resources and services to support the teaching, learning and research needs of UQ staff and students in the Faculty of Health Sciences in the region.



 Contact Us

General Enquiries
Email: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 4633 9713


Loans Enquiries
Email: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 4633 9713


Fax     +61 7 4633 9701

Building number
152 West Street, TBA, Toowoomba Hospital
Postal address
Rural Clinical School,
South West Queensland Region,
University of Queensland,
152 West Street,
Toowoomba Qld 4350



Executive Manager, Biological and Health Sciences Library Service
(located in Biological Sciences Library)
Heather Todd
Email: h.todd@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: 3346 4394



Manager, Health Sciences Library Service
(located in Herston Health Sciences Library)
Lisa Kruesi
Email: l.kruesi@library.uq.edu.au
Phone: 3365 5354


Liaison LibrariansArea(s) of responsibility
 
Kaye Lasserre
   Email: k.lasserre@library.uq.edu.au
   Phone: 4633 9713
     
Centre for Rural & Remote Area Health  
Medicine (Rural Clinical Division) - SWQ  

Location and Layout

The UQ Rural Clinical Division - South West Queensland Region Library service is located on Level One of Cossart House at the Toowoomba Hospital in Pechey Street, Toowoomba. The entrance to the Library is adjacent to the Toowoomba Health Service District Library.

Clients may access the collection, including books, videos and multimedia CDs. The loans/information desk is located in the centre of the Library. Computers are available for access by UQ students and staff to the library catalogue, databases and the internet, word processing, email and computer assisted learning packages. The returns chute is located in the Library door.


Opening Hours

The Library is open from 8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Opening hours for other Library branches are available from the Library website.


Book returns

A returns chute is located below the glass panel in the library door. When the library is open, books may be returned to the loans/information desk.


Computers and Email

Two computers are available for UQ students and staff to access the Library website including catalogue, databases and the Internet. UQ borrowers may access websites outside of the UQ network for research purposes. Access for community borrowers is limited to resources available on the UQ website.


Exhibitions and Displays

Flyers promoting Library resources are displayed around the library computer area. Information relevant to medical students, such as weekly timetables, may also be displayed.


Seating

Three office chairs and an armchair are available for client use.


General Collections

Over 900 items are held in the Toowoomba collection. The collection covers all medical areas of relevance to third and fourth year MBBS students, including: general medicine, genetics, anatomy, pathology, imaging, psychiatry, anaesthesia, orthopaedics, gynaecology, obstetrics, paediatrics, dermatology and pharmacology, medical law and public health.

For further information see the Collection development policy.

Additional resources may be requested from the other 13 branch libraries of the University of Queensland Library.


Suggest a Purchase

University of Queensland staff and students may suggest items to be added to the Library's collection.

Schools and Centres may also contact their Liaison Librarian to make a suggestion for purchase.


What's New

The Liaison Librarian regularly sends updates to students and staff to highlight new Library resources. To be included on the mailing list, please contact the Liaison Librarian.

A list of new material is available on the Library website.


Loan enquiries and pickups

Enquiries about loans, problems with library records and requests for items held at another campus library can be made at the Loans Desk. Held items and items requested from the warehouse or other libraries are also held at the loans desk.


Lost Property

Lost property will be held for two weeks in the Library.


Printing and Copying

The Rural Clinical Division (South West Region) Library service provides network printing.

UQ medical students and Queensland Health staff may utilise the photocopying facilities at the Toowoomba Health Service District library adjacent to the UQ library. All copying is subject to copyright restrictions.

 
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