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Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine

Getting Started

If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:

Dictionaries: 

Browse the shelves:

RJ Paediatrics

  • RJ50 - 51 Examination and diagnosis
  • RJ125 - 145 Physiology of children and adolescents
  • RJ250 - 325 Premature and newborn infants
  • RJ370 - 550 Diseases of children and adolescents

RG Gynaecology and Obstetrics

  • RG107 Examination and diagnosis
  • RG133 - 137 Contraception and conception
  • RG159 - 483 Disorders and abnormalities
  • RG500 - 991 Obstetrics

Journal Articles

For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.

Journal Articles: 

How do I search a database?

Databases:

  • PubMed - provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature.
  • Embase.com - provides access to biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic records.
  • CINAHL - provides citations and abstracts to articles published in nursing and allied health journals.
  • Scopus - a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.
  • Medline Ovid - Ovid version of Medline. Provides citations and abstracts to biomedical literature.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources: 

PEMSoft : the paediatric emergency medicine software
- paediatric clinical decision support software and medical reference database for treatment of ill and injured young people from newborns to young adults

Procedures CONSULT

Bates online : a visual guide to physical examination

Web Sites

Web Sites: 

Child Health - World Health Organisation (WHO)

American Academy of Pediatrics

Virtual Pediatric Hospital - a digital library of paediatric information

GeneralPediatrics.com

PedsCCM: Paediatric Critical Care Medicine - multidisciplinary and practical resource for paediatric critical care

PediatricEducation.org

RANZCOG - The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)

ACOG (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

OBGYN.net - information, links and forums relating to women's health