Healthcare

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:

FAMILY

The FAMILY database indexes and abstracts current Australian writing and research on the legal, sociological, psychological, economic and demographic situation of Australian families, children and adults.

Social Services Abstracts

The Social Services Abstracts provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.

PsycINFO

PsychINFO is a key resource in the study of psychology and contains journals, books, book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations in psychology and related fields.

Medline

MEDLINE has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on medical diseases and conditions.

Web of Knowledge

Web of Knowledge includes material in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

Journals

Journals:

Australasian Journal of Psychotherapy

Australian Journal of Guidance & Counselling

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling

Counselling Australia

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

European Journal of Psycotherapy & Counselling

International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling

Journal of Child Psychotherapy

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Psychodynamic Practice

Psychotherapy in Australia

Multimedia

Multimedia:

Counseling and Therapy in Video

Counseling and Therapy in Video provides an online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. The videos in this collection have been drawn from the catalogs of Microtraining Associates, Psychotherapy.net, and the University of Manchester Department of Psychiatry. Subject coverage includes material on race, family and relationships, gender, education and training, and substance abuse.

Counseling and psychotherapy : transcripts, client narratives and reference works.

Transcripts of actual therapy sessions, together with client narratives and major reference works. There are diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with the full text of therapy and counseling sessions themselves.

Psyche visual online videos

Psyche Visual is an online resource providing ongoing access to a constantly updated library of video and multimedia presentations on aspects of psychology, psychiatry and mental health care.

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Social Work and Human Services

Special education

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Australian Counselling Association

The Australian Counselling Association (ACA) is a National progressive professional peak association of counsellors and psychotherapists.

Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychotherapy (ANZAP) was founded as a place to exchange ideas, training and supervision in the practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia Inc.

The Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA) is a peak body for Member Associations which meet the standards developed by consensus as appropriate for professional practitioners within the disciplines of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

American Counseling Association

The American Counseling Association is a not-for-profit, professional and educational organization that is dedicated to the growth and enhancement of the counseling profession.

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

The British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapyis the main professional body representing counselling and psychotherapy services in the United Kingdom.

What's New

What's New:

Health Sciences Blog - keep up to date with UQ Library developments in the Health Sciences.

Psychology

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopedia of cognitive science (2003)

Encyclopedia of applied psychology (2004)

Encyclopedia of health and behavior (2004)

Encyclopedia of psychology (2000)

Handbooks:

Handbook of psychology (2003)

Oxford companion to the mind (2004)

The SAGE handbook of qualitative research in psychology (2008)

APA handbook of ethics in psychology

Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology (2006)

Handbook of child psychology (2006)

Dictionaries:

Dictionary of psychology and allied sciences (2009)

Cambridge dictionary of psychology (2009)

Oxford dictionary of psychology (2009)

APA dictionary of psychology (2006)

Elsevier's dictionary of psychological theories (2006)

Abbreviations:

Browsing the shelves

You can also browse the catalogue or the shelves at the following call numbers:-

BF Psychology
BF176 Psychological testing
HM251-291 Social psychology
HM1041-1101 Social perception. Social cognition Including perception of the self and others, prejudices, stereotype
HM1106-1171 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
LB Educational psychology
QP351-495 Neurophysiology and neuropsychology
RC467 Clinical psychology
RC512-569.5 Psychopathology
RC512-528 Psychoses
RC530-552 Neuroses
RC554-569.5 Personality disorders. Behavior problems including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse
RC475-489 Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
RC500-510 Psychoanalysis
RC512-569.5 Psychopathology
RA1148 & HV6080 Forensic psychology

How-to Guides:

Psychological and Educational Tests

Evaluation

Evaluation:

DSM-IV-TR - Diagnostic & statistical manual of mental disorders

International Classification of Disease (ICD) - Chapter 5 deals with mental and behavioural disorders

Mental measurements yearbook - comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments.

Test critiques - evaluation of psychological & educational tests & measurements.

Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures - Journal published by the APA.

See the "How-to" guide on Psychological & Educational Tests

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:

Key Databases

PsycArticles

PsycArticles is a database containing full-text access to journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber.

PsycINFO

PsychINFO is a key resource in the study of psychology and contains journals, books, book chapters, reports, theses and dissertations in psychology and related fields.

Scopus

Scopus is an abstracting database covering research in the sciences and social sciences.

Web of Knowledge

Web of Knowledge includes material in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.

Additional Databases

BMJ Clinical evidence

A continually updated directory of evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions. It provides concise and current knowledge about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions.

Cochrane Library

A source of up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care.

ERIC

The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a digital library of education-related resources, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education

Informit Complete

Informit Complete is a set of over 80 Australian databases including the Australasian Medical Index (AMI), A+Education (AEI), Health & Society, APAIS-Health, Health Collection and more.

MEDLINEplus

MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on medical diseases and conditions.

Multimedia

Multimedia:

Counseling and Therapy in Video

Counseling and Therapy in Video provides an online collection of video available for the study of social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. The videos in this collection have been drawn from the catalogs of Microtraining Associates, Psychotherapy.net, and the University of Manchester Department of Psychiatry. Subject coverage includes material on race, family and relationships, gender, education and training, and substance abuse.

Counseling and psychotherapy : transcripts, client narratives and reference works.

Transcripts of actual therapy sessions, together with client narratives and major reference works. There are diaries, letters, autobiographies, oral histories, and personal memoirs along with the full text of therapy and counseling sessions themselves.

Psyche visual online videos

Psyche Visual is an online resource providing ongoing access to a constantly updated library of video and multimedia presentations on aspects of psychology, psychiatry and mental health care.

The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy

The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy is a streaming video collection of the latest in research and best practice methods in the fields of counseling, mental health, and psychology.

Related Guides

Related Guides:

How-to Guides

Psychological and educational tests

Subject Guides

Referencing

APA (American Psychological Association) 6th ed Style Guides

Frequently Asked Questions about APA Syle

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed)

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Ebooks available at:

PsycBOOKS

A full-text database of books and chapters from the American Psychological Association (APA). The collection features books published by APA. New APA publications enter the PsycBOOKS database in the year following copyright year.

Psychiatry Online

American Psychiatric Publishing (APPI), is a publisher of books, journals, and multimedia on psychiatry, mental health, and behavioral sciences.

Statistics

Statistics:

SPSS for starters (introduction to the statistical package for social scientists).

Zentralblatt MATH - from the European Mathematical Society, includes applications for psychology.

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Professional organisations

American Psychology Association

Australian Clinical Psychology Association

Australian Psychological Society

Association for Psychological Science

British Psychological Society

General websites

BrainSource

CRUfAD Mental Health (formerly Climate Mental Health)

Social Psychology Network

What's New

What's New:

Health Sciences Blog - keep up to date with UQ Library developments in the Health Sciences.

RNCA Social Media Guidelines for Nurses

Published: Sun, 2011-11-06 12:48 by Jackie Devenish

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The Royal College of Nursing Australia have "put together these guidelines as a way to help nurses navigate the pitfalls and potential problems that can be faced while using social media". Real life examples are used to illustrate the importance of taking care when communicating online via social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Published: Nov 2011
Publisher: Royal College of Nursing Australia

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InfoRx for Australian Health Professionals portal

Published: Mon, 2011-10-03 11:21 by Jill McTaggart

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Headline indicators for children's health, development and wellbeing 2011

Published: Fri, 2011-08-26 12:19 by Jackie Devenish

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The Australian government outlines in this 29 July 2011 report headline indicators that will be used to report on Australian children's health, devlopment and wellbeing.</p

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Nursing and Midwifery

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Finding Information

Search the Library Catalogue (includes E-Books)

Midwifery course resources

Nursing course resources

Professional Bodies and Websites
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia | The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) | Australian Nursing Federation | International Council of Nurses | International Confederation of Midwives |

Help

Library subject guides
Midwifery | Mental Health | Evidence-based nursing and midwifery practice (EBP): finding appraising and using research |

Further Assistance
UQ Student Services | Contact your Librarian | Suggestions and Feedback | Training sessions | UQ School of Nursing and Midwifery

Statistics

Statistics:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare - Australia's national agency for health
and welfare statistics and information.

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Good source of Australian demographic information.

World Health Organization - International health statistics and comparisons.

Green is good, skip the red

Published: Thu, 2011-05-26 09:57 by Belinda Weaver

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Eat less red meat, eat more fibre, skip processed meats - it's really that simple if you want to lower your risk of bowel cancer. That's the message from the Continuous Update Project in their latest (2011) report entitled Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective.

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It's a killer

Published: Thu, 2011-05-26 09:47 by Belinda Weaver

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Heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer may not be catching, but they cause two-thirds of all deaths worldwide. Risk factors like tobacco use, an increasingly sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diets and excessive use of alcohol need to be controlled, yet the latest World Health Organization figures show that 4 out of 10 men still smoke and 1 in 11 women do as well. Around 1 in every 8 adults is not just overweight but obese.