Subject Guides

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:

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's information service)

APA Full Text

Families and Society Collection

CINCH

AustLII

Journals

Journals:

Australian journal of family law

Family matters

Legislation

Australia:

Queensland Legislation

ComLaw

Queensland Courts

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Legal Research Guide

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

In the shadow of the law : the legal context of social work practice

Law and social work : contemporary issues for practice

Law for social workers

Social work law

Integrating Human Service Law and Practice

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Department of Families, Housing, Communities and Indigenous Affairs

Queensland Department of Communities

Australian Institute of Family Studies

Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse

Australian Law Reform Commission

Marketing

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

The Blackwell encyclopedia of management (vol 9 Marketing)

Encyclopedia of busine$$ and finance

Encyclopedia of public relations

Encyclopedia of sports management and marketing

International encyclopedia of business and management

Encyclopedia of consumer culture

Handbooks:

Handbook of marketing

The SAGE handbook of marketing theory

The IABC handbook of organizational communication : a guide to internal communication, public relations, marketing, and leadership

The AMA handbook of public relations

Handbook of Pricing Research in Marketing

Handbook on Brand and Experience Management

The handbook of marketing research : uses, misuses, and future advances

Handbook of marketing scales

The Sage handbook of advertising

Media handbook

Dictionaries:

Dictionary of marketing

Glossary of Marketing Terms (The Marketing Association of Australia and New Zealand)

Marketing Dictionary (Monash University)

Browsing the shelves

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

HD30.4 Business Research
HD9980.5 Services Marketing
HF5415 Marketing
HF5415.1265 Internet marketing
HF5415.3 Consumer Behaviour
HF5801-6182 Advertising

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:

ABI/Inform global

Business source complete

Communication Abstracts

Scopus

Web of Science

More databases

Browse all Business Databases

Browse all Communication Studies Databases

Multimedia

Multimedia:

The following videos will show you how to search our databases for company and market information:

Business Searching Interface on EbscoHOST

The above video teaches you how to search Business Source Complete by the company entity field, and browse the company/country/industry profiles and market research reports available on the database.

Getting Started with Passport GMID (Euromonitor)

An Overview to searching Passport GMID.

Using the Company and Markets Tab on Factiva

This video reviews the Companies/Markets Tab in Factiva. Click here to learn how you can find a 360 degree view on your top companies or industries, allowing you to spot critical information that matters to you.

News

News:

Factiva Search the full text of hundreds of newspapers from Australia and around the world. Full text is usually available back to the 1990s. No images or full-page views.

Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre Search the full text of Australian and New Zealand newspapers back to about 2000. Full-text is available, but there are no images or full-page views.

Informit TVNews Videoclips of news broadcasts from Australian television stations from 2007 onwards.

PressDisplay Shows page layout views of newspapers, showing the stories exactly as published. Only the last 60 days of publication available.

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Business Subject Guide

Company Information Subject Guide

Statistics - International Subject Guid e

Academy of Management Style Referencing "How-To" Guide

Harvard Referencing "How-To" Guide

Database Searching "How-To" Guide

Secondary Materials

Secondary Materials:

International marketing

Nonprofit marketing

Relationship marketing

Legends in marketing. Naresh K. Malhotra

Legends in marketing. Jagdish N. Sheth

Legends in marketing. Kent B. Monroe

Legends in marketing. Shelby D. Hunt

Critical marketing studies

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

GMID (Global Market Information Database) - Key database for global consumer market analysis. Provides time series statistics by country and market.

IBISWorld - IBISWorld Industry Market Reports provide strategic insights and analysis on over 500 Australian industries. Note that the library's subscription to this database provides access to only the industry reports.

Dat Analysis - comprehensive reports for all companies listed on the ASX.

Aspect annual reports online - Part of DatAnalysis, this tool allows you to access annual reports of all Australian Stock Exchange listed and delisted companies back to 1995.

Factiva - The Companies/Markets section of Factiva offers information on Quotes, Charting, Company and Industry information. Search for a specific country (Australian or International) using the Company link for a company snapshot, newspaper and web articles about the company and detailed company reports. Select the Industry tab for industry snapshots.

Margaret Gee's Australian media guide - detailed entries on more than 16,000 media contacts and 2,500 media outlets

Statistics

Statistics:

Australian Bureau of Statistics - Statistical publications, historical time series, spreadsheets and Census data for Australia.

Data.gov.au

Internet Sites for Statistics - Gateway for statistics arranged by geography and subject (from the University of Glasgow).

Office of Economic and Statistical Research (Qld)

OFFSTATS - Statistical gateway from the University of Auckland Library.

Reserve Bank of Australia

United Nations Statistics Division

World Bank Data (World Development Indicators) - statistical data for more than 900 development indicators and time series data from 1960 onwards for more than 208 countries and 18 country groups. Data includes social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators.

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Association of Market and Social Research Organisations

Australasian Promotional Marketing Association

Australian Market and Social Research Society

The Marketing Association of Australia and New Zealand

American Marketing Association

Directory of Marketing Industry Associations & Marketing Information Sources (Marketing Minds)

Marketing Minds - brand and marketing tips for marketing professionals.

Nielson - trends and insights.

Roy Morgan - opinion polls.

OzTam - Australian television ratings information.

Advertising Standard Bureau

Business.gov.au - government service providing essential information on planning, starting and growing your business.

AusTrade - information about export markets, grants and assistance, and expanding a business outside Australia.

Superbrands - insights into many of Australia's trusted brands

Evidence-based Nursing and Midwifery Practice (EBP): finding, appraising and using research

Getting Started

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

Handbooks:

Evidence-based practice for nurses : appraisal and application of research

Evidence-based nursing : the research-practice connection

Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare : a guide to best practice

Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare

Using evidence to guide nursing practice

Fast facts for evidence-based practice : implementing EBP in a nutshell

Evidence-based practice in nursing

Research in nursing : evidence for best practice

Introduction to nursing research : incorporating evidence-based practice

Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice

Understanding research for nursing students

Principles and practice of research in midwifery

Dictionaries:

INAHTA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary - explains many research terms

Abbreviations:

EBP: Evidence-based Practice

EBM: Evidence-based Medicine

PICO: Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome - This acronym can help you develop a searchable clinical question.

See the INAHTA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary for more terms.

How-to Guides:

Critical Appraisal of Research

Books:
How to read a paper resource : the basics of evidence-based medicine 4th ed. 2010

Checklists:

Quantitative Studies:
SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) Checklist - http://www.sign.ac.uk/methodology/checklists.html
This website includes checklist for critically appraising the following study types: Systematic Review, Randomized Controlled Trials, Cohort Studes, Case-Controlled Studies and Diagnostic Studies

Mixed Methods Studies:
Pluye, P., Gagnon, M. P., Griffiths, F., & Johnson-Lafleur, J. (2009). A scoring system for appraising mixed methods research, and concomitantly appraising qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods primary studies in Mixed Studies Reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(4), 529-546.

Levels of Evidence:

NHMRC levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for developers of guidelines Dec 2009
See Table 3 on p. 16. Note these levels of evidence ranking quantitative studies only.

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:

Östlund, U., L. Kidd, et al. (2011). "Combining qualitative and quantitative research within mixed method research designs: A methodological review." International Journal of Nursing Studies 48(3): 369-383.

Journals

Journals:

The Cochrane Library - A source of up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence (Systematic Reviews, Randomised to support decisions taken in health care

Joanna Briggs Institute - JBI offers critically appraised information to connect health professional with the best available health care evidence.

PubMed Clinical Queries - A quick way to locate clinical studies or systematic reviews

Statistics

Statistics:

Find Health Statistics:

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Australia's Health 2010

World Health Organization (WHO)

Reading Health Statistics:

Medical statistics at a glance

The essentials of biostatistics for physicians, nurses, and clinicians

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Randomized Controlled Trials

CONSORT 2010 checklist - Used for Randomized Controlled Trials. More about CONSORT - http://www.consort-statement.org/consort-statement/overview0/

Mining and Metallurgical Engineering

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Define your topic:

Handbooks:

Get an overview of your topic:

ASM handbook (online/print)
SME mining engineering handbook (online)
SME mineral processing handbook (print)
Register of Australian mining (online/print)
Australian coal year book (print)
Australian general mining year book (print)
Mining chemicals handbook (print)
The mining valuation handbook : mining and energy valuation for investors and management (online/print)
Knovel database (online handbooks)

Dictionaries:

Define concepts:

Rock blasting terms and symbols : a dictionary of symbols and terminology in rock blasting and related areas like drilling, mining, and rock mechanics
Dictionary of mining, mineral, and related terms / compiled and edited by the staff of the U.S. Bureau of Mines.

Thesauri:

Get synonyms for your keywords:

E-books:

ENGnetBASE - online engineering handbooks published by CRC Press
Knovel - online reference library for engineering. Access equations, data, drawings, etc. that are found in engineering handbooks and manuals; interactive tools available for some books
Springer ebook collection - the Springer Ebook Collection contains books in the following subject areas : Architecture and Design; Behavioral Science; Business and Economics; Earth and Environmental Science; Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences & Law.

Browse the shelves:

TN275 - 325 Practical Mining Operations, Safety measures, Mine drainage/ ventilation/ sanitation
TN400 - 580 Ore Deposits/ Mining of Particular Metals
TN600 - 799 Metallurgy
TN799.5 - 948 Nonmetallic Minerals
TN950 - 997 Building Stones/ Ornamental Stones

Contact Librarians (Mining engineering):

Gisela Possin

g.possin@library.uq.edu.au

3365 6852

Research Information Service

Miranda Mariette

m.mariette@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3502

Teaching and Learning Service

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:

Summon (Library homepage) provides access to the UQ Library collection of print and online books, journals, theses, newspapers, conference proceedings and more.

Start with the following key databases for this subject area:

Browse all databases for Mining and Metallurgy

Journals

Journals:

Example journals.

Research database index the contents of these journals.

The international journal of mineral resources engineering

International journal of mining and mineral engineering

Minerals engineering

Mining & minerals

Mining science and technology

The Alerting Services, RSS Feeds & Email How-to guide provides help with setting up table of contents alerts for journals.

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Other subject guides:

Referencing style guides:

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Mining

Register of Australian mining online - Fully indexed, it includes full geology details plus a financial and editorial summary of all Australian Stock Exchange-listed mining companies and more than 300 private mining companies.
Science.gov - searches over 55 databases and over 2100 selected websites from 13 US federal agencies; some full text available

Minerals Information

USGS Commodity Statistics and Information - Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences - (ABARES) Data - resources and energy sectors

Chemical Information

ChemSpider - Free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 26 million structures from hundreds of data sources.

Statistics and market reports

Australian Bureau of Statistics - The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) web site provides access to the full range of ABS statistical and reference information
IBISWorld - Detailed analyses of Australian industries, covering major players, industry performance and outlook, market characteristics, industry participants and recent news articles.
Business source complete - BSC is a scholarly business database, providing bibliographic and full text content. Industry and company reports are also covered.
OECD iLibrary - Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD's analysis and data

Patents

Derwent Innovations Index - one of the world's most comprehensive databases of patents information
eSpacenet - Europe's network of patent databases
Google Patents - access to US patents

For further information see our Patents How-to guide

Theses

Search for Australian and international theses.

Institutional repositories

UQ eSpace
The Directory of Open Access Repositories - OpenDOAR
Repositories ranking

Standards

Standards:

Standards are official publications used in industry and trade to describe specifications and procedures. Standards provide rules and recommendations for; quality, safety, performance and construction, codes of practice, methods of testing, symbols and terminology.

Use the following resources to search for standards:

SAI Global on-line premium (formerly Australian standards online)

Annual book of ASTM standards
Access standards in print from the American Society for Testing and Materials; use the ASTM International website (see below) as an index tool for the Annual book of standards

ASTM international standards worldwide
This site provides information about ASTM and its membership and projects as well as indexing ASTM and other standards online

Tables, Formulas

Tables, Formulas:

International tables for crystallography (IUCR)
Knovel - online reference library for engineering. Access equations, data, drawings, etc. that are found in engineering handbooks and manuals
SpringerMaterials - based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, a data collection covering all areas of physical sciences and engineering

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Some useful websites:

Online Global Mining and Minerals Library
ACARP - The Australian Coal Industry's Research Program.
AMIRA International
Mining Education Australia
MIRMgate - Minerals Industry Risk Management Gateway
Engineers Australia
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Mineral Resources Program
CSIRO Minerals
The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

What's New

What's New:

UQ Library news blogs

New resources

What's new to the UQ Library collections

Science and Technology news

Neurosciences

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopedia of the human brain

The Gale encyclopedia of neurological disorders

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

The senses : a comprehensive reference

Encyclopedia of biological, physiological and health sciences

eLS - Encyclopedia of life sciences

Use the Keyword search in the Library's Catalogue. You can search using words like - neuroscience; neuropharmacology; neurology; nervous system.

You can also browse the Catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers -
QP351-495 Neurosciences, Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology
RM Neuropharmacology
QM Neuroanatomy
RD Neurosurgery

Handbooks:

Current protocols in neuroscience

Provides a search and retrieval interface to laboratory manuals considered to be the benchmark standard for scientific research methods in neuroscience.

Abbreviations:

Acronyms, initialisms & abbreviations dictionary

How-to Guides:

Science Information Skills

Cited-Reference Searching

Database Searching

Explaining Journal Articles

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:

What is a journal article?

How do I search a database?

Useful databases to search for journal articles:

1. PubMed

Includes citations and abstracts to biomedical literature. PubMed help and information

2. Web of Science

Provides access to multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals.

3. EMBASE.com

Provides access to biomedical and pharmacological bibliographic records.

4. Biosis previews

A comprehensive database for life science and biomedical research.

5. PsychINFO

The database includes literature from an array of disciplines related to psychology such as psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work.

6. Scopus

Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources.

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Neuroscience Information Framework

A dynamic inventory of web-based neurosciences data, resources, and tools that scientists and students can access via the Web. An initiative of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, the Neuroscience Information Framework will advance neuroscience research by enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide through an open source, networked environment.

Whole Brain Atlas

Still and moving images form an atlas of the human brain in health and disease.

Allen Brain Atlas

A growing collection of online public resources integrating extensive gene expression and neuroanatomical data, complete with a novel suite of search and viewing tools.

Web Sites

Web Sites:

Dana BrainWeb

BrainWeb provides information and links to validated sites about brain diseases and disorders.

Australian Neuroscience Society

A non-profit organisation of scientists and physicians who study the brain and nervous system and are actively involved in research and teaching.

Society for Neuroscience

The Society for Neuroscience is the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to understanding the brain and nervous system.

International Brain Research Organization

IBRO is a union of neuroscience organizations with the aim to promote and support neuroscience training and collaborative research around the world.

Brain waves

The Royal Society has established a science policy centre to strengthen the independent voice of science in UK, European and international policy.Brain Waves is a current project and will explore the potential and the limitations of neuroscience insights for policymaking, as well as the benefits and the risks posed by applications of neuroscience and neurotechnologies.

Australian Mouse Brain Mapping Consortium

The Australian Mouse Brain Mapping Consortium (AMBMC) aims to provide researchers with access to a national facility to characterise their mouse models of neurological disease.

Neurosciences on the Internet

Attempts to list the best neuroscience resources on the Web.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)

The mission of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.

Neurological Disorder Resources

Islamic Law

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Encyclopaedia of Islamic law

Encyclopaedia of Islamic jurisprudence

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim world

Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures

Encyclopaedia of Islam

Legal systems of the world : a political, social, and cultural encyclopedia

World constitutions illustrated : contemporary & historical documents & resources

Handbooks:

Islam: its law and society

An introduction to Islamic law

Sharia incorporated : a comparative overview of the legal systems of twelve Muslim countries in past and present

Islamic law : an introduction

Principles of Islamic jurisprudence

A history of Islamic law

Dictionaries:

The Oxford dictionary of Islam

Browsing the shelves:

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

BP100 Koran
BP135 Hadith
KBP Islamic Law

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

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:

Index Islamicus

International Law Review Articles, Combined via Lexis.com (select the International Law tab)

Bibliography of Asian Studies Online

PAIS International

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Scopus

ATLA Religion Database

AGIS plus text (legal journals from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region)

More databases

Browse all library databases for Asian Studies

Browse all library databases for Law

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Westlaw

Lexis.com

Qur'an (University of Southern California)

Hadith (University of Southern California)

Koran (translated by M.H. Shakir and published by Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an, Inc., in 1983)

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Legal Research Guide

Asian Legal Systems

AGLC how-to guide

Web Sites

Web Sites:

World Legal Materials from the Middle East (Cornell University Law School)

Association of American Law Schools, Workshop on Islamic Law (2004).

The Sunnah: Practice and Law (Shari'ah and Madh'habs)

Iran Law

Islamic Family Law (Emory Law School)

Researching Islamic Law (Malaysian Sources) By Shaikh Mohamed Noordin

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Materials

A Guide to the Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Indonesian Legal System and Legal Research

Asian Legal Systems

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Legal systems of the world

World constitutions illustrated : contemporary & historical documents & resources

The Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law

Encyclopedia of world constitutions

Halsbury's laws of Hong Kong

Handbooks:

Law and legal institutions of Asia : traditions, adaptations and innovations

Asian legal systems : law, society and pluralism in East Asia

Asian discourses of rule of law : theories and implementation of rule of law in twelve Asian countries, France and the U.S

Browsing the Shelves

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

KNC Law - East Asia
KNQ Law - China
KNR Law - China - Hong Kong
KNW Law - Indonesia
KNX68 Law - Japan
KQS Law - Korea
KPQ Law - Malaysia

Contact Librarians

Angela Allen / Rebecca Carter

bel@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3553

Help for Researchers & Postgraduate Students

Thomas Palmer

t.palmer@library.uq.edu.au

3346 3693

Help for Undergraduate students

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:

International Law Review Articles Combined (via Lexis.com) Select International Law tab and select database

BERITA (Malaysia, Singapore and other SE Asian counties)

PERIND (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and ASEAN as an entity)

Bibliography of Asian Studies Online

Index Islamicus

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

PAIS International

Scopus

Sociological Abstracts

More Databases

Browse all library databases for Asian Studies

Browse all library databases for Law

Primary Materials

Primary Materials:

Westlaw China

Lexis.com

Westlaw International

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) - Law Library of Congress

AsianLII (browse by country)

Related Guides

Related Guides:

Legal Research Guide

AGLC How-to Guide

Web Sites

Web Sites:

AsianLII (Asian Legal Information Institute)

HKLII (Hong Kong Legal Information Institute)

Asian Law Online

Federal Court of Malaysia

Singapore Statutes Online

The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China

Japanese Law Translation

Supreme Court of Japan

ASEAN Law Association - Links by Country

Nations of the World - Law Library of Congress

Health Economics

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Handbooks:

Dictionaries:

Browse the shelves

Places to browse on the shelves: RA410-RA413 Medical economics

How-to Guides:

E-Books (Online Books)
Library Catalogues

^{Updated by Fei Yu, 30
January 2013}

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:

Access to all databases is via the Library site.

Australian public affairs and information service - health

Topics include health and medicine in Australia and in particular the legal, social, economic and ethical aspects of health

Econlit

Topics include international literature in economics

ABI/Inform global

Topics include advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation and companies

PubMed

Topics include research and clinical practice in administration, policy issues, and healthcare services

EMBASE.com

Topics include economic evaluation, health care cost, health care insurance

^{Updated by Fei Yu, 30
January 2013}

Statistics

Statistics:

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Full range of ABS statistical and reference information

World development indicators

Statistical data for more than 900 development indicators and time series data from 1960 onwards for more than 208 countries and 18 country groups on social, economic, financial, natural resources, and environmental indicators

Australian Institute for Health and Welfare

Authoritative information and statistics to promote better health and wellbeing

^{Updated by Fei Yu, 30th
january 2013}

Web Sites

Web Sites:

^{Updated by Fei Yu, 30
January 2013}

Torts Law

Getting Started

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

Encyclopaedias:

Halsbury's laws of Australia, vol 26, title 415 - Tort

Laws of Australia, vol 33, title 33 - Torts

Dictionaries:

Butterworths concise Australian legal dictionary, 3rd ed

Butterworths encyclopaedic Australian legal dictionary

Legal terms

Case Law

Case Citators:

Quantum Online

CaseBase

Australia:

Australian torts reports.

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:

AGIS plus text (Attorney-General's information service)

Legal journals index

CaseBase

Index to legal periodicals

Westlaw

Lexis

Journals

Journals:

Torts law journal

Secondary Materials

Secondary Materials:

Law of torts

Law of torts in Australia

Specialised Resources

Specialised Resources:

Australian torts reporter. Cases

Australian torts reporter. Legislation

Australian Torts. Commentary

Australian defamation law and practice

Web Sites

Web Sites:

WorldLII - Tort & Personal Injury

Oncology

Getting Started

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

Handbooks:

The Cancer handbook

Bethesda handbook of clinical oncology

Oxford handbook of oncology

Harrison's online

Dictionaries:

Dorland's illustrated medical dictionary

Stedman's medical dictionary

Mosby's medical, nursing and allied health dictionary

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:

PubMed

Scopus

Web of Science

Web Sites

Web Sites:

RANZCR Faculty of Radiation Oncology

Medical Oncology Group of Australia

Cancer Council Australia

Queensland Cancer Council

Cancer.gov

American Cancer Society