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Specialised Resources
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Finding Information

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Midwifery course resources

Nursing course resources

Databases
CINAHL | Medline | Pubmed | Maternity and infant care | Internurse | Cochrane Library | Health Source Nursing | APAIS Health (Aust) | Scopus | Intermid | UlrichsWeb | Nursing education in video | Bates online : a visual guide to physical examination | List all Health and Medical databases |

Journals
Australian Journal of Nursing | Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing | BMJ Journals | British Journal of Midwifery (via Intermid) | British Journal of Nursing | Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health | Other UQ Library Journals |

Quick Reference
Australian Medicines Handbook | Merriam-Webster medical dictionary | Australia's Health 2012 | MedlinePlus | HealthInsite | Merck Manual

EBP Resources
Cochrane Library | Therapeutic Guidelines | Best Practice (includes Clinical Evidence) | UpToDate | Joanna Briggs | MDconsult |

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 |

Tools and Tutorials
Evidence-Based Practice | Research Tutorials | Primary vs Secondary resources | EndNote | APA 6th style |

Libraries
Ipswich | Herston | Mater | Princess Alexandra | PACE | Placelib (clinical placement libraries) |

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.

Mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand: baseline report for monitoring

"This report presents key baseline data for monitoring mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand."

Reference:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011. Mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification in Australia and New Zealand: baseline report for monitoring. Cat. no. PHE 139. Canberra: AIHW.

http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737418875&tab=2

Trends in serious injury due to land transport accidents, Australia

"The report....presents findings on the number and rate of people seriously enough injured to be admitted to hospital for at least one night, but not dying."

‘Although there has been a distinct downward trend in the number of road deaths over this 8-year period, the rates of people seriously injured in a road traffic crash rose by an average of 1.7% each year.’

‘Motor vehicle drivers, motorcyclists and pedal cyclists all recorded significant increases in life-threatening injuries over the period.'

Water safety in buildings

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Australian Government Directory of Services for Older People 2011

Australian Government Directory of Services for Older People.jpg'The Australian Government Directory of Services for Older People has been produced as a comprehensive guide to the wide range of services provided for older people by the Australian Government'.  All age groups will however find many valuable information sources listed in

Discoveries need dollars: protect medical research funding in Australia

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Rumours are circulating that due to the Australian Government facing one of the toughest budgets in many years medical research funding cuts are expected to be as high as $400 million!

The following link takes you to an initiative of the Walter and Eliza Hall to help protect the medical research budgets of institution around Australia.

AMH accessed over a million times in 2010!

AMH

The Australian Medicines Handbook's (AMH) value as an independent and current source of drug information is clear. It was accessed 1,004,799 times in 2010 by UQ staff and students. Click here to access. MD Consult Australia drug information is provided by the AMH.