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AccessEngineering - trial

UQ Library is trialling AccessEngineering until 5 March 2013. AccessEngineering provides:

The Global University Press

Peter J. Dougherty, Director of Princeton University Press, reflects on how university presses are embracing new technologies to continue their role in driving global scholarship.

Access to John Murtagh's General Practice online to cease in June

The publisher is withdrawing online access to John Murtagh's general practice resource from 12th June 2012.

Access to the hard copy books is available via this link for the 5th edition and this link for the 4th edition.

Access to various chapters have been made available via the Library course reserve for MEDI3005.

IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending

We have been receiving many requests from Teacher-Librarians about issues relating to e-books and e-lending and the implications this has for School Libraries.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has drafted a background paper on digital lending.

The paper attempts to:

Google Books' domination: can it be challenged?

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Google Books, with its 5 million plus collection of items, has become so dominant that competitors may be slow to emerge. One competitor gaining ground - and eyeballs - is the HathiTrust. This digital collection of books is an alternative to Google Books' collection.

The future of e-books?

ppp.jpg Is Al Gore the future of e-books? You might think so if you look at Al Gore: Our Choice, an interactive book from PushPopPress that surveys the causes of global warming and presents insights and solutions.

Cloud-sourcing the library collection

oclc.jpgLots of libraries have largely stopped buying print in favour of e-books. Certainly the UQ Library favours e-books over print when purchasing. E-books can't get lost, torn, scribbled on or hidden away and they are accessible 24/7 - even from home.

New eBooks Dentistry Library- August-October, 2011

Bruxism
Selvaratnam P, Niere K, Zuluaga M, eds. Headache, orofacial pain and bruxism
Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2009.

Use this link to locate a slection of Health and Medical eBooks

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A subject guide to selected medical eBooks has been created to help you locate them more easily.

Look for eBook list under the Textbook heading on the Medical Information Resources website or you can access it directly from http://www.library.uq.edu.au/mbbs/ebooks.html

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:

Dictionaries: 
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
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/