Information Support for the Faculty of Computing, Health & Science
Subject Guide for Postgraduate Medicine
Books
Searching the library catalogue
Requesting a loan or copy
Electronic format
ECU Library Collection
Open Access
Journals
Searching Library databases
Key
databases
Accessing and using Medline (Video clips)
Requesting journal articles not held at ECU
Electronic journals
ECU
Library Collection
Open
Access
Referencing
APA
format
Endnote
Related
links
Books – searching the library catalogue
To find books, on a topic, use the keyword option in the ECU catalogue. Terms can be entered either as a phrase (e.g. evidence based medicine), or combined by Boolean operators and, or, not, (e.g. alternative medicine and primary care).
The search can be further refined by selecting the subject headings displayed within the catalogue entry of a particular book
E.g. Alternative medicine --- Law and legislation --- Australia
Alternative medicine --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Australia
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Books – requesting a loan or copy
Students residing
within Australia:
For books held
by ECU use the ECU Library Catalogue
Click on
Request button and follow the prompts
For books not
held by ECU use Document Delivery to connect to VDX
See instructions
below
Students residing
outside of Australia:
Use Document
Delivery to connect to VDX to request a photocopy of part
of a book.
See instructions
below
NB: Books are
unavailable for loan to offshore students.
How to request books through Document Delivery and VDX:
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Go to
Document
Delivery
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Click on Connect
to VDX (Virtual Document Exchange)
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Sign in (User
ID=staff/student number; Password=date of birth DDMMYYYY).
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Click on
Search & Request
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Enter book
details
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Click on GO!
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Click Get it!
on desired title.
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Australian
residents
can request book loan, offshore students need to enter the
details of the required chapter in the fields listed under Part
Details.
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Submit & accept
Copyright prompt (for photocopied chapters)
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Note ILL request
number for tracking purposes.
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Please refer to
the
VDX User Guide.
You will be notified
by e-mail when the book or photocopied chapter has arrivedYou will be notified
by e-mail when the book or photocopied chapter has arrived.
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Books - electronic format
ECU library collection
There are a number of electronic books available via the ECU Library Catalogue. To restrict a search to online material, use the drop down menu to change the search option from “”View Entire Collection” to “ONLINE”.
Open access:
FreeBooks4Doctors /
National
Academies Press
NCBI Bookshelf
Merck manual
of diagnosis and therapy 17th ed
Mark H. Beers,
Robert Berkow (2000).
Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3rd ed.).
Thomas E.
Dietz (2002).High
Altitude Medicine Guide
Sports Medicine (2002) eMedicine, Inc.
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Journals - Searching library databases
There are a range of library databases relevant to Postgraduate Medicine.
To access these:
1. Go to ECU Library Online
2. Click on Journal articles (Databases)
3. Choose from one of the following options:
- find databases by faculty
- find databases by subject
- find databases by title
- search across several databases (MetaQuest)
Regardless of which pathway is chosen, the result is a list of databases relevant to medicine.
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Key databases
APA: FT Australian social issues, current events and healthcare system.
AusportMed Medical & health issues in Australian sport
CINAHL Plus Nursing and allied health literature.
Cochrane Library Evidence based medicine. Clinical trials are reviewed and analysed.
Current Contents Connect Multidisciplinary
Health and Medical Complete Health sciences
Ingenta Connect Multidisplinary
ISI Web of Knowledge Multidisciplinary
Medline Core medical database
Meditext Australian medical material
PsycINFO Core psychology database
ScienceDirect Multidisplinary
Scirus Multidisciplinary
SportDiscus Sport, fitness & related disciplines
Accessing and using Medline (Windows Media Player) Video clips
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Requesting journal articles not held by ECU
To request journal articles not held by ECU:
Go to Document Delivery
- Click on Connect to VDX (Virtual Document Exchange)
- Sign in (User ID=staff/student number; Password=date of birth DDMMYYYY).
- Click on Search & Request
- Enter journal title
- Click on GO!
- Click Get it! on desired title.
- Enter details for article or chapter in fields under Part Details
- Submit & accept Copyright prompt (for articles & chapters)
- Note ILL request number for tracking purposes.
- Please refer to the VDX User Guide.3
You will be notified by e-mail when the journal article has arrived
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Electronic journals
The ECU library catalogue lists e-journals and the library databases
link to particular online articles.
To find e-journals held by ECU:
· Go to the
ECU library catalogue
· Use
either the Title or Journal Title option, and use the drop down menu to
restrict the search to Online material.
To find particular
online articles:
· Click on Journal Articles (Databases)
· Choose find a specific journal reference
· Enter
details into the SFX Locator. The Locator checks if ECU has an
online full text copy of an article. |
Open Access
Web sites:
Free medical journals
BMC
Highwire Press
Directory of open access journals
PubMed Central
General medical titles
Family Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Palliative Care
Occupational medicine, health & safety
Sports Medicine
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Referencing
APA format
Referencing at ECU is based on the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Some useful links:
ECU Referencing guide
APA Online Style
APA Online style tips
Endnote
It is recommended that higher degree students use bibliographic software such as Endnote to organise their referencing. Endnote can be downloaded from the Library web page.
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Related links
Dictionaries & encyclopedias
Evidence based medicine
Medical gateways
Statistics
Aviation medicine
Family medicine
Geriatric medicine
Men's health & andrology
Occupational medicine
Palliative care
Preventive medicine
Sports medicine
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